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Fintech mx51 has appointed Jo Newton to the role of head of people and culture.

Hot cloud storage provider Wasabi Technologies has appointed Andrew Sandes to the role of country manager for Australia.

Data streaming platform provider Confluent has appointed Gavin Jones to the role of vice president of ANZ sales.

KPMG Australia has promoted John Munnelly to the role of chief digital officer.

Identity security specialist CyberArk has appointed Dr Stephenie Andal to the role of ANZ partner manager.

Developer security specialist Snyk has expanded its New Zealand presence, appointing Tessa Davis to the role of senior solutions engineer and Stephen Phillips to the role of senior account executive.

A $25 million facility has been launched to drive innovation and foster industrial output in an area dubbed the heart of Sydney’s tech central.

GUEST OPINION: The pandemic, ongoing lockdowns and tax return time are leading to a perfect scam storm, says Dr Suranga Seneviratne from the University of Sydney’s School of Computer Science, who provides timely advice on how to spot and avoid a scam.

Network operator Superloop has announced the retirement of founder and chair Bevan Slattery from its board. Peter O'Connell has been appointed to the board as non-executive chair.

ResusRight, a start-up formed jointly by the University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, has raised $784,000 in an investment round to manufacture a paediatric device designed to safely resuscitate babies who have difficulty breathing soon after birth.

Imaging vendor Lexmark has appointed Melanie Ford to the role of healthcare industry consultant for Australia and New Zealand.

The Australian Centre for Field Robotics has announced the appointment of Professor Ian Manchester as its new director.

The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has promoted Andrew Williams to deputy chief executive officer and Meredith Lea to the new role of policy manager.

With over 10% of gaming revenue coming from in-game gambling, such as loot boxes, the University of Sydney says game developers are operating in an increasingly competitive sphere, and are looking to in-game gambling to increase revenue, arguably to detriment of players.

GUEST OPINION by Byron Yeung, Vice President APAC, Data Integration Division at Qlik: Data is critical to local government operations. It helps them allocate resources, address pressing issues facing the community, and so on. Ultimately, data helps local governments better serve communities through data-informed decision-making. Unfortunately, it’s not utilised nearly as much as it can and should be.

Facebook is right in its assessment that Australian news content and the interactions it leads to with the social media site's users do not create much revenue, an academic at the University of Sydney's School of Computer Science says.

Scientists from the University of Sydney have created a water-splitting catalyst that needs less energy to produce pure hydrogen than earlier catalysts, the organisation says.

Storage vendor Hitachi Vantara has made two senior appointments and promoted its regional CTO to a global role.

Global education software and services company Tribal Group has signed a contract with the University of Sydney to migrate its Student Management System (SMS) SITS: Vision to the cloud, on a five year subscription deal.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded $15.14 million in funding to 16 research projects to help address solar PV panel efficiency, overall cost reductions and end-of-life issues.