Chips, Fines and Quantum

By the Orchestra editors · 4 min read

TL;DR

AU social media fines double to $99M as platforms face compliance probes
Firmus inks Nvidia partnership to boost local AI compute access
Silex completes Sydney quantum silicon factory, production months away
Cursor ships a mobile app so you can steer coding agents from your phone

Australian Tech

Social media ban fines double to $99M

Communication minister Anika Wells announced that penalties for breaching Australia's social media age ban will double to $99M, alongside new information-gathering powers for the eSafety Commissioner. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube are all under non-compliance probes.

Firmus partners with Nvidia for local AI compute

Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus has signed a strategic deal with Nvidia to buy its infrastructure and resell cloud services to AI-native customers, giving local firms more cost-effective access to GPU compute.

Silex finishes Sydney quantum silicon plant

Silex Systems has wrapped construction of its quantum-grade silicon production facility at Lucas Heights. High-purity silicon should start shipping within months, securing a sovereign supply chain for Australia's growing quantum sector.

AI · Worldwide

Cursor launches mobile app for coding agents

Cursor now has a mobile app that lets developers monitor and guide their coding agents remotely. Handy for when a background agent needs a nudge and you're away from your desk.

South Korea commits $550B+ to ease memory chip crunch

Samsung and SK Hynix have pledged over $550B to build new memory fabs as South Korea positions itself as a global AI hardware powerhouse. The investment targets the growing demand for HBM and other AI-critical memory.