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Battle for takeover target Whispir escalates
A bidding war for communications software business Whispir sent its shares rallying on Wednesday.
- Tess Bennett
Building industry payments firm shelves Aussie ambitions, heads to UK
ProjectPay founder Louise Stewart has won a British grant to get her start-up off the ground there, having felt stymied by the political culture in Australia.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Ex Goldman, Rothschild MD leads raise for logistics tech start-up
Sources said David Acton’s Yarra Private Capital Discovery Fund led the round alongside existing investors King River Capital and Jungle Ventures.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Apple pause on holiday watch sales points to legal bind it faces
Intellectual property lawyer James Gagen said it’s striking that Apple did not prepare a fallback position to ensure continued supply.
- Rachel Graf
- Exclusive
- Bushfires
‘Very, very anxious’: Bushfire app stops working for the blind
Donna Purcell relied heavily on the Hazards Near Me app to provide early bushfire warnings. It abruptly stopped working.
- Tess Bennett
Inside the frantic months after Nuix hit the ASX – and the skids
Now the subject of legal action by the regulator, new details show what was going on at the top of a hot tech stock which crashed back to earth.
- Jessica Sier
Opinion & Analysis
No one can buy Canva now. Other start-ups beware
Any start-up boss hoping to get rich selling their company to a tech giant should learn from Adobe’s failed $US20 billion attempt to buy design app Figma.
Technology writer
The ‘missing middle’ stopping Australia from being a deep tech force
To see bold ambitions in areas like quantum computing, robotics and AI come to fruition, Australia must match rival countries and grow the “M” of its SMEs.
Columnist
Brian Hartzer’s warning to AI wannabes
The former Westpac boss, who is now CEO of Quantium Health, says effective AI use for companies is all about balance.
Columnist
‘Nudify’ apps that use AI to undress women are soaring in use
The law is struggling to catch up with the rise in deepfake, non-consensual pornography.
Contributor
Technology reviews
Call us crazy but we love HP’s weird and whacky Envy Move
The brand’s latest All-In-One PC seems utterly bizarre, but only until you pull it out of the box and go to put it down on your desk.
- John Davidson
Expectations were high… but here’s why Google’s Gemini AI bombed
Until a week ago, the company’s Pixel 8 Pro was just another smartphone, albeit one with some AI-based photography tricks. But then, everything changed.
- John Davidson
Yesterday
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
No one can buy Canva now. Other start-ups beware
Any start-up boss hoping to get rich selling their company to a tech giant should learn from Adobe’s failed $US20 billion attempt to buy design app Figma.
- Nick Bonyhady
This Month
Call us crazy but we love HP’s weird and whacky Envy Move
The brand’s latest All-In-One PC seems utterly bizarre, but only until you pull it out of the box and go to put it down on your desk.
- John Davidson
- Exclusive
- Cybersecurity
Little-used mobile phone feature exposes new scam threat
A newly discovered security risk that exploits 19-year-old mobile phone technology might let scammers bypass identity checks for banking and email.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Funding
The ‘missing middle’ stopping Australia from being a deep tech force
To see bold ambitions in areas like quantum computing, robotics and AI come to fruition, Australia must match rival countries and grow the “M” of its SMEs.
- Sally-Ann Williams
BRC Capital faces crunch as investments including Hiro Brands fail
The company is a major sponsor of the Melbourne Rebels, with some directors in the portfolio receiving tax office notices over late payments.
- Zoe Samios and Jessica Sier
Home-deposit-lending start-up digitally altered news article in ads
OwnHome has wiped CBA, its own backer, from ads it is running on Facebook and Instagram, which feature a digitally manipulated version of a Financial Review story.
- Nick Bonyhady
How to steal 25,000 secrets from Facebook
The inside story of how a Wall Street Journal reporter secured one of the biggest leaks of corporate documents in history.
- Jeff Horwitz
BGH Capital to acquire Waterman Capital’s IT biz Fusion5
Street Talk understands the private equity firm is in the final stages of negotiations New Zealand private equity investor Waterman Capital.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Morgan Stanley was warned about ‘unusual’ Nuix targets in 2020
The investment bank was a co-lead manager for the software company’s disastrous 2020 float, shortly after which Nuix said it would not meet its forecasts.
- Jessica Sier
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Brian Hartzer’s warning to AI wannabes
The former Westpac boss, who is now CEO of Quantium Health, says effective AI use for companies is all about balance.
- James Thomson
Sargon’s Kingston bankrupted over $154m China financier debt
Phillip Kingston, founder of superannuation technology venture Sargon Capital, did not appear at a court hearing about money. He says he’s in Ukraine.
- Liam Walsh and Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Start-up to sell ‘unapproved’ replica Ozempic, upending market
Eucalyptus is challenging the monopoly over the diabetes and weight-loss drug, sparking a sharp rebuke from the $505 billion drugmaker Novo Nordisk.
- Nick Bonyhady
Directors expected Nuix to make up lagging performance, court told
Nuix directors relied on performance data from management, which indicated the tech stock would get itself out of trouble in time to hit prospectus guidance.
- Jessica Sier
Men’s health player Mosh appoints adviser to explore exit options
Gavin Jacobson’s advisory firm has won the sell-side mandate to explore options for Mosh.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Sponsored
- Slack
Productivity, not presenteeism the priority for new workplace
The Australian workplace is evolving rapidly, driven by a changing understanding of productivity, the challenges of remote work, and the imperative to keep employees motivated.
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- Analysis
- The Buzz
‘Nudify’ apps that use AI to undress women are soaring in use
The law is struggling to catch up with the rise in deepfake, non-consensual pornography.
- Margi Murphy
Nuix share slump should have sparked concern about forecasts: ASIC
In its closing arguments in the long-running dispute, the regulator says directors must have known that the market did not believe they would hit targets.
- Max Mason
TechOne director claims understaffing forced him to work 70-hour weeks
The company brought forward sales targets in the previous financial year but did not have enough staff, according to new allegations made in the Federal Court.
- Max Mason
Aussie start-up banks $15m to build AI workers
The Funded blog is the home for news on the tech deals that are done in Australia, as soon as we hear about them.
- Paul Smith
Atturra launches $50 million cash call to fund M&A
The offer price represents a 0.6 per cent premium to the last traded price.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
