Technology

Forbes Australia picks out the three Aussie entrepreneurs who are making waves in the startup space right now.

While markets initially had a knee-jerk reaction to the Israel-Hamas war, with higher oil prices and lower bond yields, they’ve since calmed down, with the S&P 500 closing 1.5% higher on October 17.

Netflix reported nine million net subscriber additions exceeded analyst estimates.

New import bans have sent retailers scrambling to prove their supply chains are free from cotton originating from places like China’s Xinjiang region — or else risk millions in seized merchandise. 

Australia’s preeminent tech executive sat down with Forbes Australia on the first day of SXSW Sydney, and didn’t hold back on the nation’s opportunity to lead in key sectors globally. Robyn Denholm is the Chair of the Tesla Motors board as well as the Australian Tech Council, and a partner in Australia’s leading VC firm Blackbird Ventures.

Amid changes in climate, Australian agricultural revenue is projected to fall by $13 billion next year. Agtech — the intersection of technology and agriculture — is one solution that could replenish the ditch.

Gibran Huzaifah bred fish to pay his university fees, then built eFishery into a company involving 300,000 fishponds. He’s expanding to India and elsewhere.

For bigger tech companies, Israel’s mass mobilization has proven a manageable hiccup in business as usual. For smaller ones, it can pose an existential challenge.

The deal concludes over a year of negotiations between Microsoft and regulators in the U.S. and U.K.

Atlassian—the team collaboration software company cofounded by Mike Cannon-Brookes—said Thursday it has agreed to buy video messaging platform Loom for $975 million, betting more work will be done remotely in the future.