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Markable launches free creator tier as social commerce grows

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Markable opens free creator tier and adds AI shopping tools as it targets a fast-growing social commerce market.
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World IP Day: Why IP is the backbone of sporting brands' success

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World IP Day spotlights how sports brands' trademark wars, NFT disputes and licensing fights underpin billions in commercial value.
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Xero launches AI-native operating system for small firms

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Xero unveils AI-native finance platform and JAX assistant to cut admin for small firms, with accountants and bookkeepers also in line for gains.
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Boman Group opens China tech mission for Australian founders

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Boman Group launches five-day Zhejiang trade mission for Australian startup founders, with Alibaba and Unitree visits, plus meetings in Hangzhou and Taizhou.
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Why Legal Services demand is about to grow, not shrink

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AI in legal services is unlikely to shrink demand, with clients seeking more senior expertise and using efficiency gains to unlock latent work.
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OpenAI warns of AI shock & calls for public debate

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OpenAI urges governments to prepare for AI-driven disruption as Sam Altman says rapid progress could transform work, tax and cyber security within years.
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LSI wins degree-awarding powers for AI-led teaching

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London School of Innovation becomes first AI-native UK university to gain Degree Awarding Powers, after regulator backs its tutor-led model.
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Singapore founder Mia Hoang wins TiE women global pitch

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Singapore founder Mia Hoang has won the TiE Women Global Pitch Competition 2026, securing GBP £58,000 in equity-free funding for AirXCarbon.
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Entrepreneurs turn to AI for efficiency, not new markets

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Entrepreneurs increasingly see AI as a tool for efficiency and cost-cutting, not a springboard to new markets or sustainability goals.
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Indosat's SheHacks links women-led AI startups to Vietnam

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Indosat's SheHacks brings Indonesian women-led AI startups to Vietnam, forging cross-border ties with investors and innovation agencies.
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'He/Him Salary' & hidden barriers still hold women back

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'He/Him Salary', hidden networks and biased hiring still block women's careers and pay, business leaders warn ahead of International Women's Day.
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International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications

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On International Women's Day 2026, women in fintech expose an “authority gap” where progress on paper masks bias in daily decisions.
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From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like

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Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.
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Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion

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Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.
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International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed

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Ahead of IWD 2026, Craft Club's Nakisah Williams champions slow, sustainable growth over blitzscaling as a new model of female leadership.
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International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap

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Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.
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Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR

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From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
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Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet

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On International Women's Day, a data leader urges young women to train for unseen careers, valuing curiosity and pivots over rigid plans.
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You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier

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On International Women's Day, a telecom leader argues that mentorship lets women give to gain, multiplying influence across STEM.
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Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital

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Women founders are closing the start-up gap, but with VC still lagging, visibility and public storytelling are now vital growth capital.