NBN Co’s fibre upgrades reach record high – Telco/ISP
NBN Co upgraded “more than 217,000” premises to full fibre in the back half of last year, a significant increase equivalent to three-quarters of what…
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HR uses of AI may be classified “high-risk” in Australia – HR – Software
A federal inquiry has asked the government to classify HR systems that use AI technology “high-risk” and require “meaningful consultation and transparency” with staff around…
Australia, US, UK target Zservers over Lockbit ransomware attacks – Security
The United States joined Australia and Britain in targeting Russia-based Zservers service provider for its role in supporting the Lockbit ransomware attacks, the US Department…
Four Russians arrested in Phobos ransomware crackdown – Security
Four Russian nationals, who were suspected of deploying a variant of Phobos ransomware to extort payments from people in Europe and beyond, were arrested last…
Microsoft to adjust Office-Teams pricing in bid to avoid EU antitrust fine – Software
Microsoft has offered to widen the price differential between its Office product sold with its chat and video app Teams and its software sold without…
TPG Telecom recovers after data centre outage – Networking – Telco/ISP
TPG Telecom has attributed a widespread outage on Monday evening to a failure of mains and backup power at one of its data centres. The…
Salesforce plans US$500m in AI-related investments in Saudi Arabia – Cloud
Salesforce plans to invest US$500 million ($796.5 million) in Saudi Arabia related to artificial intelligence, as countries compete to secure investments in the nascent but…
WA Education boosts cyber function – Training & Development – Security
Western Australia’s Department of Education has increased its IT security resourcing with the appointment of Prashant Singh as manager of cyber security. Reporting to CIO…
Treasury M365 Copilot review estimates 13-minute efficiency gain needed to justify licence cost – Software
Treasury has estimated that a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence for a “mid-level” government staffer could pay for itself if it freed up 13 minutes of…
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…
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)…