Microsoft says US has asked for US$28.9 billion – Software
Microsoft said the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in September notified the company that it is seeking an additional tax payment of US$28.9 billion ($45…
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US Space Force pauses use of AI tools like ChatGPT – Software
The US Space Force has paused the use of web-based generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for its workforce over data security concerns, according to…
Oman Australia Cable gets extra capacity – Telco/ISP
The Oman Australia Cable has been upgraded to boost its speed and cut its latency. The cable, which entered service last year, launched with a…
Metcash de-risks its digital transformation with observability – Software
Metcash has set up a core observability platform that takes the place of up to 20 monitoring tools, and which has helped the company manage…
Optus scopes GenAI additions to ServiceNow – Cloud
Optus is starting to deploy a telecommunications industry-specific module of ServiceNow that it hopes will help it serve its business-to-business (B2B) customers better. Speaking at…
National cyber security coordinator warns schools becoming targets – Security
Australia’s national cyber security coordinator has warned that schools may be the next major target of ransomware groups. Speaking at a NAB-run seminar, Air Marshal…
Southeast Asia eyes hands-off AI rules – Software
Southeast Asian countries are taking a business-friendly approach to artificial intelligence regulation in a setback to the European Union’s push for globally harmonised rules that…
Microsoft identifies “Oro0lxy” as Confluence attacker – Security
A bug in Atlassian’s Confluence data centre and server software is under attack, allegedly from threat actors in China. Atlassian disclosed the zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2023-22515,…
Apple Pay, Google Wallet face RBA regulation – Finance – Software
The federal government has released an exposure draft of legislation that would give the RBA the power to regulate digital wallets and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) providers.…
Telstra acquires Versent for $267.5 million – Cloud
Telstra is adding AWS services capabilities to its Telstra Purple business, via the $267.5 million acquisition of Melbourne-based Versent. The carrier first confirmed its interest…
HTTP2 zero-day enabled record-setting DDoS attacks – Security – iTnews
Web server vendors have been busy responding to an HTTP2 protocol vulnerability which Google said has enabled high-capacity DDoS attacks it has observed since August…
Rapid Reset among Microsoft’s 105 patches for October – Security
Microsoft’s regular patch day yields a bumper crop of 105 vulnerabilities, but mercifully few rating a critical CVSS score. Already exploited vulnerabilities include the recent…