The great attraction of fossil fuels is their huge energy density. Burning a kilogram of oil can produce 40 to 50 megajoules of energy to propel…
Walking through an airport recently I couldn’t help noticing that Starlink is starting to ramp-up its consumer advertising. I hear different views on whether low-Earth orbit…
The US has announced moves to make the tech sector, particularly SaaS (Software as a Service) providers, accountable for cyber issues. A number of countries, including…
We like to think we are in control of our destiny. However, decades of research into chaos theory and behavioural economics should have taught us otherwise. There…
In November 1998 Pets.com was launched and by early 2000 they could claim investors like Amazon, they had raised nearly $100M on the NASDAQ and…
Blockchain was a bubble that brought together the worst of human nature: opportunists seeking to get rich quick and leaders looking for simplistic answers to…
After three wonderful years, I close 2022 having completed my term as Chair of the Australian Information Industry Association. Serving as the AIIA Chair for…
Everywhere you look there is a shortage of key skills in an increasingly complex and specialised world, particularly technology and digital skills. There is a constant…
Spending on Quantum Computing is now an eye watering tens of billions of dollars every year according to research from firms such as Deloitte. The global…
This month the Australian Information Industry Association’s new CEO, Simon Bush, hosted the AIIA’s “Tech and Sustainability Conference” in Parliament House, Canberra. As the current National…