How local grocery chains use surveillance tech Auror to watch you and ‘predict crime’
If you’ve bought groceries, filled your car with petrol or shopped at a major Australian retailer recently, chances are you’ve probably been surveilled by a company using Auror.
Frankly Speaking: After launch day setbacks, a pop-up keeps us afloat
When small businesses work together and support each other, incredible things can happen.
Zonzo Winery shares secret family recipe to launch world’s first ‘Zoncello’ limoncello spritz and liqueur
Zonzo Winery founder Rod Micallef’s ‘Zoncello’ limoncello spritz and house-made limoncello liqueur legacy recipe has long been a well kept Micallef family secret passed down and enjoyed through generations. Until today.
Everyday people: Frank Body’s bold plans to shake up the body wash market
Ten years on from launching its cult body scrub made from coffee beans, Frank Body has this week branched out with its Everyday range of body care products.
For farmers to go global, we need to think local
As farms have scaled to meet rising global demand, so has the size and scale of our equipment. This equipment performs exceptionally well at what it was made to do — to cover as many acres as possible in very little time. However, this system has left us with some downsides, and it's time that we discuss them.
Mixue comes knocking: Popular Chinese ice cream and tea chain opens first Aussie store in Sydney
Chinese ice cream and tea brand Mixue has opened its first Australian store in Sydney’s World Square, with plans for two more stores in Brisbane and Melbourne to open their doors in due course.
Origin’s free EV charging offer pulled after a technical glitch launched webpage
It might've seemed like an offer that was too good to be true for EV drivers, and it was — for now, that is. Origin Energy has been forced to backtrack after a test page on their website offering five hours of free electricity a day unwittingly went live.
Despite losing billions, Uber and Lyft are teaming up with public transport operators. Why?
Why do Uber, Lyft, Didi, OLA and other ride-sharing companies want to partner with public transport agencies? For Uber and Lyft, the reason is simple: their business plans were based on eventually using driver-less vehicles to eliminate their main cost, the labour cost of the driver. But human drivers won’t be replaced for some time.
Victoria in high spirits as craft distilleries continue to flourish
The growth of craft spirits and beers over the past five or so years has rather caught policymakers and big liquor off guard.
Specialty manufacturer Derwent Industries secures $15 million Australian Business Growth Fund backing
Founded by the federal government, the ABGF has now deployed more than $100 million in capital after investing in the pipe and fitting foundry.
‘Unhinged’ — the only way to describe Microsoft Bing’s gaslighting, love bombing, narcissistic AI
There’s a race to transform search. And Microsoft just scored a home goal with its chatbot, which has been terrifying early adopters with death threats, among other troubling outputs.
Environment minister Plibersek slams industry on failure to recycle soft plastics
The minister has put major supermarkets, plastics manufacturers and the tyre industry on notice that she will not hesitate to regulate over the top of them if tangible progress is not quickly made to improve recycling rates following the collapse of REDcycle.