Goodman Group strikes $14bn data centre deal
Australia’s Goodman Group has struck a $14 billion partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to build data centres across Europe, deepening its foothold…
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US bars approvals of new models of DJI, all other foreign drones
The US Federal Communications Commission said it was adding China’s DJI, Autel and all foreign-made drones and components to a list of companies determined to…
Defence spending on IT and digital contractors revealed
Defence’s contribution to government spending on IT and digital contractors and consultants was revealed to be $410 million in 2023-24, the first time it’s been…
Suncorp turns to multi-agent AI for business transformation
Suncorp Group is planning a multi-agent approach for its AI strategy, and is building out a library of reusable components that will help it to…
University of Sydney “online IT code library” breached
The University of Sydney has revealed the breach of an “online IT code library” where data files containing details of 27,500 current and former staff,…
BHP’s long-time network performance focus has it “AI-ready”
BHP’s history of enabling low latency, high throughput applications at mine sites has it entering the AI era with already well-tuned network infrastructure, according to…
US lawmakers want disclosure of license reviews for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China
Two senior Democratic lawmakers have asked the US Commerce Department to disclose details and any approvals of ongoing license reviews for potential sales to Chinese…
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 in ICT and command-and-control. (L-R)…
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 tech revamp in stores to…
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 confirming a report in The…
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 logged in on shared computers…
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 outfits, speeding up the production…