WTO ecommerce tariff moratorium wins temporary reprieve – Finance
The World Trade Organization’s moratorium on customs duties on digital transmissions, a key pillar of internet development for decades, has won a last-minute reprieve, but…
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Number of agencies have concerns about ‘sideloading’ on iPhone, Apple says – Security
A number of government agencies in the European Union and elsewhere have voiced concerns about security risks as Apple opens up its iPhones and iPads…
Meta angers Australia with plan to stop paying for news – Software
Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook, setting up a fresh battle with Canberra which had…
BHP uses “ChatGPT” to analyse a leadership framework – Software
Mining giant BHP used “ChatGPT” instead of consultants to analyse a leadership framework that needed updating, finding it up to the task and able to…
Kellanova Australia shifts to a platform-based approach – Cloud – Software
Kellanova Australia – formerly Kellogg’s – is starting a digitisation program that will see it embrace more real-time data analytics, as well as more off-the-shelf…
Lexmark printers need firmware patch – Security
More than 150 models of Lexmark printers need a firmware update, following the disclosure of four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. The bugs were…
Aruba Networks patches critical Struts 2 vulnerability – Security
Aruba Networks has joined the list of vendors whose software could have inherited last year’s Apache Struts 2 vulnerability. The Struts 2 bug, CVE-2023-50164, first…
US to probe if Chinese cars pose national data security risks – Security
The United States is opening an investigation into whether Chinese vehicle imports pose national security risks and could impose restrictions due to concerns about “connected”…
Microsoft tailors AI for finance teams – Software – Finance
Microsoft has previewed an artificial intelligence tool for customers’ finance departments, part of a strategy tailoring new software to industries, professionals and ultimately individuals. The…
Holding Redlich joins Australian trial of legal sector AI – Software
Holding Redlich will trial drafting legal documents and emails to clients on ‘Lexis+ AI’ before the generative AI platform’s commercial release in the Asia Pacific. …
ASIO boss warns of “crack cyber teams” scanning critical networks – Strategy – Security
ASIO director general Mike Burgess has drawn on last November’s Optus outage to illustrate the fragility of Australia’s critical infrastructure networks to attacks by foreign…
Australia Post selects tech to underpin customer experience transformation – Cloud – Software
Australia Post will use a Salesforce stack to power a customer experience transformation that spans parcel tracking, customer support and personalisation. It’s the first major…