Sydney couple launch 'Google for fashion' startup

A Sydney husband and wife duo have founded an online shopping portal that aims to do for online fashion retailing what Google did for internet search. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Not normal: what's different about the NSW mega fires

If anyone tells you, "This is part of a normal cycle" or "We’ve had fires like this before", smile politely and walk away, because they don’t know what they’re talking about. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

What happens when 'psycho' automation leaves pilots powerless?

The captain of the imperilled Qantas flight reveals his horrific experience of automation's dark side. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

'It's going to be interesting': Recruitment startups watch Uber Works

Australian recruitment startups are working to win customers, as Uber looks to join the market with Uber for Work. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Qantas launches inspection blitz after cracks found on Boeing 737 jet

Qantas will inspect 33 of its Boeing 737s aircraft by the end of this week after it discovered structural cracks on one of the short-haul jets that are the backbone of its domestic operations. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

You can now use your smartphone as ID in NSW (Australia)

NSW citizens are now finally able to have their driver's licence on their phones, almost five years since it was first proposed. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

There’s a good chance Beijing already has your face on file

Facial recognition is foremost in China's new toolkit for repression and at least one Chinese subsidiary is hoovering up data globally for security purposes. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Reckon QuickBooks accounting software crippled to force subscription upgrades

Small business owners who bought Reckon Accounts or QuickBooks desktop software are now being held to ransom, IT consultant says. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

The culprit behind east Australia's big dry

Decades of research have finally recognised the importance subtle changes in temperatures in the Indian Ocean can have on rainfall a full continent away. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Canva's market value jumps to $5.2B

International financial backers have made the online design platform led by 32-year-old Melanie Perkins one of the world's most valuable female-managed startups. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

The edge of the map: the steady decline of topographical cartography

The federal government body responsible for topographical maps will stop selling them in December and the NSW state equivalent has stopped reprinting. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

For first time ever, US billionaires pay lower tax rate than workers

The tipping point came in 2017 with the passage of Donald Trump's tax cuts. They were a windfall for the wealthy, lowering the top income tax bracket and slashing the corporate tax rate. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Researchers unearth 'iron dragon' of ancient Queensland outback

Here be dragons: researchers have uncovered the bones of a new species of pterosaur in outback Queensland, with a wingspan of four metres. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

'A diamond heist': ANU hack a sophisticated, targeted operation, report finds

A forensic investigation into the high-profile cyber attack on the university says the exact detail of the data stolen remains unknown. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Australia: National Archive to Preserve Aussie Video Games for the First Time

From 1982's The Hobbit to 2018's Florence and beyond, the first crop of games to be collected represents almost 40 years of Australian game-making. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

India bans e-cigarettes, announcing jail terms of up to three years

India has banned the production, import and sale of electronic cigarettes which could lead to jail terms of up to three years for offenders. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Why is Jakarta, Indonesia's soon to be former capital city, sinking?

Changing the locations of capital cities is more common than you may think. But what has prompted Indonesia's move? And how long have they got? | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

'archaic' technology threw Sydney rail into meltdown

A job to fix a hatch on a train roof has again exposed the vulnerability of the city's rail network. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

The moment that began the end of the Cold War

Some say the Cold War finished because of Ronald Reagan. But that's not really true. Arpad Bella was there at the beginning of the end. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Parental support startup Circle In raises $1.5M

The company is expanding and targeting the United States and United Kingdom with the support of a venture capital fund. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Thousands of medical histories exposed in data breach

Tens of thousands of Australians have had their medical histories and other private information accessed in a data breach of the Neoclinical medical research firm. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

US in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis

Far-right extremists were responsible for 100 per cent of all terrorist attacks on US soil since the end of 2017. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Rough and ready: the art and science of reverse swing

It has confounded the world’s finest batsmen and brought a national team undone. A special multimedia feature reveals how reverse swing became a cricket phenomenon. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Kiwi Actor vs. Amazon.com (2006)

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@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Earth had a near-miss with 'city-killer' asteroid this morning

The 100-metre wide rock called Asteroid 2019 OK raced by at 11.22am on Thursday, passing within about 70,000km – closer to us than the moon’s orbit. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

