Technology, Innovation & Science

Feds probing WA subsea cable damage

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Authorities are assessing a report of a potential crime after two critical undersea telecommunications cables off Perth suffered near-simultaneous physical disruptions inside a national protection zone.

Finalists for Innovator of the Year revealed

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The state's premier innovation showcase has named 23 local companies as finalists for the 2026 WA Innovator of the Year awards, marking two decades since the program's inception.

Perth drone firm Innovaero eye $158m IPO

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Perth drone company Innovaero is accelerating plans for its IPO, with brokers pricing the raise at $40 million at five cents per share, giving the business an expected market capitalisation of $158 million.

Perth tech CEO makes US move

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The founder of software firm Track'em has relocated to Dallas to ramp up growth after winning work with engineering, procurement and construction contractors in the US and Middle East.

Feds back lithium tech start-up’s Kwinana pilot

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The federal government is backing a tech start-up to pilot its lithium extraction technology at a Kwinana downstream processing plant in a push to build sovereign capability.

Ensuring mastery of our own ecosystem

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A new report argues that data and domain expertise are the most important success factors.

ACCC launches Regional Mobile Inquiry

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WA farmers and remote communities could soon see a boost to mobile connectivity after the competition watchdog decided to launch an inquiry into regional mobile coverage.

SpaceX posts $US541m loss

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SpaceX has lost more than half a billion dollars in its first quarterly report as a public company, but the loss was less than Wall Street expected and revenue soared.

New wave takes on tech monoculture

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OPINION: A growing global movement of fashionable, subversive and inclusive tech is emerging.

Partnered Health hackers release alleged data

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Partnered Health, the GP network at the centre of a cyber breach which allegedly exposed thousands of Australians' health records, says it's aware of claims being made online that some stolen data had been published.

HWL Ebsworth, UWA sued over data breach

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A University of WA student and employee who had his information stolen and posted on the dark web after HWL Ebsworth became a victim of a ransomware incident is suing the firm and the university.

Optus sued by watchdog over triple-zero network outage

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Australia's second-largest telco is facing legal action over a major network failure that caused a widespread triple-zero outage.

Tech boom driving C-suite expansion

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Australian firms are adding a relatively new role to their top executive line-ups as they adapt to one of the biggest technological disruptions in history.

Enthusiasm tempered by experience

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OPINION: While founders' age gaps have risks, they also create a more interesting mix of experience.

DUG backflips on Geraldton data centre claim

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Perth high-powered computing provider DUG Technology has moved to correct its earlier statement that its Geraldton data centre had been cancelled, instead insisting it is only heavily delayed.

Nearly a million customers caught in Origin data breach

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Origin had been aware of a potential security threat for weeks before a massive data breach, but deemed the risk was not credible.

Russian group claims West African ransomware attack

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A Russian hacking group has claimed to have gained access and installed ransomware on Subiaco-based ASX-listed gold miner West African Resources' systems.

Qantas findings not good enough

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Revelations there would not be a full investigation into the recent Qantas data breach should raise concerns.

DUG pulls plug on Geraldton data centre

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Perth-headquartered data and seismic giant DUG Technology has quietly abandoned its ambitious plans to build a carbon-free supercomputing campus in Geraldton.

Origin Energy investigating cyber incident

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Power giant Origin Energy says it is investigating a security breach that may involve unauthorised access to customers' data.

Public service to get AI guardrails

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AI used in automated decision-making by the public service and federal agencies will face new rules under a plan designed to make the system more transparent.

Did Bill and Twiggy quietly map a red dust digital empire?

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Microsoft co-founder and tech billionaire Bill Gates quietly visited Western Australia earlier this year to scout hyperscale data centre opportunities in the Pilbara.

Qantas cleared of wrongdoing in cyber incident report

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The final report into last year's Qantas hack, which affected approximately 5 million Australians, has found that there was nothing more Qantas could have done to prevent the incident.

Argenica partner with Curtin for concussion study

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Curtin University research has found Argenica's flagship stroke drug, which protects brain tissue from dying immediately after a stroke, can also significantly reduce the impacts of concussion.

WA health clinics caught up in data breach

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Patients from health clinics in Rockingham, Joondalup and Armadale may have had their data, including consultation notes, compromised as part of a cyber attack on Partnered Health.

More tax tweaks needed for tech

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OPINION: Questions remain over the carve-out of startups from the recently announced CGT changes.

WA energy flexibility platform Gridcog raises $14m

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A WA-founded firm developing software that can model the most effective use of energy assets has secured US$10 million ($14.4 million) in a Series A investment round to expand its software services globally.

A science moment to be seized

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OPINION: Current scientific challenges demand a deliberate, highly collaborative, multi-sector approach.

Lifeline confirms cyber incident exposed data

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Lifeline Australia has confirmed that staff and volunteer information has been exposed in a cyber incident, but insists no help seeker information had been compromised in the breach.

American tests validate Rumin8 carbon credits

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A Perth startup backed by Andrew Forrest and Bill Gates says tests across the Americas have validated its novel bovine feed's ability to reduce methane emissisons, increase the efficiency of feed, and produce carbon credits.

'Let down': Telstra's chief faces up to outage outrage

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Telstra's chief has apologised for the latest failure to its network, disclosing her senior staffers had been impacted by the outage.

Russian cyber group attacks distributor

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A notorious Russian cybercriminal group that recently shut down Australia's second-largest sugar producer for weeks has now targeted one of the nation's largest gourmet food distributors, which has a facility in Bassendean.