Woolworths to incorporate agentic AI into its Olive chatbot
Woolworths is set to enhance its seven-year-old Olive chatbot with agentic AI capabilities, using newly-launched Gemini technology from Google Cloud. The Australian retailer is included…
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Cloudflare DNS reply change crashed Cisco SME switches
A mysterious problem impacting users of Cisco small-to-medium business switches whose devices started rebooting regularly turned out to be caused by a change in how…
India proposes forcing smartphone makers to give source code
India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part of a raft of security measures,…
China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints
China can narrow its technological gap with the US driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the…
NSW Department of Education schools’ web facelift driving enrolments
The NSW Department of Education says there are early indications that its website modernisation program is driving higher enrolment rates at public schools sporting its…
SUBCO’s SMAP on track for May go-live
Cable builder SUBCO’s new 400Tbps Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) inter-capital undersea fibre link will be ready for service in May this year. The company revealed the service…
Australian Electoral Commission hits go on generative AI
The Australian Electoral Commission will have a draft strategy and roadmap to accelerate its adoption of generative AI by mid-June. The commission will outsource the…
Optus CTO Tony Baird to depart
Optus’ chief technology officer Tony Baird is set to leave the carrier and will hand over the role to Telstra fixed and mobile engineering chief…
Researchers detail Bluetooth headphone attack that can hijack smartphones
Vulnerabilities in a very popular Bluetooth system-on-a-chip (SoC) can be used to indirectly compromise smartphones, researchers at Germany’s Enno Rey Netzwerke (ERNW) have found. Devices…
Patients fret as ManageMyHealth data breach drama plays out
A slowly unfolding high profile data breach affecting trans-Tasman health information portal ManageMyHealth has thousands of registered patients on edge as to whether their highly…
China asks tech firms to halt orders for Nvidia’s H200 chips
Beijing has asked some Chinese tech companies to halt orders for Nvidia’s H200 chips this week, and is expected to mandate domestic artificial intelligence chip…
DTA warns against permanent bans of IT services firms
The Digital Transformation Agency has warned against “permanent” bans of IT suppliers and services firms for “unethical conduct”, in part because it could block departments…