Honey Insurance has landed the third-largest ever series A funding round for an Australian tech company – $108 million – after nabbing market share from less innovative incumbents by using AI and smart home sensors to bring down premiums. afr.com/technology/syd…

Nobody expected a clean fight when GoCatch called out Uber for huge damages, but startling details in the first week of the trial have left both sides wounded. A feature summing things up from week one of the trial. afr.com/technology/ube…

Investors in fallen transport app GoCatch were alarmed by its lack of progress and wanted to sack its co-founders around the time UberX launched in Australia, private emails presented by Uber's lawyers in court today show. afr.com/technology/fou…

Alleged emails to be tendered in court this week show Uber’s Australian boss was 'freaking out' about its ability to catch well-backed Australian rival GoCatch. The case will examine allegedly underhand tactics used to cruel GoCatch's chances of success. afr.com/technology/ube…

Canva has acquired a British graphic design software business called Affinity. Would be a big deal, and looks like a very good one. afr.com/street-talk/au…

VC firm Square Peg, has revealed its returns to shareholders have topped $1 billion since it began 12 years ago, as it said it will go to market for its sixth fund in the second half of 2024, trying to raise $US550 million ($843 million.) afr.com/technology/squ…

Lawyers behind a class action lawsuit run on behalf of Australian taxi drivers against Uber Technologies, say the US company has agreed to pay $272 million, in the fifth-largest class action settlement in Australian legal history. afr.com/technology/ube…

A British judge has ruled that Brisbane-born computer scientist Craig Wright is not bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, potentially closing the curtain on years of speculation and litigation about the Australian’s claims. afr.com/technology/aus…

Embattled professional services firm PwC Australia will swing the axe in the biggest round of job cuts in recent memory, with up to 400 staff set to be made redundant on Wednesday. afr.com/companies/prof…

Google in negotiations to strike new media deals afr.com/business-summi…

Australian Reddit moderators will miss out on discount shares in the first major social network to go public in years, as the company limits its reward shares to the US volunteers keeping its online communities in-check. afr.com/technology/yea…

A woman who often seemed to be treated like other peoples' property in life, is now 'reincarnated' by AI vultures. Gross.

Got to love a bit of late Friday afternoon news - Venture capital firm Blackbird ventures is poised to sell a chunk of its early Canva shares to Sydney-based private equity firm Quadrant in a deal thought to be worth well north of $100 million. afr.com/technology/qua…

Google’s plan to dodge day in court over ‘killing’ Aussie startup. afr.com/technology/goo…

Gold Coast space rocket technology company Gilmour Space has soared to a $605 million valuation, after raising $55 million in a funding round aimed at fuelling its first four attempts to launch an Australian-made rocket into orbit. afr.com/technology/the…

Revealed: The respectable life of the suspected Medibank hacker ... some nice online investigation by James King afr.com/technology/rev…

Australian venture capital funds and angel investors look set for a big win as locally founded cybersecurity tech firm Bugcrowd pulled in top-shelf US backers to close one of the largest funding rounds of the year so far at $US102 million ($156 million.) afr.com/technology/aus…

Try to repair Qantas' image or Optus' choices choices ... afr.com/companies/tele…

Goldman Sachs and one of the world’s largest pension funds have emerged as new investors in Canva, as its upcoming $US1.5 billion ($2.28 billion) secondary share sale has left some early investors questioning whether the deal prices the company too low. afr.com/technology/abo…

It’s boom time for big tech companies on the fast train to the AI era, but oddly it won’t feel that way to the workers shovelling the coal into the engines. Aussie staff will likely be among the 8000 jobs that SAP says will be affected by a restructure. afr.com/technology/whi…