Australian suppliers attending Amazon's Marketplace sellers summit in Sydney today expect the retailing giant to kick off its operations in Australia on or around 24 November in order to coincide with its annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping promotions.

Google is likely to be hit with another big fine from the European Union in the next few weeks, this time over its AdSense advertising system.

The Australian Government has launched a GeoScience-led trial of what is claimed as “world-first” satellite positioning technology.

The University of Adelaide has secured a federal government grant of $387,884 — part of total funding of $11.4 million — for resarch using machine learning techniques to find the earliest signs of disease that are difficult to detect visually from a CT scan.

Samsung and Vision Australia have introduced "IrisVision, a wearable device with powerful magnification capabilities for people with low vision, powered by Samsung smartphones and Gear VR

A new low-cost, hand-held device called sKan uses heat detection to help physicians quickly identify skin cancer and has won the international James Dyson Award.

Peripherals manufacturer Logitech has reacted to the storm around its decision to brick all Harmony Link devices from March next year by offering a free Harmony Hub to all owners of the Link.

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