'Major distraction': school dumps iPads, returns to paper textbooks

Sydney eastern suburbs private school Reddam House has dumped digital textbooks and returned to the paper variety. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Firms 'blacklisting' Australia over encryption laws, government contractor says

Encryption laws are leading to IT companies withdrawing from Australia while storing data in Russia and China, a government contractor told a parliamentary inquiry. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Unprecedented': Netflix revoking Why scene heralded as world first

Netflix has removed a controversial scene from 13 Reasons Why, two years after a public outcry from some of Australia's peak mental health bodies.  | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

In Sydney, Australia, apartment oversupply puts squeeze on rents

Apartment rental listings in Sydney have almost doubled since 2017, with landlords accepting "ridiculous" offers as rents drop by over $100 per week in some places. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Boeing's 737 MAX software outsourced to $12.80-an-hour engineers

The software blamed for the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines disasters was developed at a time Boeing was laying off experienced engineers and cutting costs. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Boeing's 737 MAX software outsourced to AUD12.80-an-hour (9 USD) engineers

The software blamed for the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines disasters was developed at a time Boeing was laying off experienced engineers and cutting costs. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Richard White's long way to the top at Wisetech

He used to have clients like AC/DC and the Angels - but a career shift made Richard a billionaire at age 61. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Australian journalist live-tweets police raid on Australian Broadcaster

When the police arrived at ABC headquarters, John Lyons respond in a uniquely modern way. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Almost 100k Australians Affected by PayID Breach

The attack, which also affects customers from other banks, has prompted a warning from computer security experts who say that the pilfered data could be used for fraud. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Chinese government censors ruling lines through Australian books

Chinese political leaders, democracy and dissident movements are all taboo subjects for Chinese censors vetting Australian books. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

How the global push against Huawei began in a Canberra basement

The Australians had long harboured misgivings about Huawei in existing networks, but the 5G war game was a turning point. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

East Timor at the forefront of fixing the global recycling crisis

The tiny nation wants to go "plastic neutral" with technology whose Australian inventor says could also provide the solution to the problems in Australia. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

'I’ve become isolated': the aftermath of near-doomed QF72

Faced with a mid-flight computer failure, a captain had only seconds to steer his plane to safety. It took much longer to work through the mental fallout. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Ech giants pledge unprecedented action to tackle terrorist content

US behemoths Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Twitter will share data and technology as part of a new agreement to join forces against the sharing of terrorist content in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

5G Apocalypse: Russia wants you to believe next-gen wireless can kill you

RT's assaults on 5G technology are rising in number and stridency as the US wireless industry begins to erect 5G systems. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Singer faints on flight after wearing entire wardrobe

A Scottish boy band member went to extraordinary lengths to avoid an excess baggage fee: emptying his suitcase and wearing up to 12 layers of clothing on board a flight from Stansted to Glasgow. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 5 years ago

Passport machine outage causes major delays at Australian airports

Passport control machines were down at international airports, causing lengthy delays on Monday morning. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 5 years ago

The widow of Steve Jobs is proving to be a savvy investor

In the seven years since the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, his widow Laurene Powell Jobs has made her own mark - while staying out of the spotlight. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 5 years ago

Australian lib party delays Koch i360 s/w rollout this federal election round

The Liberal Party has spent more than $1 million building a powerful campaign tool. But it isn't using it this federal election. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 5 years ago

'One more thing': Apple fails in legal bid over Swatch trademark (Australia)

Apple’s bid to stop watch company Swatch using the phrase “one more thing” in Australia has failed, despite the tech giant arguing the term was synonymous with its iconic co-founder Steve Jobs. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 5 years ago

Australian GPS tracking watch marketed for children trivially compromised

It's every parent's worst nightmare: discovering the smartwatch tracking device you bought to protect your child could be used instead by a stranger to stalk them. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 5 years ago

Glut in demand for science graduates challenges STEM hype

Job opportunities for university science graduates have failed to match the push for more students to study Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), warn policy experts.  | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 5 years ago

Boeing said that 737 Max 8 is 'not suitable' for certain airports

Before last month's crash of a flight that began in Ethiopia, Boeing said in a legal document that large, upgraded 737s "cannot be used at what are referred to as 'high/hot' airports." | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 5 years ago