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The female economy isn't niche - It's the growth engine

5 days ago
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Women are driving explosive growth in digital fitness and sports tech, turning female-first design from side initiative into core strategy.
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AI 'Cat Decoder' drives DINE sales surge on Amazon

6 days ago
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AI-powered 'Cat Decoder' fuels 73% DINE sales jump on Amazon, drawing new shoppers and boosting offline cat food sales across Australia.
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Revuze adds TikTok Shop insight to market platform

Last week
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data analytics
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Revuze now tracks TikTok Shop sales and creator performance, unifying commerce data with customer feedback in its market platform.
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Duke, Axialent launch bespoke 'Building AI-Driven Cultures'

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digital transformation
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ai
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payment technologies
Duke Corporate Education and Axialent have joined forces on a bespoke leadership programme to help executives build AI-ready cultures.
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Global eCommerce giants squeeze Australia's marketplaces

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Amazon, Temu and Shein tighten their grip on Australian eCommerce as local marketplaces retreat and shoppers chase speed and social.
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Study finds 28,000 fake domains mimic top websites

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advanced persistent threat protection
Study finds over 28,000 fake domains mimicking top global sites, exposing users to rising phishing, malware and industrial-scale squatting.
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Aussie kids averaged over two hours a day on TikTok in 2025

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genai
Australian children spent an average of 132 minutes a day on TikTok in 2025, topping global peers just before the under-16 social media ban.
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Record rise in digital squatting fuels phishing wave

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Record digital squatting surge sees 6,200 disputes in 2025, as lookalike domains drive costly phishing, malware and payment fraud.
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Avast launches Deepfake Guard & expands Scam Guardian

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Avast rolls out Deepfake Guard for Windows and takes Scam Guardian global on mobile in a push to combat rising video-led fraud.
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Brightcove maps 2026 AI roadmap & Video Cloud revamp

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digital entertainment
Brightcove maps 2026 AI push and major UX overhaul, promising faster innovation, richer accessibility tools and smoother video operations.
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Online creators shift focus from ads to subscriptions

Mon, 26th Jan 2026
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data analytics
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planning
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physical security
Online creators turn from volatile ad deals to subscriptions, affiliates and paid events, bringing bigger paydays but trickier tax demands.
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Creators warned dashboard earnings overstate income

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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youtube
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instagram
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social media
Social media creators urged to treat content as a business as dashboard payouts ignore platform cuts, tax and rising running costs.
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Logitech G predicts five key shifts in gaming for 2026

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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logitech
Logitech G tips 2026 as a turning point, with blockbusters, ageing gamers, creators and cosy live-service worlds reshaping how we play.
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CEEK warns brands: win machine trust or vanish by 2026

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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devops
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digital transformation
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cx
Brands must build “machine trust” by 2026 or risk vanishing from AI-led discovery as CEEK warns creativity alone will no longer secure visibility.
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Black Friday peak as AI fuels longer online shopping wave

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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cx
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martech
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commerce systems
Black Friday still delivered the peak online surge, but AI-driven search stretched shopping demand across a longer November window.
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Incode unveils Deepsight AI defence to combat deepfakes

Tue, 6th Jan 2026
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biometrics
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fintech
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physical security
Incode launches Deepsight AI, a three-layer defence to spot and block deepfakes in real time for banks, tech platforms and governments.
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Explainer: Oscars to stream on YouTube after long TV era

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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digital transformation
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martech
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digital entertainment
The Oscars will leave traditional TV for a free global YouTube livestream from 2029, ending decades of broadcast dominance on ABC.
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Exclusive: How PvX Partners tackles the mobile app financing gap

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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gaming
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data analytics
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fintech
PvX is betting on data-rich user acquisition, offering mobile game studios revenue-linked funding and analytics that banks still overlook.
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Social media drives Black Friday sales surge in UK

Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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digital transformation
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cx
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martech
Social media fuelled a Black Friday boom in the UK, as Rithum data showed global social sales soaring 152% and online spend up 27%.
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Innovid boosts Social Ads Manager with Reddit tools

Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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martech
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cdp
Innovid adds Reddit, Meta optimisation and Google CM360 tools to Social Ads Manager, promising smoother cross-platform social campaigns.