ACT moves on “digital intermediary” amendments – Strategy
The ACT government has launched digital-age amendments to its defamation law. The amendment, known as the Civil Law (Wrongs) Amendment Bill 2024, is the ACT’s…
Category: ITnews
GrainCorp pilots AI to break down comms barriers with 3000 casuals – Software
GrainCorp is piloting AI to communicate with 3000 casual workers employed during the annual harvest season and wants to apply AI more broadly to understand…
Tracking and keeping maintenance personnel safe with Appian – Partner Content
To replace outdated paper- and email-based site access management processes, the organisation has built multiple process automation applications on the Appian AI Process Platform, including…
Dept of Infrastructure aims for multi-year IT modernisation – Strategy
The federal Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts has revealed plans for a multi-year IT and cyber security transformation. The department…
‘Warzone RAT’ malware service dismantled – Security
US authorities said they had seized websites used to sell cybercriminals malware called “Warzone RAT” that could be used to steal data from victims’ computers.…
Google rebrands Bard chatbot as Gemini – Software
Google has renamed its Bard chatbot after the new artificial intelligence that is powering it, called Gemini, and said consumers can pay for better reasoning…
Meta’s oversight board to investigate posts about Australian Indigenous vote – Software
Meta’s oversight board will examine two cases on how the social media giant handled potentially misleading posts that were shared ahead of the Australian referendum…
Telstra says other carriers had input into disaster mobile roaming lab test – Telco/ISP
A simulation of emergency mobile device roaming by Telstra earlier this week ran with input from other telcos, though they did not directly participate. Telstra…
Chinese attackers camped on US networks for five years – Strategy – Security
Six US government agencies have joined three international partners to warn that attackers from the Volt Typhoon threat group are seeking to “pre-position” themselves for…
Cisco unified comms gateways have API bug – Security – Networking
Cisco has disclosed three API vulnerabilities in its Cisco Expressway Series of unified communications gateways, which expose affected devices to an attacker performing “arbitrary actions”.…
Tasmania’s Health department gets new CIO – Training & Development
The Tasmanian Department of Health has a new chief information officer (CIO), with the promotion of deputy CIO Brent Feike into the role. Brent Feike…
‘Breaking Down Silos’ Tops Innovation Trends for CIOs Navigating Digital Transformation Wave – Partner Content
In the dynamic landscape of technology and business management software, “breaking down organisational silos” emerges as the leading trend in 2024 as companies embark on…