Category: ITnews

Telstra used ConnectID impermissibly for months
24
Dec
2025

Telstra used ConnectID impermissibly for months

Telstra has copped a formal warning after using a privacy-preserving identity checking service to vet prepaid users, before regulations permitted…

Trump's AI hiring campaign draws interest from 25,000 hopefuls
24
Dec
2025

Trump’s AI hiring campaign draws interest from 25,000 hopefuls

Roughly ​25,000 people ⁠have expressed interest in joining the Trump administration’s cadre of engineers known as Tech Force, a senior…

Waymo to update software after power outage snarls robotaxis
24
Dec
2025

Waymo to update software after power outage snarls robotaxis

Alphabet unit Waymo swill ⁠update software used to operate its self-driving vehicles and improve its emergency response protocols after its…

NSW Housing Development Authority largely cleared in shadow AI use
24
Dec
2025

NSW Housing Development Authority largely cleared on shadow AI use

A NSW public servant’s use of a shadow AI tool for Housing Development Authority work is unlikely to have compromised…

NSW Housing Development Authority largely cleared in shadow AI use
24
Dec
2025

NSW Housing Development Authority largely cleared in shadow AI use

A NSW public servant’s use of a shadow AI tool for Housing Development Authority work is unlikely to have compromised…

La Trobe ACAMI supercomputer comes online
24
Dec
2025

Goodman Group strikes $14bn data centre deal

Australia’s Goodman Group has struck ​a ⁠$14 billion partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to build data centres…

US bars approvals of new models of DJI, all other foreign drones
23
Dec
2025

US bars approvals of new models of DJI, all other foreign drones

The US Federal Communications Commission said it was adding China’s DJI, Autel and ​all foreign-made drones ⁠and components to a…

Defence spending on IT and digital contractors revealed
23
Dec
2025

Defence spending on IT and digital contractors revealed

Defence’s contribution to government spending on IT and digital contractors and consultants was revealed to be $410 million in 2023-24,…

Suncorp turns to multi-agent AI for business transformation
23
Dec
2025

Suncorp turns to multi-agent AI for business transformation

Suncorp Group is planning a multi-agent approach for its AI strategy, and is building out a library of reusable components…

Hidden
23
Dec
2025

University of Sydney “online IT code library” breached

The University of Sydney has revealed the breach of an “online IT code library” where data files containing details of…

BHP sets up AI hub in Singapore
23
Dec
2025

BHP’s long-time network performance focus has it “AI-ready”

BHP’s history of enabling low latency, high throughput applications at mine sites has it entering the AI era with already…

US lawmakers want disclosure of license reviews for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China
22
Dec
2025

US lawmakers want disclosure of license reviews for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China

Two senior Democratic lawmakers have asked ​the US ⁠Commerce Department to disclose details and any approvals of ongoing license reviews…