SA Power taps AI to reduce field job “knockbacks”
Key points SA Power Networks is testing AI to predict when field work will hit obstacles that force projects back into the office for replanning.…
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Apple unveils $3499 passport-shaped iPhone Duo
Apple has redefined its flagship smartphone with the launch of the Duo, a folding iPhone starting from $3499, betting its design and promises of data…
ASD warns Aussie Adobe Commerce and Magento stores under attack
Key points A critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-75650, rated 10.0 on the CVSS scale, allows unauthenticated remote code execution on Adobe Commerce and Magento Open…
OpenAI rogue agent activity wider-ranging than disclosed
AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year, according to six sets of independent investigators and…
ANU names new CIO – iTnews
Key points William Confalonieri has been appointed as the Australian National University’s new chief information officer, replacing acting CIO Sajid Hassan. Confalonieri most recently served…
UOMO bill headed to the Senate
Key points The universal mobile service obligation bill, requiring Telstra, Optus and TPG Telecom to provide voice and text coverage across up to 5 million…
Main Roads WA brings real-time visibility to traffic operations
Key points Main Roads Western Australia’s Real Time Operating Platform (RTOP) unifies data from around 30 separate systems into a single real-time view of the…
US accuses Chinese AI firms of ‘malicious’ copying of AI technology
The US government has accused Chinese artificial intelligence companies of maliciously copying technology from American AI firms, potentially complicating relations ahead of a planned meeting…
Fed gov targets social media algorithms
Australia proposed giving social media users the option to select the content they see on their feeds, marking the next step in the government’s push…
Europe’s biggest mobile operators in talks for satellite-to-mobile venture
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Vodafone Group and Telefonica are in early talks to create a consortium to bid on European Union satellite spectrum and offer direct-to-mobile…
Late patching of Metabase SQLi bug claims Sydney’s Mathspace
Key points Attackers exploited a critical Metabase vulnerability to breach Mathspace after the company failed to patch its self-hosted instance following an August 7 advisory.…
Hundreds of old, vulnerable Exchange servers remain in Australia
Key points 382 Australian and 56 New Zealand Exchange servers remain vulnerable to CVE-2026-62911 as of August 31, three weeks after Microsoft’s fix. Working exploit…