Amazon CEO sets out AI investment mission
Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy has justified the company’s billions of dollars in outlays for artificial intelligence development, saying the investment was necessary to remain…
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Western Sydney University SSO system breached
Western Sydney University has experienced its fourth cyber incident in two years, this time affecting the data of 10,000 current and former students after an…
7-Eleven Australia tech leader moves on
7-Eleven Australia’s general manager of strategy and technology, Stephen Eyears, has left the organisation, coinciding with a change to its “support office structure”. Stephen Eyears…
Sunshine Coast Council trains AI kiosk for in-person help
Sunshine Coast Council is tapping into an AI-enabled kiosk to handle in-person queries at its municipal centre via an Azure OpenAI service-powered avatar named ‘Laura’.…
Suncorp is modernising its finance and HR systems
Suncorp will move its internal finance system off Oracle E-Business Suite to the cloud-based Oracle Fusion in May as part of a broader platform modernisation…
US financial regulator says executives’ emails were hacked
The US Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said that emails of executives and other employees of the agency were hacked, blaming…
Australia’s broadband baseline tipped to move from 25Mbps to 100Mbps
NBN Co and 33 smaller broadband infrastructure operators may be required to offer services capable of 100Mbps, up from 25Mbps, under a proposal floated by…
Vic Police digitises infringement notices
Victoria Police is deploying an app to its mobile device fleet that digitises the issuing of roadside infringement notices. The ePINs – electronic penalty infringement…
White House orders agencies to develop AI strategies, name leaders
The White House said it is ordering federal agencies to name chief AI officers and develop strategies for an expansion of the government’s use of…
Transport for NSW is under new tech leadership
Transport for NSW has recruited former Network 10 CIO Jason Tuendemann to lead its technology delivery. Jason Tuendemann. Tuendemann steps into the position previously held…
Qld department elevates transformation lead to CIO
Queenland’s Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety has promoted its digital transformation director Erin Earle to lead overall technology delivery. Earle officially…
EU decisions on Apple, Meta due in coming weeks
An EU decision on whether Apple and Meta have breached landmark tech rules aimed at curbing their market power will be issued in the coming…