IBM nearing deal for HashiCorp – Cloud
IBM is nearing a deal to buy cloud software provider HashiCorp, according to a person familiar with the matter. Hashicorp’s stock surged 24 percent, giving…
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Musk decries Australian court ‘censorship’ of X terror posts – Software
Elon Musk lashed out at Australia’s prime minister after a court ordered his social media company X take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack…
NAB expands CodeWhisperer access to 450 engineers – Cloud – Software – Finance
NAB had to make unspecified changes to its environment to address a lag in the delivery of code suggestions to developers trialling Amazon’s ‘pair programming’…
Macquarie’s banking division closes in on its public cloud target – Cloud – Finance
Macquarie’s banking division has clicked over the 96 percent mark for workloads running in public cloud, closing in on its 100 percent migration goal. Banking…
Informatica not in acquisition talks with Salesforce – Software
Data-management software firm Informatica is not currently engaged in any discussions to be acquired, the company said, after media reports of takeover interest from Salesforce.…
WA man jailed after global Genesis Market shutdown – Security
A Western Australian man has been sentenced to two years in prison after fraudulently using stolen credentials from dark web marketplace Genesis Market. Perth District…
Vic councils’ after-hours call answering service breached – Security
Several Victorian councils are working to establish their exposure after an after-hours call centre operator was breached. The provider, OracleCMS, acknowledged the incident and said…
X calls takedown orders over Sydney stabbing video “unlawful” – Software
X has flouted orders to remove footage of a stabbing at a church in Sydney’s south west last week, saying Australia’s eSafety watchdog has no…
Powerlink Queensland isn’t giving M365 Copilot to all staff at once – Software
Powerlink Queensland is offering staff access to M365 Copilot upon request and then on a ‘use it or lose it’ basis to ensure the company…
FBI says Chinese hackers preparing to attack US infrastructure – Security
Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into US critical infrastructure and are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow,” FBI director Christopher…
Google consolidates its DeepMind and Research teams – Software
Google will consolidate teams that focus on building artificial intelligence models across its Research and DeepMind divisions in its latest push to develop its AI…
First law protecting consumers’ brainwaves signed in US – Storage
Colorado governor Jared Polis has signed into law the first measure passed in the US that aims to protect the data found in a person’s…