New rules to help prevent unexpectedly high mobile phone bills have been imposed on the telecommunications industry by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

People with disability will now be able to access in-store information about telco products suited to their needs through a new partnership between disability telecommunications service Accessible Telecoms and Vodafone Australia.

Optus is claiming a world-first with the successful completion of an end to end 5G data test call over its 2300MHz spectrum.

Australian digital bank UBank is partnering with fintech startup Basiq, leveraging machine learning to give customers a "more complete picture" of their finances.

Singapore e-scooter provider Neuron Mobility has attracted investment of US$18.5 million from Australian venture capital firm Square Peg and US cross-border fund GSR Ventures. Existing investors Seedplus and SEEDS Capital also contributed.

Scientists from the Australian National University claim to have invented a new hyrdogel that operates like skin, ligaments and bone, and is very strong, self-healing and able to morph into different shapes.

Printer giant Epson has agreed to invest in printed electronics startup Elephantech, and the parties have entered into a partnership agreement that includes the supply of inkjet printheads.

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