Australia has enviable mobile download speeds, averaging out at 50.53Mbps and sitting eighth in a list of 124 countries compiled by Ookla, the company that provides the online Speedtest application for testing download and upload speeds.

The first homes outside of Europe claimed to utilise blockchain technology for power will be completed in a new housing development in Australia in September this year.

The latest ABS jobs data showing the trend unemployment rate was 5.4% in June 2018, the lowest in over five years, but business startup service Honcho says it shines a spotlight on a revolution happening within Australia's workforce.

Google has now been fined nearly US$8 billion by the European Union, but the company seems to be undeterred in its mission to muddy the waters, issuing a riposte that is a mix of Orwellian statements, fact and fiction.

Within just five months of launch, Uber’s giant competitor from India Ola has completed 1.5+ million rides, garnered over 40,000 driver-partners and launched in multiple Aussie cities including now Adelaide.

Nimbo, an intelligent security robot based on leading-edge Artificial Intelligence, could soon be deployed as a guard in places around Australia.

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