Category: ITnews

Amazon.com previews FTC defence
08
Nov
2023

Amazon.com previews FTC defence – Strategy

Amazon.com’s top lawyer has previewed the broad outlines of the company’s possible defence against the US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust…

Confluence vulnerabilities under active ransomware exploitation
08
Nov
2023

Confluence vulnerabilities under active ransomware exploitation – Security

The Atlassian Confluence Data Centre and Server vulnerability first disclosed last week is under active exploitation. Security company Rapid7 said…

Optus outage hits banks, hospitals, enterprise users
08
Nov
2023

Optus outage hits banks, hospitals, enterprise users – Telco/ISP

A massive Optus outage that hit mobile and fixed services on Wednesday has impacted many major services, including banking and…

US consumer watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments, digital wallets
07
Nov
2023

US consumer watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments, digital wallets – Software

The top US consumer financial watchdog has proposed to regulate tech giants’ digital payments and smartphone wallet services, saying they…

Nationwide Optus outage hits mobile, fixed services
07
Nov
2023

Nationwide Optus outage hits mobile, fixed services – Telco/ISP

Optus engineers are working to restore services after an outage that started early this morning. According to a notice on…

QLD, SA governments back Azure OpenAI service in early GenAI experiments
07
Nov
2023

QLD, SA governments back Azure OpenAI service in early GenAI experiments – Cloud – Software

The Queensland and South Australian state governments are forging ahead with practical guidance and early sanctioned uses of generative AI…

Siemens, Ericsson warn against EU cyber security rules
07
Nov
2023

Siemens, Ericsson warn against EU cyber security rules – Security

Siemens, Ericsson and Schneider Electric, along with industry group DigitalEurope warned that onerous proposed EU rules targeting cyber security risks…

Meta to bar political advertisers from using generative AI ads tools
07
Nov
2023

Meta to bar political advertisers from using generative AI ads tools – Software

Facebook owner Meta is barring political advertisers from using its new generative AI advertising products, a company spokesperson, cutting off…

AMP completes large-scale tech refresh with DXC
07
Nov
2023

AMP completes large-scale tech refresh with DXC – Finance – Strategy – Hardware – Software – Storage

AMP has completed a large-scale “technology refresh program” that saw it shift applications and workloads onto new infrastructure managed by…

Palo Alto Networks intends to buy startup Talon Cyber
06
Nov
2023

Palo Alto Networks intends to buy startup Talon Cyber – Security

-Palo Alto Networks said it intends to buy Israeli startup Talon Cyber Security, as it looks to beef up its…

X restructuring curtails disinformation research
06
Nov
2023

X restructuring curtails disinformation research – Software

Social media researchers have cancelled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about X, formerly Twitter, as a result of…

Macquarie Group examines generative AI use cases
06
Nov
2023

Macquarie Group examines generative AI use cases – Finance – Software

Macquarie Group is investigating potential generative AI use cases and pilots as it goes on the hunt for a new…