Category: ITnews

Microsoft releases 60 Windows patches
13
Mar
2024

Microsoft releases 60 Windows patches – Security

Microsoft’s patch cycle this month has a handful of notable vulnerabilities – apparently none of them zero-days – in a…

Apple to let developers distribute apps directly from their sites
13
Mar
2024

Apple to let developers distribute apps directly from their sites – Software

Software developers who use Apple’s App Store will soon be able to distribute apps to EU users directly from their…

Google to limit election queries Bard and AI-based search can answer
13
Mar
2024

US spy chief “cannot rule out” that China would use TikTok to influence US elections – Security

China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 US elections, US director of national intelligence Avril Haines…

AI demand helps reignite Oracle's cloud business momentum
13
Mar
2024

AI demand helps reignite Oracle’s cloud business momentum – Cloud

Oracle soared more than 13 percent to reach a record high on signs the company was making progress in its…

Intel survived bid to halt millions in sales to China's Huawei
13
Mar
2024

Intel survived bid to halt millions in sales to China’s Huawei – Hardware

Intel has survived an effort to halt hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of chip sales to Huawei, two people…

Australian IT firm Appen gets merger bid from US-based Innodata
13
Mar
2024

Australian IT firm Appen gets merger bid from US-based Innodata – Software

Australian software firm Appen has received a proposal from US-based digital data solutions firm Innodata for a potential merger in…

Data breach could cost Medibank $35 million in 2024
12
Mar
2024

Australian police link “over 11,000 cybercrime incidents” to Medibank breach – Security

A joint police operation targeting misuse of personal information after high-profile Australian hacks has linked “over 11,000 cybercrime incidents” to…

Dell patches vProxy third-party vulnerabilities
12
Mar
2024

Dell patches vProxy third-party vulnerabilities – Security

Dell has issued patches for three third-party components used in its NetWorker vProxy appliance, the most severe of which is…

Swinburne University of Technology seeks new CIO
12
Mar
2024

Service NSW looks for new CDO – Strategy – Training & Development

Service NSW is hiring a chief digital officer (CDO), following the departure of Katherine McDermott at the end of last…

EU Commission's use of Microsoft software breached privacy rules
12
Mar
2024

EU Commission’s use of Microsoft software breached privacy rules – Cloud

The European Commission’s use of Microsoft software breached EU privacy rules and the bloc’s executive also failed to implement adequate…

More than 275 AI and automated decision tools in NSW public sector
11
Mar
2024

More than 275 AI and automated decision tools in NSW public sector – Software

A NSW government survey has uncovered the presence of over 275 automated decision-making tools (ADMs), raising questions about how the tools…

Next Autopilot trial to test Tesla's blame-the-driver defence
11
Mar
2024

Next Autopilot trial to test Tesla’s blame-the-driver defence – Software

Six weeks before the first fatal US accident involving Tesla’s Autopilot in 2016, the automaker’s president Jon McNeill tried it…