Technology, Innovation & Science

OPINION: OpenAI's latest GPT iteration could be targeting the high-volume, low-cost AI market segment.

This second in a two-part series looks at recent podcasting trends and how to get started.

A $14.1 million redevelopment of Lions Eye Institute complex in Nedlands, aimed to double its caseload, is expected to start in the coming weeks.

A Belmont-based mining technology company taking on industry giants like Caterpillar and Komatsu has secured its first external funding as it pursues international growth.

A green fund backed the UK government has taken a stake in Perth-based supply chain integrity company Source Certain.

Balcatta company Orbital Corporation has a long history on the ASX but it seems many investors still don't understand what the company actually does.

Australia's second biggest internet services provider iiNet is investigating a cyber-attack that has exposed the email address of 280,000 customers.

The University of Western Australia has invested $1 million into Perth-based medtech company OncoRes.

OPINION: The hands-on nature of jobs in many sectors of the WA economy may help the state avoid mass redundancies due to AI.

New York-listed Accenture has acquired Australian cybersecurity giant CyberCX from BGH Capital in a deal believed to be worth over $1 billion.

Polystyrene boxes for seafood transportation could be replaced by a biodegradable option from wheat straw, under work done by Murdoch University, CSIRO and a Perth biotech.

OPINION: Appreciating the unique challenges women often face when starting a business can help hasten the process.

OPINION: Syndicate investing in startups means you can do it with others and share the load.

Sovereign wealth fund-backed CDC Data Centres has announced it will expand into Western Australia with a 200 megawatt datacentre, the largest in the state.

Electric aviation company FlyOnE says it has received an eight-figure post-IPO lead investment offer under a binding terms sheet, as it eyes listing in a quiet IPO environment.

Australian researchers have developed a technique to stop unauthorised AI from being able to learn from image-based media, protecting the copyright of Australian creators.

Students at the University of Western Australia have been warned to immediately change their passwords after unauthorised access was detected on its systems.

JB Hi-Fi chief executive Terry Smart says the company's commitment to driving value has resulted in it being able to continue positive financial momentum.

Robotics firm FBR has tee'd up another financing to jumpstart its new Mantis welding robot and shipbuilding automation work.

A new antenna in New Norcia will play a crucial role in the rapid expansion of Europe's space exploration and monitoring.

McCusker Holdings, the family office of former governor Malcolm McCusker, has sold its stake in WA education and cyber safety firm Qoria for $96 million.

A Curtin University-operated hub, partly funded by the state government's $40 million agreement with Chevron, is set to support major projects aimed to decarbonise the state.

New Zealand's Bastion Security Group is set to join forces with Perth firm Seamless Intelligence as cybersecurity threats buoy the global M&A market.

WA-based Rent.com.au has inked a $10 million funding facility to launch a new product, offering a move-now-pay-later loan designed to cover rental costs.

WA's medical sector is anxiously awaiting fallout from the US's pharma tariffs, although impending changes could assuage US concerns.

Philanthropic giving circle, 100 Women, has launched an event combining the use of AI with the ideas of Western Australians to create practical solutions for two local charities.

Australia's national security chief has detailed 24 cases in which authorities were able to disrupt espionage activities targeted at Australians since 2022 - more than the prior eight years combined.

A Geraldton-based coral biologist has developed a way to regrow coral reefs in the Abrolhos Islands.

Researchers from WA's Perron Institute have found further evidence of a link between low bone mineral density and dementia

ANALYSIS: This first in a two-part series details how ‘follow the money' seems to be the best way to understand the latest trend in the sector.

OPINION: AI is facilitating a staggering rate of software development.

Cyber law enforcement from the Five Eyes Alliance have detailed the techniques of Scattered Spider, the group believed to be behind a recent Qantas data breach.