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Technology analyst firm Gartner has forecast that shipments of electric vehicles for 2023 will be about 15 million, with this figure including both battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.

GUEST OPINION: The impact of the current economic downturn has resulted in a challenging global economy. Supply chains are still recovering from the pandemic, and a transient consumer landscape makes lean operations and business agility paramount for manufacturers to remain competitive.

A number of Outsiders programs broadcast on Foxtel between October and December 2021 breached requirements of the subscription TV code of practice, failing to present TV news accurately, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Global sales of electric vehicles in 2022 crossed 10.2 million, a rise of 65% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this figure would have crossed 11 million were it not for the resurgence of COVID-19 in China.

Technology solutions to mid-market provider ASI Solutions has secured a contract with HealthShare Victoria (HSV) for the provision of mobile workstations and associated equipment for participating health services. 

GUEST OPINION: Despite the recent wave of high-profile cyberattacks targeting businesses, schools also need to ensure that they are constantly aware of the risks they face.

IT distributor and PC distributor Leader Computers has integrated Dematic’s AutoStore technology within its Sydney warehouse to save hours from doing inventory, getting more time to ship stocks to its resellers.

Biotechnology firm Vaxxas has announced a Phase I clinical trial for the first needle-free COVID-19 vaccine candidate which is administered using Vaxxas' proprietary high-density microarray (HD-MAP) technology.

E-pharmacy users will reach one billion globally by 2027 increasing from 795 million in 2022 accounting a growth of 28%, driven by th

GUEST OPINION: Unemployment in Australia is currently sitting at historically low levels leaving companies with challenges in recruiting and employing new staff. As such, organisations are looking for innovative ways to attract prospective employees.

Forty-five percent of construction business owners say their employees had issues with mental health and well-being during the first two years of the pandemic, according to the Optus Business Construction Industry Pulse 2022 report, conducted by ACA Research.

IT solutions and managed services provider Logicalis Australia has undertaken a digital transformation project to separate and rebuild the Western Health Active Directory which manages identity, authentication and authorisation for all users of its network and IT resources.

The Federal Government has killed off the COVIDSafe app that was built by the former Liberal administration, describing it as "wasteful and ineffective".

Australia’s mobile services market bounced back as handheld services in operation grew for the first time since the pandemic started, according to new research by technology analyst firm Telsyte.

Queensland software company Cloud Assess expands its online solution to the UK to help businesses accelerate workforce skills development to meet labour demand.

Global smartphone sales fell below 100 million units in May, the second time this happened since it first occurred after the pandemic broke, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research claims.

GUEST OPINION by cybersecurity firm Virsec: Organisations of every size and kind face constant challenges in maintaining adequate cybersecurity skills in the face of growing cyber risk. The existing shortage of cybersecurity skills and high threat levels have been exacerbated by COVID-19 and remote working, causing a rise in IT expenses. This issue is particularly acute in the government sector.

Day care centre The Gap Cubbyhouse Montessori in Brisbane has devised an indoor air quality monitoring device that measures carbon dioxide levels, a proxy for indoor COVID-19 transmission risk, in collaboration with IoT companies Thinxtra and Zeplin.

The shortage of semiconductors in the US will persist for at least the next two years, the chief executive of Intel says, as the company reported 13% less revenue from PCs for the first three months of 2022.

Supply constraints have kept the Indian smartphone market to just 2% growth in the first quarter of the year, the technology analyst firm Canalys reports, adding that 38.0 million smartphones were shipped.