ANZ’s group executive of technology Gerard Florian to retire
ANZ Banking Group’s long-time group technology leader Gerard Florian is set to retire in early August, with a global search underway to find a replacement.…
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Debate over future of US AI regulation hinges on broadband funding
The fight over a proposed 10-year US moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence has heated up, with Republican and Democratic Senate leaders differing on…
Fraud victims among top crypto ATM users
Australia’s financial crimes monitoring agency said that it has identified 90 scam victims, money mules and suspected offenders as the top crypto ATM users in…
Sportsbet recruits ‘security champions’ in shift-left strategy
Sportsbet has stood up a ‘security champions’ program, recruiting 42 senior staff to act as security ambassadors, asking questions of project teams and performing threat…
Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors’ copyright lawsuit
A US federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that Anthropic’s use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was legal under…
Australian eSafety commissioner and YouTube spar
Australia’s internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its…
Insurer Aflac investigating possible data leak
Health and life insurer Aflac said it is investigating a breach on its US network that may have exposed customers’ personal information, making it the…
AT&T’s US$177m data breach settlement wins US court approval
A US judge granted preliminary approval to a US$177 million ($273 million) settlement that resolves lawsuits against AT&T over breaches in 2024 that exposed personal…
TAFE NSW, NESA land tech funding in state budget
TAFE NSW and the NSW Education Standards Authority join NSW Police as big winners of technology-related funding in this year’s state budget. The state government…
Qld tables $1 billion for major whole-of-government tech overhaul
The Queensland Government is to spend $1 billion to overhaul its technology delivery, aiming to unify IT investments and systems across 19 departments. The program will…
NAB brings Pete Steel into new digital, data and AI exec role
NAB has named Pete Steel as its group executive for digital, data and artificial intelligence, which includes oversight of the digital-only ubank. Pete Steel (Image…
WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices
Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to all House staff. The…