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iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre has backed Australian company microFleet with $500,000 funding to launch a patent-pending invention called OneDock, which iMOVE says could see Australia seize a golden opportunity in the booming e-micromobility market tipped to be worth $300bn by 2030.

A Monash University-led research program into growing human brain cells onto silicon chips, with new continual learning capabilities to transform machine learning, has been awarded almost $600,000 in the prestigious National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants Program.

Vehicle subscription rideshare company Splend has secured $20 million of funding from the Clean Energy Finance Corporaion (CEFC) to fast track their transition to green mobility.

UK-based regional fibre network provider toob has secured more than £160 million ($302 million) of funding to support its expansion across South England and to create a secure platform to capture opportunities in the market.

Australian clean energy company, Endua, has secured $11.8 million in funding as it prepares to scale new hydrogen generation and storage technologies that can deliver affordable and reliable renewable energy to power communities, remote industries and off-grid infrastructure.

Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog the ACCC says it is allocating $58 million in new funding to the fight against scammers and to build the technology needed to support high frequency data sharing with a range of agencies, law enforcement and the private sector,

The allocation of $58 million by the Federal Government to establish a National Anti-Scam Centre has been welcomed by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) in the face of Australians losing billions of dollars to scams.

The Albanese Government has an opportunity to ensure that Australia reaches its dual goals of being a leading digital economy by 2030 and a leading digital government by 2025 through strategic investment in technology, according to the IT industry peak body.

Indian mobile network operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) is facing challenges in rolling out 5G services and subsequently falling behind its competitors, experiencing difficulties in securing funding for investing in 5G equipment and infrastructure, leading to a sharp drop in its stock prices, according to a new report from one data and analytics firm.

The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Captain Cook College against a decision in July 2021 that it had engaged in a system of unconscionable conduct to secure additional government funding for online diploma courses under the former VET FEE-HELP loan program.

The number of venture capital (VC) deals for UK startups has dropped by 38.1% year-on-year while the corresponding funding value has plummeted by a massive 70.1% during the first two months of 2023, according to a new data analyst report.

Australia's peak body for innovation technology, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), has called for $1.6 billion to be allocated as a key priority to fund a NSW Digital Maturity Fund announced by the NSW Government in its pre-election statement.

Quantum Brilliance, the developer of room-temperature miniaturised quantum computing products and solutions, has announced a US$18 million fund raise.

The UK government has announced that research and development on next-generation 5G and 6G wireless technology and telecoms security is to be ramped up as part of a £110 million state-funded investment.

AI powered communication platform Dialpad has launched Dialpad for Startups program in Australia and New Zealand.

A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person’s home, according to researchers at RMIT University and Bolton Clarke Research Institute.

Brisbane based parenting program provider Triple P has launched a suite of online tools and resources designed to help take the anxiety and stress out of parenting for new mums and dads.

In a move aimed at making the country technologically independent, the Russian government will allocate 1 billion rubles (A$25.7 million) in 2022-2023 for the creation of small and medium-sized centres for the design of electronic, microelectronic and radio-electronic products.

GUEST OPINION by Paul Weingarth co-founder, CEO of fintech Slyp: The government has the opportunity in this revised Federal budget to prioritise the uptake of technology in the business and retail sector to support the transition to a circular, net-zero-driven economy.

Yarra Valley Water has launched a pilot project to test technology which it says would enable renewable hydrogen energy to be produced at its Aurora treatment plant.