Category: ITnews

Defence to consume air-gapped Google Cloud services
21
Dec
2025

Defence to consume air-gapped Google Cloud services

Defence has struck a multi-year agreement with Google Cloud for “air-gapped hyperscale cloud” services that will underpin two key projects…

Starbucks taps Amazon exec as new CTO
21
Dec
2025

Starbucks taps Amazon exec as new CTO

Starbucks has appointed Anand Varadarajan as ‌its new chief technology ⁠officer, ‌effective January ‍19, as CEO ⁠Brian Niccol pushes a…

UK government was hacked in October, minister confirms
21
Dec
2025

UK government was hacked in October, minister confirms

LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) – British trade department minister Chris Bryant said ​the ⁠government had been hacked in October, partly…

NSW Health clinicians
19
Dec
2025

NSW Health clinicians “normalise” bypass of cyber security controls

Clinicians at local health districts in NSW routinely dodge cyber security controls, saving data to their own devices and staying…

Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery
18
Dec
2025

Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery

Zara has become the latest fast-fashion retailer to use AI to help create new images of real models in different…

CASA exploring AI for digital asset operations
18
Dec
2025

CASA exploring AI for digital asset operations

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is exploring ways to introduce AI capability for the management its digital assets. The…

NBN Co's 2Gbps services are too fast for ACCC to monitor
18
Dec
2025

NBN Co’s 2Gbps services are too fast for ACCC to monitor

NBN Co’s new 2Gbps residential internet plans are too fast to be monitored with SamKnows boxes for the competition watchdog’s…

Optus review uncovers 40-60 second delay with emergency calling camp-on
18
Dec
2025

Optus review uncovers 40-60 second delay with emergency calling camp-on

An investigation into the Optus triple zero outage has revealed it can take up to a minute for an emergency…

Google aims to make its TPUs better at running PyTorch
18
Dec
2025

Google aims to make its TPUs better at running PyTorch

Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch, the world’s most…

How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
17
Dec
2025

How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips

In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of…

Coursera to buy rival Udemy
17
Dec
2025

Coursera to buy rival Udemy

 Online education platform Coursera said it would buy rival Udemy in an all-stock deal, valuing the combined company at US$2.5…

Government minds to dominate federal AI oversight committee
17
Dec
2025

ATO, AFP, AER and Veterans’ Affairs get IT modernisation funds

The Australian Taxation Office, Federal Police, the Energy Regulator and Veterans’ Affairs have all secured IT upgrade funding in the…