Jared Lynch

Melbourne

Technology Editor at The Australian

Journalist, writing for The @Australian. Ex @FinancialReview, @TheAge, @SMH.

Articles

Australia should hold its nerve against Facebook despite tariff threat

3 weeks ago | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Australia should take note of Papua New Guinea’s ban on Facebook and give local regulators greater powers to rein in US tech giants as scams and misinformation run rife on their platforms, former competition watchdog boss Rod Sims says. PNG – which has about 1.3 million Facebook users – has blocked access to the social media platform to limit hate speech, misinformation and pornography.
Australian AI hacking helper attracts big investors

1 month ago | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Fake meat and artificial intelligence-powered cyber attacks might not appear to have much in common. But there are plenty of parallels, according to tech entrepreneur Soroush Pour. Mr Pour’s key interest is how technology can be used to solve the most crucial problems facing humanity. This led him to lab grown meat start-up Vow, and more recently founding his own cyber security software company, Harmony Intelligence, with former colleague Alex Browne.
Blackbird ventures an opinion on AI outlook: There’s no sign of a bubble

1 month ago | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Artificial intelligence is just getting started, with Australia’s biggest venture capital firm dismissing concerns about a bubble forming in the much-hyped technology after China’s DeepSeek began to puncture dizzying valuations. Blackbird Ventures partner Tom Humphrey said 2025 would be “the year of enterprise AI” when the nation’s biggest companies begin deploying it at scale to jump-start flatling productivity.
‘Alarming trends’: Why this carmaker dumped EVs

2 months ago | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Ineos Automotive has dumped its first electric four-wheel-drive, citing “alarming trends” in the second-hand EV market, even among early enthusiasts of the technology, the company’s Australian boss says. The maker of the Ineos Grenadier – which has been described as a passion project of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and a home for 4WD “refugees” – planned to produce an electric vehicle with a petrol range extender by 2027.
Google dumps diversity hiring targets

2 months ago | stockhead.com.au | Joseph Lam |Jared Lynch

Google will scrap its diversity and inclusion programs, which sought to employ workers from under-represented communities. The $US2.35 trillion ($3.74 trillion) company is the latest American tech titan to abandon diversity, equity and inclusion programs in a move to better align itself with the Trump administration.
Inside the $2.17 trillion battle to make our homes smarter

Jan 12, 2025 | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Something was missing at CES this year. The event is a place where the world’s biggest consumer electronics brands showcase their latest wares and technology, encompassing the wonderful to the bizarre in Las Vegas. But, this year product launches took a back seat to a bolder narrative for big brands such as Samsung and LG. The main presentations and booths of both Korean companies barely mentioned new TVs, washing machines or fridges.
How Visa plans to change loyalty programs and online shopping

Dec 18, 2024 | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Artificial intelligence is set to dramatically change the way we shop, with bots running in the background, not just sending birthday reminders but even buying gifts and writing cards, a Visa executive says. Loyalty programs are set to change too, with Visa supporting the federal government’s crackdown on surcharges – a move industry insiders expect will crimp frequent flyer credit cards.
Start-up’s tech to save ‘tens of thousands of lives’ after successful trials in Angola landmine fields

Dec 16, 2024 | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Australia has succeeded where the US failed, harnessing magnetic resonance technology to develop a new landmine detector which will help save tens of thousands of lives each year. CSIRO and Australian resources company RFC Ambrian developed the handheld device that uses the same technology behind MRI machines to detect the molecular structure of explosives in low-metal antitank and antipersonnel minefields.
How to work smarter next year and kill ‘circling back’

Dec 12, 2024 | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Almost three-quarters of Australian workers will end the year with unfinished tasks – with many never resuming those projects in 2025 as they veer into the much maligned “circle back” territory, new research has found. As Australia battles flatlining productivity, software titan Atlassian found almost one-third of projects will never be completed – even after workers return from Christmas holidays.
Social media ban on Facebook, TikTok and others fails to teach children how to think

Dec 1, 2024 | stockhead.com.au | Jared Lynch

Facebook owner Meta has revealed that it – and every other social media platform – will have to start collecting the biometric data of Australian children to comply with the Albanese government’s landmark social media ban. The new law, which is designed to stop children under the age of 16 from accessing social media, was passed after a three-hour debate in parliament. It received bipartisan support, despite tech and child-safety experts warning that the bill was too rushed.