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OPINION: AI is causing an unexpected shift towards authenticity, community and exclusivity online.

Murdoch-based Orthocell’s push to expand the reach of its nerve repair product Remplir has continued, following news it has received regulatory approval in Hong Kong.

The robotic tech company raised $6.3 million amid efforts to cut operational costs by 70 per cent.

Orthocell boss Paul Anderson said the Murdoch-based biotech medical company is “well ahead” of its original targets in relation to US sales of its nerve repair product, Remplir.

Two former stockbrokers are planning an ASX listing for their drone business next financial year.

FBR shareholders have overwhelmingly endorsed all three resolutions at the company’s extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday, following a late push to have it deferred.

DUG Technology managing director Matthew Lamont is excited by the company’s future, as it continues to move forward with its elastic MP-FWI imaging technology.

Shares in Murdoch-based Orthocell rose by 15 per cent early on Wednesday, following news the biotech medical company had received regulatory approval to sell its nerve repair product in Canada.

Fresh from receiving clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to distribute its nerve repair product Remplir in the US earlier this month, Murdoch-based Orthocell has appointed an initial four distributors.

Robotic technology company FBR has announced the appointment of Shannon Robinson as chair.

Perth fintech firm WeMoney has secured $12 million in series A funding, led by Laurence Escalante’s family office Lance East Office.

A re-elected Albanese government has committed to pumping $100 million into the redevelopment of Scitech in West Perth.

Perth-based Track'em, which counts some of WA’s largest resources companies as clients, has struck a partnership with UK-based industrial software giant AVEVA.

Pentanet may have kept up the earnings momentum this quarter, but investors appear unimpressed as the telco’s shares took another tumble on Wednesday morning.

After being the target of an online scam, Ron Forlee set up an online service to help fellow seniors.

Hertz Corporation has confirmed a cyber breach of a third-party vendor has left customer data, including passports and payment card details, exposed.

Vince Ippolito chaired Botanix will ask investors for $40 million as it eyes an expansion of its US offerings following a successful first few months in the market.

A local startup is making it easier for e-commerce stores to keep growing.

Orthocell has posted its fourth consecutive quarter of record revenue, as the regenerative medicine company continues to expand its reach around the globe.

Laurence Escalante’s VGW has hit back at Delaware’s gambling watchdog after it found subsidiary Luckyland was “operating illegal online gaming”.

High Wycombe-based FBR has made a series of cost-cutting changes to its board, including the retirement of chief executive and managing director Mike Pivac.

Woolworths has pivoted to telehealth through its subsidiary Healthylife's $6 million series A investment in Perth startup Hola Health.

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John Van Der Wielen-chaired Orthocell has received another timely boost, as it aims to further a push into Latin America.

The reliability of the US as a security partner and the evolving threat of foreign interference were central themes of Business News’ Sector Briefing: Security and Resilience.

Subiaco-based biotech business Holista CollTech has sued a US company in the Supreme Court of WA over alleged misleading and deceptive representations.

Several Australian superannuation funds have been breached in a coordinated cyber incident targeting the $4 billion industry.

Orthocell has received clearance from the US-based Food and Drug Administration to begin selling its nerve repair product Remplir in the country.

OPINION: The self-driving car bubble of the 2010s has lessons for the development of humanoid robotics.

Cryptocurrency advocate Ian Love responds to a critique of digital currency platforms published in the February 17 edition of Business News.

Nine Entertainment has confirmed the personal data up to 16,000 subscribers to The Age, The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald have been exposed online.

Mike Pivac-led FBR has announced plans to reduce its annual costs by around 70 per cent, in order meet its present requirements.