Startup Analysis
Gatekeepers reign supreme: Bewildering complexity makes regulating Facebook, Google and Amazon difficult
By Zac Rogers, Flinders University
Back in the 1990s — a lifetime ago in internet terms — the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells pub…
Big tech, big concerns: How companies profit by invading our privacy
By Katharine Kemp, UNSW
Australia’s consumer watchdog has recommended major changes to our consumer protection and privacy laws. If the…
With five startups signed up so far, was the Global Talent Scheme visa pilot really a success?
Last week, the government’s Global Talent Scheme visa pilot — billed as the answer to the Aussie tech talent shortage — was ch…
Cloudflare cuts 8chan loose: When is a startup responsible for its customers’ actions?
On Monday, US web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare bowed to increasing pressure and announced it was cutting ties with forum w…
What you gon’ do with all that junk? Why space needs a recycling station
By Jez Turner, University of Nottingham
There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites …
What this Aussie VC learnt from lunch with Jacinda Ardern
For those in the Aussie startup community, what is more unusual: sitting down for a face-to-face discussion with a government leader, or see…
How Melbourne’s new sportstech accelerator can help boost grassroots participation and the startup ecosystem alike
US accelerator giant Techstars is bringing a sportstech accelerator to Melbourne, and in the sportiest of sporting nations, the many ways of…
Your time starts now: How to put an algorithm to the test
By Kate Smith-Miles, University of Melbourne
The role of algorithms in our lives is growing rapidly, from simply suggesting online search…
‘The investment goes a lot further’: Why Australians are backing women founders in India
On Tuesday, an audience gathered inside Sydney’s Town Hall to hear from Daniel Fah, the co-founder and chair of the Virangana Project, wh…
A $23 trillion opportunity: Why Australia must embrace the AI revolution
By Anthony Elliott, University of South Australia
The idea of robots taking our jobs is not radically new.
But artificial intelligence…
