Australia’s teen social media ban fails to clear first hurdle in age checks
Australia’s online platforms are stumbling at the very first step in implementing age checks for users, rendering a world-first teen social media ban ineffective, a…
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Bendigo Bank scoping more than 3000 ideas for AI use
Bendigo Bank has a pipeline of more than 3000 ideas to use agentic AI to “make the organisation better” and is running them through a…
Telstra mobile network hit by significant outage
Telstra’s mobile network is experiencing a large-scale outage impacting voice and data services on Wednesday, with users finding their phones in SOS mode. Click here…
Telstra says timekeeping issue behind mobile network outage
Telstra has revealed a nationwide mobile network outage is due to a failure of timekeeping nodes used to synchronise its network operations, with work underway…
UN chief warns AI outpacing oversight
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that artificial intelligence is developing faster than anyone can keep up, calling for globally harmonised rules to reduce potential risks –…
NAB is modernising data pipelines for its Ada platform
NAB is going back and standardising the way data pipelines for its Ada data platform are built, which will lower run costs and make new…
ANZ Banking Group has a new tech strategy
ANZ Banking Group CIO Donald Patra has marked his first six months in the role with a nine-point “roadmap” for technology that is aligned to…
FMCG giants give consumer products an AI makeover
French cosmetics company L’Oreal has used AI to identify molecules in its skincare products that can be repurposed for use in shampoo and can now…
Indara appoints its first CTO
Indara, which manages mobile network towers, has appointed its first ever chief technology officer as one of three changes under an executive leadership restructure. The…
Microsoft device telemetry key to unmasking alleged Scattered Spider hacker
Peter Stokes, the 19-year-old American-Estonian extradited from Finland to face Scattered Spider hacking charges in the United States, is allegedly tied to a US$8 million…
Attorney-General’s Dept backs Copilot Chat, Google NotebookLM
The Attorney-General’s Department has set up two controlled AI tools, one each from Microsoft and Google, for staff to use on data classified up to…
Nexon Asia Pacific builds customer trust with certification to international AI standard
With the managed IT services sector turning to AI to automate and optimise operations, customers are asking providers what strategies and controls they are using…