ACCC rules on Vodafone’s Telstra coverage complaint
Australia’s competition watchdog will not take “enforcement action” against Telstra following a 2025 complaint by rival TPG Telecom over mobile coverage claims. TPG Telecom, through…
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OAIC ordered to turn over Amex privacy determination in full
Australia’s privacy watchdog has been told to turn over full details of an investigation into American Express that uncovered security and access control weaknesses to…
KFC Australia operator Collins Foods eyes AI for margin improvements
Collins Foods has started trialling new AI systems in a bid to improve margins across its 296 Australian KFC restaurants. Image credit: Collins Foods Speaking…
US removes curbs on Anthropic’s latest Fable and Mythos AI models
Anthropic said that the US Commerce Department lifted export controls on its most advanced Fable and Mythos AI models, less than three weeks after the…
Skills SA to treat multi-agent workflow as a reusable pattern
Skills SA has built a multi-agent AI workflow to help it review how well vocational education and training providers meet a set of student support…
DTA’s latest Microsoft support deal tops $100m
The Digital Transformation Agency will pay Microsoft $101 million over three years for whole-of-government access to the vendor’s unified support. Unified support covers access to…
Microsoft improves AI bot defences in Teams
Microsoft is putting the brakes on artificial intelligence bots joining Teams meetings with improved detection and a new policy for access control in its flagship…
Service NSW appoints interim chief digital officer
Service NSW has named Howard Trang as its acting chief digital officer, following the departure of predecessor Dr Christina Igasto in May. Howard Trang (Image…
AWS to create division of ’embedded’ AI engineers
Amazon is creating a new division under its Amazon Web Services cloud unit employing so-called forward-deployed engineers who embed with customers to help them more…
Blackmores looks to knowledge graph to ground future agentic AI tools
Blackmores Group is starting to use knowledge graph technology to ground AI tools that could help healthcare professionals recommend supplements to patients. Head of the…
Vic TAFEs set for “common” student management platform
Victoria TAFE Network is poised for a major digital transformation, potentially migrating all of its 11 institutes onto a single student management system. The education…
Vocus to invest $500 million in new fibre builds
Vocus has revealed plans to invest $500 million in thousands of kilometres of new fibre capacity routes comprising a new digital infrastructure platform for AI…