NDIA hires Ajay Satyan as its CIO – Training & Development
The National Disability Insurance Agency has appointed Ajay Satyan as its chief information officer, taking over from Ian Frew who retired in April after a five-year stint.…
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Nvidia says US sped up new export curbs on AI chips – Hardware
Chip designer Nvidia said new US export curbs on the sale of its high-end artificial intelligence chips to China came into effect on Monday as…
Governments, firms should spend more on AI safety, top researchers say – Software
Artificial intelligence companies and governments should allocate at least one third of their AI research and development funding to ensuring the safety and ethical use…
AFP deems 16 members ‘at risk’ after HWLE breach – Security
Sixteen (16) current and former members of the Australian Federal Police were assessed to be most at risk following the data breach of law firm…
Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips – Hardware
Nvidia dominates the market for artificial intelligence computing chips. Now it is coming after Intel’s longtime stronghold of personal computers. Nvidia has quietly begun designing…
Australian Federal Police officers using more online face search tools – Security – Software
Australian Federal Police officers “potentially” used online facial image search tools on 10 occasions for operational matters in the first half of the year, against…
Koala Furniture sharpens its supply chain – Strategy – Software
Koala Furniture will automate its manual processes, allowing the retailer to boost product and inventory calculations across its supply chain. The Australian furniture and mattress…
Microsoft to put $5 billion into Australian cloud infrastructure – Cloud
Microsoft is set to invest $5 billion into infrastructure to support cloud and AI workloads. The vendor said it would grow its data centre footprint…
EU lawmakers struggle to reach agreement on AI rules – Software
European lawmakers are yet to agree on several issues related to new artificial intelligence rules ahead of a crucial meeting on Tuesday, leaving any deal…
EngageSmart to go private in US$4 billion deal – Software
Customer engagement and payments software vendor EngageSmart said it would be taken private by Vista Equity Partners for about US$4 billion ($6.32 billion), marking the…
Patch arrives for Cisco’s IOS XE – Security – Networking
Cisco has announced a fix for a vulnerability in its IOS XE software that allowed attackers to create privileged accounts on vulnerable devices. The vendor…
SolarWinds patches three critical RCEs – Security
SolarWinds has patched three remote code execution (RCE) bugs in its Access Rights Manager software. The three critical-rated bugs were discovered and reported to SolarWinds…