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IREN co-founders score $1. 14 billion pay packet amid AI bonanza
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (565+ words) By Daniel Van Boom The board of Sydney-headquartered, New York-listed IREN has approved an equity package for co-founders Will and Daniel Roberts valued at US$788 million ($1. 14 billion) based on its stock price today. Each brother will receive just over nine…...
Why biohacking is going mainstream in Australia
15+ hour, 58+ min ago (997+ words) BRANDVOICE " PARTNER CONTENT In the early 2000s, scientists studying Blue Zones " pockets of the world where people live extraordinarily long and healthy " thought they had cracked the longevity code. What emerged from their research was a simple formula for ageing well:…...
Tesla's electric Semi has its first fatal crash
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (292+ words) Tesla's new electric Semi was involved in a crash earlier this week that killed two people, the first known fatal accident involving the carmaker's newest model, which just went into regular production this year. The cause of the accident, which…...
You can't meditate your way out of a toxic workplace
14+ hour, 18+ min ago (673+ words) By Declan Edwards - Contributor We are living through'one of the most expensive, yet'least effective eras of workplace wellbeing'in history. Corporate wellbeing budgets are scaling to unprecedented heights. Yet the metrics executives care most about, such as retention, engagement and performance,…...
This drone startup bagged BHP, Rio Tinto as customers. Now it's raised $25m to tackle defence spending boom
20+ hour, 3+ min ago (455+ words) By Daniel Van Boom CSIRO-spinout Emesent has raised $25 million in fresh funding, including $10 million in venture debt from the National Reconstruction Fund, as it aims to jump further into the exploding defence tech industry. The company has historically made sensors…...
Women's basketball is an overlooked investment. That's about to change.
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1027+ words) Words by Robyn Denholm and Lauren Jackson In six years, Australia will host the Olympic Games. By then, a new generation of Australian basketballers will be entering the prime of their careers." The Opals have won six Olympic medals across…...
New 'payday super' changes come into effect today. Here's what you need to know
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (283+ words) By Daniel Van Boom "Payday Super will improve the retirement outcomes of millions of Australians in two ways," said James Koval, chief policy officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. "Getting super invested sooner so it earns compound…...
The five AI shifts every CEO should prepare for
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1384+ words) By Lucio Ribeiro - Contributor A few weeks ago, I stood in front of 30 senior business leaders at The Marketing Academy Fellowship and walked them through'Ai MOT, the AI Moment of Truth: the point in a customer journey where someone meets…...
How Nicole Eckels built a beloved fragrance empire
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (562+ words) BRANDVOICE " PARTNER CONTENT Two decades ago, New Yorker Nicole Eckels identified a gap in the Australian lifestyle market. Home fragrance was a grossly underdeveloped category, with no brand delivering the transportive experience common in the United States. What began as…...
Larry Ellison's net worth plunges $100 billion amid Oracle slide
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (371+ words) Forbes Australia Larry Ellison, who ranked the world's second-richest person earlier this month, dropped to the No. 7 spot behind Mark Zuckerberg following another rise in Meta's stock and a nearly monthlong downturn in Oracle shares that has cut more than…...