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Diraq gives Equinix’s Sydney data centre a world-first quantum computer

The silicon spin quantum computer, which stores information based on the rotation of individual electrons, has been developed by quantum computing pioneer Diraq and will initially provide eight qubits, the quantum computing world’s basic unit of computational power. Quantum computers...

Research suggests we file the strangers we deal with under the job independently of the person — in a Yale reading experiment, readers took...

“I need this truck moved, you’re making me late for work.” Three hundred American adults read that line on Prolific, one chunk at a time, tapping the space bar to reveal the next few words. The people who wrote it...

The archetypal high-growth founder isn’t a 20-year-old prodigy in a garage. A US Census study of 2.7 million founders found that those behind the...

When people picture a high-growth founder, they often picture someone barely old enough to rent the garage. The familiar character is brilliant, restless and unburdened by a long career. He leaves university, writes software through the night and understands a...

A 2014 analysis by time-tracking app DeskTime found that its top-rated 10% of computer users typically worked in 52-minute stretches followed by 17 minutes...

Fifty-two minutes of work followed by 17 minutes away from the screen has the irresistible shape of a productivity formula. The numbers are specific, memorable and easy to turn into a timer. They came from a 2014 analysis by DeskTime,...

Viral infections biotech ENA Respiratory inhales $3 million from government fund

The non-dilutive funding will support an Australian trial of ENA’s lead drug, INNA-051, which is designed to strengthen the body’s first line of defence against respiratory viruses. The study, kicking off in early 2027, will test the treatment’s safety and...

Jukebox Reveals ‘Major Update’ to Free Online Creative Image Toolkit

Jukebox Print recently unveiled a “major update” to its lineup of free creative tools. The Vancouver-born company—which launched out of Yaletown in 2009 before moving to Gastown and eventually Richmond—was always a digital-forward company, even though its core business is...

YVR Positioned at Forefront of Global ‘Airside Electrification’ Trend in Canada

We may not yet be at the stage of electrified passenger planes, but that has not stopped airports around the world from electrifying elements of operation in ways that are actually market-ready. Within Canada, YVR holds the crown in this...

Psychology says adults who habitually slouch aren’t always just careless about their posture — under stress and social threat, the body can instinctively fold...

“Sit up straight” might be the least useful instruction in the English language. It frames a slouch as a discipline problem, solvable by nagging. Sometimes that is exactly what it is. Plenty of people fold forward because the chair...

Expert360 founder and early investors miss out in $16 million exit

As first reported by Capital Brief, Expert360, which connects companies and startups to consultants, board advisors, and fractional executives, is being acquired by AI job-matching platform Swipejobs. The deal values Expert360 at $16 million, according to media reports. Expert360 had raised...

Women’s health founders are heading overseas because local investors don’t prioritise them

Just 2% of all tech startup capital in Australia in 2025 went to all-female founded teams, according to the State of Australian Startup Funding report. Female health tech innovators came together in Sydney on Tuesday for a health summit, where...
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Snakes, and their ladders

It confirmed the worst suspicions of embittered Australian startup founders and small business owners. We are an afterthought. We...
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