Meta says it may block news from Facebook in Australia – Software
Facebook owner Meta is considering blocking news content from the platform in Australia if the government makes it pay licensing fees, a company representative told…
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Microsoft informs customers that hackers spied on emails – Security
Russian hackers who broke into Microsoft’s systems and spied on staff inboxes earlier this year also stole emails from its customers, the tech giant said,…
AFL and Okta Team Up for a Game-Changing Play in Digital Security and Identity Management – Partner Content
The Australian Football League (AFL) has made significant progress in protecting its digital identities and safeguarding sensitive information by leveraging Okta’s innovative solutions to score…
Queensland Rail finds its next digital and IT group executive – Training & Development
Queensland Rail has recruited Darren Cavanagh from Transport for NSW as its group executive of digital and information. Queensland Rail CIDO Darren Cavanagh. Source: LinkedIn.…
CSIRO unveils its Virga HPC – Hardware
CSIRO has taken the wraps off a new Dell-built high-performance computer (HPC) cluster called Virga. Image credit: CSIRO Virga has been in the works since…
ATO to ingest daily Medicare data to check levy exemption claims – Finance – Storage
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will next month move from biannual to daily ingestion of data from Services Australia to speed up processing of returns…
Services Australia brings veteran functions into myGov app – Software
Services Australia has opened the myGov application to veteran services following a major funding boost in the federal budget. Through an integration with the Department…
National e-conveyancing reform halted – Finance
A national reform to widen competition in the electronic conveyancing industry has been paused due to “issues raised by the banking industry”. Known as the interoperability…
SOCO Reveals Microsoft AI with Power Platform Use Cases at Upcoming Government Event – Partner Content
Leading Microsoft partner SOCO aims to build governments’ knowledge of the potential of Copilot Studio with Power Platform and has scheduled a two-hour, in-person briefing…
Vic gov supplier bank details altered in cyber attacks – Security
Victorian government departments have had the bank details of suppliers that are held in a central database altered by hackers four times in the space…
Queensland Rail finds its next CIDO – Training & Development
Queensland Rail has found its next chief information and digital officer (CIDO), recruiting Darren Cavanagh from Transport for NSW to fill the vacant role. Queensland…
OpenAI delays rolling out its ‘Voice Mode’ to July – Software
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said it was delaying the release of its “Voice Mode” feature by a month to July because of technical issues. The company…