Technology, Innovation & Science

Specialist telecommunications business AVI has developed its products to meet a rapidly changing tech environment.

Three Perth mates have raised US$5m for their US-based shopping startup.

Artrya’s coronary diagnostic product has been given regulatory approval for use in the UK after being knocked back by the US Food and Drug Administration five months ago.

The commercial side of life sciences may have reached a critical mass in WA.

Construction is expected to start this year on the WA segment of the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array radio telescope, which was today given a traditional name from the Wajarri Yamaji people.

It might have seemed like a battle between resources efficiency and digital health and wellbeing but the winner of this year’s Curtinnovation awards was from the traditional world of medical research – a possible cause of Alzheimer’s disease.

Ecocene blends a traditional environmental consultancy with new technology.

Researchers Steve Wilton and Sue Fletcher have been recognised for their biotech industry leadership, while a life science legacy award has been presented to Andrew and Nicola Forrest.

Robotic technology company FBR has announced a $20 million capital raising that marks the first major ECM deal for investment bank Jarden in Western Australia.

Arovella Therapeutics' announcement to close its local R&D facility is unfortunate timing given major conference AusBiotech opens in Perth today.

Perth-based acQuire Technology Solutions has expanded its suite of information management tools for the resources sector with the acquisiton of South African company MTS.

The DDD Perth conference has made big strides by including as many voices and participants as possible.

The nation’s peak body for directors has apologised to its members after being forced to shut down an online cyber security seminar amid fears it had been infiltrated by hackers.

A $600 million technology warehouse has been approved to be built in Belmont, set to be the largest data centre in Western Australia.

A recent cyber attack has prompted Medibank Private shares to enter a trading halt while the health insurance group takes some of its systems offline.

It’s driving, but not as we know it.

Perth-based gaming company VGW Holdings has confirmed it is likely to pursue an IPO in North America after reporting another spectacular lift in annual profit to $454 million.

Perth company Avicena Systems aims to confirm research finding that tech startups established by older founders have a higher chance of success.

Diversified miner and contractor Mineral Resources has extended its support for the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, taking its total contribution to $2.25 million.

A recent Screenwest grant and other new funding have been welcomed by the games sector, but there’s plenty of ground to be made up.

The sensitive details of 10,000 Australian customers have reportedly been released by the hackers behind last week's massive Optus data breach.

The Wajarri Yamaji community has voted to approve a land use agreement to build the world’s largest radio telescope in the Murchison, a big step towards starting construction.

The company behind Marian Sturm’s life-changing cellular treatment has failed in its bid to have the state health department’s lawsuit against it thrown out, as the ownership battle continues.

Water Corporation has moved to outsource its online security, signing a three-year deal with Melbourne-based CyberCX.

Spontaneity is at the heart of the app putting reality back in the frame.

Startups will have access to reams of information on early-stage innovation courtesy of a European database paid for by the state government's new industry fund.

Video game designers are using their skills to create solutions for the health and resources sectors.

Geospatial innovation shows that WA does tech investment very well.

The boss of Clough family-backed NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has resigned just days after the national research ethics body refused a trial for its Alzheimer’s treatment.

A fintech and a sports science hopeful are among six startups to receive a combined $500,000 in the latest Plus Eight Accelerator program.

Shares in Clough family-backed NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals have plunged after a planned clinical trial for its budding Alzheimer’s treatment was rejected by the Human Research Ethics Committee.

West Perth company Avicena Systems has ticked off another big achievement, with the Therapeutic Goods Administration authorising its locally developed diagnostic technology.