A Melbourne software company has sacked its chief executive for the “likely” unauthorised use of $30m that went missing from the company. Dubber is a call recording software company, founded by ousted chief executive Steve McGovern and two other “friends” in 2011, a now pulled-down version of its website says.Continue Reading
Australian banks are hampered by muddled troves of data in their pursuit of protecting customers from scams, a leading Australian and New Zealand tech company says. Atomic.io has set up in-app prompts for the major New Zealand banks, in the entrepreneurship-rich country. Australian banks are trying to get away fromContinue Reading
Supermarket giant Coles has signed a major deal with an American data intelligence firm that provides high-level analytical technology to the CIA and the Pentagon. Experts warn the arrangement with Palantir could lead to job losses and vast cost-cutting, as the company seeks to save $1 billion in operating expensesContinue Reading
Poker straight hair, sometimes achieved using an actual iron, is one of the definitive styles of a Millennial. But while frazzling your locks and teasing your tresses (an important step in achieving the big hair of the 80s) is looked upon fondly as somewhat of a rite of passage –Continue Reading
A furious customer has been filmed using a hammer to smash one of the new self-service gates at Woolworths. Video posted to social media on Tuesday showed a woman, wearing black pants, a purple hoodie and a surgical face mask, approaching a self-service area at the supermarket holding a hammer.Continue Reading
Call of Duty players will have their in-game voice chat monitored by artificial intelligence in real-time as part of a major crackdown on hate speech and other harmful behaviour. Activision announced in a blog post on Wednesday that it had partnered with tech firm Modulate to roll out its AI-poweredContinue Reading
Yet another technology firm has become the latest casualty in the “tech wreck” wreaking havoc across the sector amid harsh market conditions. On Thursday, ASX-listed software firm Xero announced that it was going to reduce its headcount by 700 to 800 roles. The company’s CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy said theContinue Reading
Two Australian companies have laid off hundreds of staff members as tough market conditions continue to hit business hard. ASX-listed healthcare company Healius has cut 500 full-time roles since the Covid-19 pandemic started. That represents 13 per cent of the company out of its original workforce of 6500. Then lastContinue Reading
The ‘tech wreck’ sweeping through the technology sector has hit an Australian dad not once, but twice. A 42-year-old father-of-two has been made redundant two times in the past six months as the IT meltdown continues to wreak havoc. Rafael*, who preferred to remain anonymous, lost his job in AugustContinue Reading
Spotify will lay off some 6 per cent of its 6600-strong workforce as the streaming giant is the latest tech firm to undertake cost-cutting measures to cope with a struggling economy. The Sweden-based company will shed some 400 employees who will be paid an aggregate of between $US38 million andContinue Reading