Alphabet to buy Wiz for US$32 billion – Security
Alphabet will buy fast-growing startup Wiz for about US$32 billion ($50 billion) in its biggest deal ever, the Google parent said, as it doubles down…
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Lion reorganises tech and cyber leadership – Training & Development
Beverage maker Lion has consolidated its IT and cyber leadership into a single role, now held by Ram Kalyanasundaram. Ram Kalyanasundaram, Lion Lion, which owns…
Quantum computing, AI stocks rise as Nvidia kicks off annual conference – Hardware
Shares of quantum computing and artificial intelligence companies rose as investors hoped that Nvidia would blow some life back into the beaten-down sectors with new…
Google expands Reddit partnership – Software
Google has expanded its partnership with Reddit amid concerns that the social media platform’s user growth relies heavily on traffic from Google Search. Redburn Atlantic…
“Reshaped” National AI Centre to be run by ex-Microsoft Australia CTO – Cloud – Software
The former chief technology officer of Microsoft Australia Lee Hickin is to lead the federal government’s “reshaped” National AI Centre. Lee Hickin, National AI Centre…
Optus stands up a unified data platform – Cloud
Optus has stood up a unified data platform that brings together data from across a number of repositories into an Azure-based ‘lakehouse’ environment running on…
Origin Energy has a new CISO – Security – Training & Development
Origin Energy has elevated long-serving Alvin Rubyono to the role of chief information security officer (CISO). Rubyono has spent over 12 years with the energy…
Apple’s appeal against encryption ‘back door’ reportedly held in secret – Security
A London court hearing, reported to be Apple’s appeal against a British government order to create a “back door” to its encrypted cloud storage systems,…
Infosys settles lawsuits against US unit over cyber incident – Security
Indian IT services provider Infosys has reached an agreement with the plaintiffs of lawsuits pending against its US unit over the 2023 cyber incident. Infosys…
JPMorgan engineers’ efficiency rises with coding assistant – Financial Services – Software
Tens of thousands of JPMorgan Chase software engineers increased their productivity 10 percent to 20 percent by using a coding assistant tool developed by the…
Over 200,000 myGov users disable passwords in passkey shift – Security
New figures reveal that over 200,000 users of myGov password stopped using passwords in favour of exclusively using passkeys as their login method by the…
Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan has a history as a successful underdog – Hardware
Lip-Bu Tan may be one of the most powerful technology executives you’ve never heard of. As he steps into one of the highest-profile jobs on…