Girl Geek Academy launches in Samoa to teach more women and girls ‘life-changing’ coding skills
Melbourne-based startup Girl Geek Academy has launched its first Pacific arm in Samoa to continue its mission to teach more women and girls how to code.
Away chief Steph Korey steps down, then back up weeks later, after Slack-based bullying claims
Just one month after facing serious bullying allegations, Away co-founder Steph Korey is reversing her decision to step down from the role of chief executive of the US luggage startup.
Kiwi startup Soul Machines bags $60 million for tech bridging the human-AI divide
New Zealand startup Soul Machines has raised $58 million in Series B funding for its computer-generated customer support AI with a ‘digital brain’.
Facebook will allow political ads that contain lies, shifting onus onto users to avoid them
Facebook has said it will not block political ads that contain lies, or restrict targeted advertising, ahead of the US 2020 election.
“An obligation to go global”: Aussie farming software startup to enter the UK
Australian agriculture software startup Safe Ag Systems will be commercially trialled in the United Kingdom this month.
Canva’s Melanie Perkins named one of the world’s top founders of the decade
Canva co-founder and Aussie tech icon Melanie Perkins has been named in the Forbes 'top under 30 of the decade' founders list, only one of two women in the top 10.
Japanese ‘love hotel’ booking platform suffers data breach exposing names, emails and card details of users
Japanese startup HappyHotel, a search engine for finding and booking rooms in so-called ‘love hotels’, has found itself the victim of a cyber hack.
WeWork debacle aftermath felt as SoftBank backs out of startup investments last minute
In the wake of WeWork’s catastrophic IPO attempt, SoftBank’s Vision Fund has been dropping out of investment deals without warning.
Switched off over Christmas? Here’s the startup news you might have missed
If you’re just ramping up to hit the New Year running and you haven’t looked at any business news in a while, here’s the startup news you may have missed.
Startup Yume joins forces with Suez on epic installation showing the scale of Australia’s food waste crisis
Surplus food reselling platform Yume has partnered with waste management giant Suez on an installation demonstrating Australia’s food waste problem.
A new kind of storytelling: Meet the virtual reality startup letting users DIY a documentary
Mod founder Michela Ledwidge has built a brand new kind of storytelling software — a VR platform that lets users create their own documentary.
Is Elon’s Cybertruck too big for your garage? This Aussie startup’s flat-packed, solar-powered carport has you covered
Iron Matrix has unveiled designs for a Cybertruck accessory that would make Elon himself proud: a flat-packed solar-powered carport.
