Gov to treat mobile service like water and power in new estates – Telco/ISP
The government is considering changes that would require new housing developments to have mobile connectivity in place before sales begin, just like any other utility…
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AGL appoints new CIO – Strategy – Training & Development
AGL has appointed Andrew Haddad as its new chief information officer, commencing this week. AGL’s new CIO, Andrew Haddad Chief executive Damien Nicks wrote in…
Spanish airline Air Europa hit by credit card system breach – Security
Spanish airline Air Europa has suffered a cyber attack on its online payment system that let some of its customers’ credit card details exposed, the…
Apple updates iPhone 12 software to address France’s radiation testing – Software
Apple said it planned to comply with France’s radiation testing requirements by rolling out an update that will stop the iPhone 12 from using more…
EU sees ‘convergence’ with Japan on AI – Software
The European Union sees “convergence” with Japan on thinking about generative artificial intelligence (AI), a senior official said. “I see a lot of convergence in…
Westpac is upgrading over 40,000 staff machines to Windows 11 – Hardware – Software
Westpac is upgrading 4000 corporate devices a week to Windows 11 Enterprise, setting Edge as its default browser and Bing as its “primary search engine”…
RISC-V group says restrictions on open technology would slow innovation – Hardware
The chief executive of RISC-V International said that possible government restrictions on the open-source technology will slow down the development of new and better chips,…
Telstra’s networks and tech group exec to leave – Telco/ISP
Telstra’s group executive for global networks and technology Nikos Katinakis is set to leave after five years at the telco. Katinakis is set to relocate…
ASX has until year-end to scope ageing IT plan – Finance – Hardware – Software
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has been given until the end of the year to come up with a “comprehensive” plan to upgrade end-of-life software…
Vodafone to create Open RAN chip sets with Intel – Networking
Vodafone underlined its commitment to Open RAN networks by confirming it would create purpose-built chipset architecture for the nascent technology with Intel. The European operator…
ACT government CISO role elevated to executive level – Training & Development – Security
The ACT government has elevated its whole-of-government CISO role to executive level, and as a result is advertising the position. The CISO leads the territory’s…
Should new tech rules apply to Microsoft’s Bing, Apple’s iMessage, EU asks – Software
EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft’s users and rivals whether Bing should comply with new tough tech rules and also whether that should be the…