Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Business

Quote of the day: “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself”

The last time I was properly lost, I was standing at a petrol station somewhere north of Chiang Rai with a dead phone, a warm bottle of water and a dog who clearly ran the place. My bus had...

Psychology suggests people who appear offended by everything aren’t usually seeking drama. They’re often people whose sense of dignity was undermined so regularly that...

I used to think of a certain kind of person as a weather system. You know the type. You ask how the traffic was and somehow you have insulted their driving, their neighbourhood and their late mother. Everything lands...

Workplace psychological safety startup ReFresh plants $2.5 million Seed round

The round was led by Black Nova Venture Capital, supported by follow-on investments from Antler and Archangel Ventures. The raise is timely. It closed a fortnight before People at Work, the free survey that around 5,000 organisations and 160,000 workers...

‘Community is the moat’: Paz Pisarski named Industry Champion at the Best in Tech Awards 2026

Now, that passion for building community has earned co-founder Paz Pisarski the title of Industry Champion at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards 2026. Presented by The Pillars, the Industry Champion award recognises an individual who has made an...

TryCanadian Launches Digital Directory for North-of-the-Border Alternatives

Amidst ongoing trade tensions with the US, a startup out of Vancouver is helping consumers shop from Canadian sources. “At a time of economic uncertainty and growing trade tensions, choosing Canadian when it makes sense can help keep more of...

Research suggests parents who form unbreakable bonds with their children aren’t the ones who never missed a school play or always had the right...

Most descriptions of a securely loved childhood read like a highlight reel. Every school play attended. The right thing said when the hamster died. Never once losing the plot in a supermarket queue. Decades of developmental research point somewhere far...

Psychology suggests people who have no real hobbies outside of work aren’t always workaholics or driven —they’ve often built their entire sense of self...

Put someone on the spot about what they do for fun and watch what happens. Some answer straight away. Others go quiet, run a quick internal search, and land on something they used to do. Football, maybe. Twelve years...

Startmate alumni Evatto raises $1.02 million pre-Seed

The raise was led by Perth VC Purpose Ventures and will go towards product development, international expansion and fresh faces on the team. The year-old Sydney startup is building an AI-powered enterprise platform for managing complex event programs, replacing the...

Why Apple, Google and other global tech giants will hate the ATO’s latest ruling on cross-border payments

Now, a new approach could significantly increase tax collected from multinationals such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. These companies earn significant revenue from Australian consumers. However, much of the profit is ultimately recognised overseas. Traditional tax rules have not...

A whale lays down earwax in alternating light and dark layers for its entire life and never sheds it. Researchers who split a plug...

Somewhere in the vertebrate zoology collections of the Natural History Museum in London and the Smithsonian in Washington, several hundred waxy cylinders sit in wax-preserving conditions inside carefully labelled drawers. Most of them were removed from the carcasses of...
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Jeffries outlines priorities as Dems prepare to take power

With Congress back this week, Republicans and Democrats alike are wasting no time preparing for the new session that...
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