Gov to introduce bill to prevent NBN Co from being sold – Telco/ISP
The government will introduce a bill today aimed at preventing any future sale of the NBN. A joint statement by prime minister Anthony Albanese, finance…
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Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin’s birthday – Security
Russian state media company VGTRK, which owns and operates the country’s main national TV stations, was targeted in a massive cyberattack that a Ukrainian government…
Nobel prize in physics goes to machine learning pioneers – Software
US scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions in machine learning that paved the…
Defence awards $45m in IT contracts to Leidos – Hardware – Software
Defence has awarded $45 million in technology contracts to Leidos Australia to support its military capabilities. The contracts were awarded by the Joint Capabilities Group…
New Whitepaper Reveals Why Managed File Transfer Technology Is Essential to Your Data Migration Strategy – Partner Content
According to new research by TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group, 87% of surveyed IT decision-makers believe that their application and data environments will become distributed across…
Vantage Data Centers nabs long-time Equinix exec – Training & Development
Vantage Data Centers has tapped long-time Australian and regional Equinix executive Jeremy Deutsch to lead its growing Asia Pacific operations. Jeremy Deutsch (Image credit: Jeremy…
Australian court upholds order for X to pay $610,500 fine – Software
An Australian court upheld an order for Elon Musk’s X to pay a fine of $610,500 for failing to cooperate with a regulator’s request for…
AUSTRAC plots HR team and tech uplift in next 18 months – HR
Australia’s anti money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regulator AUSTRAC is preparing to scale up its workforce – and associated systems and teams – to…
Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems – Security
Chinese hackers accessed the networks of US broadband providers and obtained information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorised wiretapping, the Wall Street Journal…
No deadlines set for NSW agencies to resolve heightened cyber risks – Security
NSW government agencies with cyber risks outside acceptable levels have not set deadlines to rein them in, according to an analysis by the state’s auditor.…
Rival browsers allege Microsoft’s practices on Edge unfair – Software
Microsoft gives its Edge web browser an unfair advantage and EU antitrust regulators should subject it to tough EU tech rules, three rival browsers and…
NSW aims to cut tech duplication in new digital agenda – Security – Software
NSW is planning to better coordinate technology and cyber security spending across government with its first digital strategy since 2019. Jihad Dib, Customer Services and…