EU mulls easing merger rules for telecoms – Telco/ISP
EU regulators may ease their rules against mobile telecoms mergers and broaden telecoms rules to get Big Tech and others to help fund the rollout…
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Services Australia hits Java, Angular dev pool shortage – Software
A limited pool of Java and Angular developers led to the long-running health delivery modernisation program at Services Australia drifting “outside of tolerances”, but the…
Gov plans anti-doxxing laws – Security
The government plans to draft anti-doxxing laws after the leak of a group chat for coordinating deplatforming campaigns against critics of Israel exposed 600 people’s…
Apple, Microsoft win exemptions for iMessage, Bing from EU rules – Software
Apple has won an exemption for its iMessage and Microsoft for its Bing search engine from new EU tech rules after the companies convinced antitrust…
US government data breach linked to Atlassian bug – Security
A US government data breach disclosed earlier this year was tied to a bug in enterprise software maker Atlassian’s Confluence suite of collaboration tools, an…
Here’s why it’s important not to blindly automate everything – Partner Content
Recent revelations that the likes of Bank of Queensland and SA Power Networks are doubling down on AI-driven business process automation (BPA) reflect the surge…
CBA racks up “50-plus” GenAI use cases across the bank – Finance – Software
Commonwealth Bank created 50-plus generative AI use cases using a safe environment it set up for experimentation in May last year. CBA’s Matt Comyn. The…
Gov floats pile-on, GenAI, E2EE and VR laws – Software
Online abuse and illegal content, which platforms can be fined for enabling, could be broadened to include pile-on attacks and harms facilitated through VR, generative…
Microsoft patches 80 vulnerabilities – Security
Microsoft’s regular Patch Tuesday bug-fixes have landed, with a total of 80 vulnerabilities, two of which the company said are under active exploitation, plus several…
ASD sees “frequency, richness” of cyber info sharing fall away – Security
The Australian Signals Directorate has lamented a decline in the “frequency and richness” of cyber incident data shared with it by the private sector, underlining…
Four areas of common ground emerge in Australian governments’ evaluations of GenAI – Strategy – Software
Governments across Australia are nearing consensus on “core areas of consistency” for how they approach generative AI and fold it into “business-as-usual” operations. DTA’s Lucy…
Aurizon fleet automation project bearing fruit – Strategy
A four-year program to introduce automation into its rail fleet is coming to fruition for rail freight company Aurizon. In its first half 2024 results…