ACMA braces for battle over 6GHz spectrum – Telco/ISP
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is gearing up for a battle between wi-fi businesses and carriers over the future of a key chunk…
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The Future Fund is building a data lakehouse – Cloud – Software
The Future Fund – Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, with $273 billion under management – is standing up a data lakehouse that will act as a…
Reddit may need to ramp up spending on content moderation, analysts say – Software
Reddit will need to spend heavily on content moderation as it may face greater scrutiny as a public company, analysts said, threatening its longstanding policy…
Elite Russian hackers targeting German politicians, Google warns – Security
Elite hackers tied to Russian intelligence last month targeted several German political parties with an eye toward burrowing into their networks and stealing data, according…
Kmart and Target taps new customer tech lead – Software
AGL’s general manager of technology – retail and energy Tara Richards has moved to Kmart and Target to take up a general manager of technology…
China relaxes security review rules for some data exports – Security
China’s cyberspace regulator has issued revised rules to facilitate and regulate cross-border data flow, clarifying reporting standards for security assessments of important data exports. Data…
SA education system rollout stalls at high schools – Software
South Australia’s education management system (EMS) rollout has only reached half of the state’s 900 schools but spent 70 percent of its budget spent, meaning an…
UN adopts first global artificial intelligence resolution – Software
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding…
BBC considers building in-house AI model – Software
Britain’s national broadcaster the BBC is drawing up plans to build and train its own artificial intelligence model using its text archives, the corporation said.…
AWS linked to fresh $450m Sydney data centre build – Cloud
A mystery $450 million 53-megawatt data centre to be built on Sydney’s outskirts has links to Amazon Web Services’ ‘Project Echidna’, suggesting that project is…
Atlassian’s Bamboo has critical SQL injection vulnerability – Security
Atlassian’s monthly security roll-up includes a patch for a critical SQL injection vulnerability in its Bamboo data centre and server products. The critical vulnerability is…
Legacy spectrum licenses could return to market from 2028 – Telco/ISP
Radio spectrum used for wireless broadband, rail safety, and electronic news gathering could be up for grabs after 2028. The licenses in question were issued…