Category: ITnews

Rio Tinto plugs AWS into innovative copper process
15
Jan
2026

Rio Tinto plugs AWS into innovative copper process

Rio Tinto is harnessing data and analytics services from AWS to optimise a process it’s championing to extract copper from…

Vic Education database breached via school's network
15
Jan
2026

Vic Education database breached via school’s network

All Victorian government schools and their students are impacted by the breach of a Department of Education database that has…

CSIRO looks to next-gen AI agents to fulfil 'copilot' promise
15
Jan
2026

Microsoft patches single-click Copilot data stealing attack

The first Patch Tuesday (Wednesday in the Antipodes) for the year included a fix for a single-click prompt injection attack…

ctrl:cyber strengthens sovereign cyber capability with elevenM acquisition
15
Jan
2026

ctrl:cyber strengthens sovereign cyber capability with elevenM acquisition

ctrl:cyber has acquired elevenM, strengthening its end-to-end sovereign capability and national footprint. The acquisition brings together two organisations with closely…

Local Technology Infrastructure Is Key to Australia’s Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Future
15
Jan
2026

Local Technology Infrastructure Is Key to Australia’s Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Future

Australian organisations have spent the past decade embracing cloud and software as a service (SaaS), yet many chief information officers…

Researchers unsure of purpose of new VoidLink Linux malware
15
Jan
2026

Researchers unsure of purpose of new VoidLink Linux malware

Check Point Software researchers have discovered what they say is a cloud-first malware framework aimed at Linux-based operating systems, with…

Services Australia to tap law enforcement data for staff security
15
Jan
2026

Services Australia to tap law enforcement data for staff security

Services Australia is planning to deploy a new intelligence and investigation system that will allow it to cross reference customer…

European telcos may get unlimited radio spectrum rights
15
Jan
2026

European telcos may get unlimited radio spectrum rights

Europe’s telecoms ​providers may ⁠be given the use of lucrative radio spectrum without a time limit under the European Commission’s…

CrowdStrike to lay off five percent of staff
14
Jan
2026

CrowdStrike defeats shareholder lawsuit over huge software outage

 A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by ​CrowdStrike shareholders ⁠who said the cyber security company defrauded them by concealing…

US approves Nvidia H200 chip exports to China
14
Jan
2026

US approves Nvidia H200 chip exports to China

The Trump administration gave a formal green light to ​China-bound sales of ⁠Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chips, putting in place…

From hype to value: The AI trends set to shape 2026
14
Jan
2026

From hype to value: The AI trends set to shape 2026

Over the past two years, most large organisations have proven AI can work. The challenge for 2026 is different: can…

Apple preps E2EE RCS messaging in latest iOS beta
14
Jan
2026

Apple preps E2EE RCS messaging in latest iOS beta

Apple has released the second beta of its upcoming iOS 26.3 mobile operating system for iPhones, with the pre-release software…