Technology, Innovation & Science

Amazon said it would provide billions in funding over the next five years to expand Australian data centres and renewables projects.

Perth-based neurological drug developer Argenica Therapeutics has been knocked back by the US Food and Drug Administration, dashing hopes its US clinical trials would soon start.

Escalante-backed icetana AI has inked a partnership deal with leading global tech company SoftBank Robotics, as it gears up to enter Japan.

West Leederville medtech company VeinTech is set to expand its footprint in the United States after being awarded more than $1 million in funding.

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WA’s first AI startup incubator successfully featured 14 youth founders exploiting the latest technologies.

The state government has awarded a tender to more than a dozen companies which will receive about $375 million worth of technology infrastructure work.

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Science and Technology Australia president Sharath Sriram has been named WA’s new chief scientist, taking the helm from Peter Klinken.

Nedlands-based Nanollose has appointed Andrew Moullin as its managing director and chief executive, effective from July 14.

The Legal Practice Board of WA has become the latest target of a cyber attack, after hackers accessed bank details and other information of legal professionals.

A local cybersecurity and privacy partner has warned businesses not to ‘recklessly delay’ investing in protecting their data following several cyberattacks in Perth.

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Two tech and data friends have launched a site to help people with complaints against banks.

Curtin University researchers have found a new way to upgrade iron ore for green steel production – all while using desalination waste.

Perth software companies INX Software and K2fly have completed their merger, rebranding as Quartex while also committing to remaining headquartered in Perth.

The state government has committed more than $70 million towards medical research, including allocating $25 million among 20 WA institutions.

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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.