Australia Post HR transformation leader exits – HR
Australia Post’s head of people services Laura Cheail has left after a decade at the service in a variety of transformation and digital-oriented roles. Cheail…
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Bunnings crunches 10 years of weather data for retail localisation – Cloud – Software
Bunnings has analysed a decade’s worth of Australian weather data to help personalise its customer marketing and in-store merchandising efforts. The DIY and hardware chain…
Sony offers service extension after global PlayStation Plus outage – Networking
Sony said that all PlayStation Plus members would automatically receive an additional five days of service, after a global outage disrupted the PlayStation Network (PSN)…
Meta preparing for company-wide layoffs – Training & Development
Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs this week while pushing ahead with the expedited hiring of machine learning engineers, it told…
NAB backs Harness in developer productivity drive – Cloud – Software
NAB has lifted the covers on its adoption of Harness CI/CD and GitOps tooling, using it to “remove developer toil” and further standardise the steps…
Most Australian states and territories ban DeepSeek – Software
Queensland, Western Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory have become the latest state and territory governments to ban the use of DeepSeek on government…
More Australian states ban DeepSeek – Cloud – Hardware – Software
Queensland and Western Australia have become the latest state governments to ban the use of DeepSeek on government devices. The moves come as a response…
Case Study: CBA expands its generative AI vision – Leadership
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is moving forward with its generative AI ambitions, with the technology being integrated into various customer-facing capabilities. Work so far…
Cyber Security Roadshow: Digital As Usual 2025 – Digital As Usual – Cyber Security – Insights
The 2025 Digital As Usual: Cyber Security report and roadshow will shine a spotlight on three critical areas shaping cyber resilience: human risk, quantifying cyber…
Google says commercial quantum computing applications arriving within five years – Software
Google aims to release commercial quantum computing applications within five years, Google’s head of quantum told Reuters, in a challenge to Nvidia’s predictions of a…
Ex-Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets – Software
US prosecutors have unveiled an expanded 14-count indictment accusing former Google software engineer Linwei Ding of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets to benefit two Chinese…
ANU hunts new tech lead following CIO promotion – Training & Development
The Australian National University is seeking a new leader for its technology function following the promotion of former chief information officer Jonathan Churchill. The Canberra-based…