Defence to build a ‘top secret’ analytics capability – Software
Defence is set to convert a secret advanced analytics project it has been researching into an actual operational capability. The department recently sought software engineers…
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SpaceX sued by engineers fired after accusing Elon Musk of sexism – Training & Development
Rocket maker SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk were sued by eight engineers who say they were illegally fired for raising concerns about alleged sexual…
US health dept says UnitedHealth can notify patients of data breach – Security
US healthcare providers can ask UnitedHealth Group to notify people whose data was exposed during a hack on the company’s Change Healthcare unit in February, according…
ADHA claims $1m in service credits from Accenture – Cloud – Hardware – Software
The Australian Digital Health Agency has claimed $1.04 million in service credits from Accenture, the outsourced operator of My Health Record infrastructure, since January 2018.…
Oracle gains as cloud infrastructure business gets AI boost – Cloud
(ROracle shares jumped nine percent as investors cheered a boom in demand for the company’s relatively low-cost cloud infrastructure services from artificial intelligence applications. If…
How Apple used Google’s help to train its AI models – Hardware
On stage this week, CEO Tim Cook’s Apple announced a splashy deal with OpenAI to include its powerful artificial intelligence model as a part of…
NAB says 800 adaptive models drive its ‘customer brain’ – Cloud – Software
NAB is running around 1000 data attributes about its customers through 800 adaptive machine learning models at any one time to power its ‘customer brain’…
Brazil hires OpenAI to cut costs of court battles – Software
Brazil’s government is hiring OpenAI to expedite the screening and analysis of thousands of lawsuits using artificial intelligence (AI), trying to avoid costly court losses…
Mandiant finds “significant volume” of data stolen from Snowflake environments – Cloud – Security – Software
Some 165 organisations worldwide that run Snowflake may have been exposed to a campaign that used stolen credentials to gain access to customer environments. Mandiant…
WA Police shortlists technology projects for recognition – Strategy
WA Police will specifically recognise teams working on technology projects for the first time in its annual recognition of excellence awards, in a nod to…
AGL to transform consumer business with $150m Kaluza stake – Software
AGL Energy is set to overhaul its consumer business operations through a 20 percent stake in electricity supply and billing platform Kaluza. AGL CEO Damien…
Pivotel buys Swoop’s voice business for $9m – Telco/ISP
Swoop has divested its wholesale voice business in an all-cash sale to mobile communications provider Pivotel. Gold Coast-based Pivotel will pay $9 million for Swoop’s…