Category: ITnews

Woolworths to incorporate agentic AI into its Olive chatbot
12
Jan
2026

Woolworths to incorporate agentic AI into its Olive chatbot

Woolworths is set to enhance its seven-year-old Olive chatbot with agentic AI capabilities, using newly-launched Gemini technology from Google Cloud….

Cloudflare DNS reply change crashed Cisco SME switches
12
Jan
2026

Cloudflare DNS reply change crashed Cisco SME switches

A mysterious problem impacting users of Cisco small-to-medium business switches whose devices started rebooting regularly turned out to be caused…

India proposes forcing smartphone makers to give source code
11
Jan
2026

India proposes forcing smartphone makers to give source code

India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the ​government and ⁠make several software changes as part of…

China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints
11
Jan
2026

China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints

China can narrow its technological gap with the ​US driven ⁠by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced…

NSW Department of Education schools' web facelift driving enrolments
11
Jan
2026

NSW Department of Education schools’ web facelift driving enrolments

The NSW Department of Education says there are early indications that its website modernisation program is driving higher enrolment rates…

SUBCO's SMAP on track for May go-live
09
Jan
2026

SUBCO’s SMAP on track for May go-live

Cable builder SUBCO’s new 400Tbps Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) inter-capital undersea fibre link will be ready for service in May this year….

Australian Electoral Commission hits go on generative AI
08
Jan
2026

Australian Electoral Commission hits go on generative AI

The Australian Electoral Commission will have a draft strategy and roadmap to accelerate its adoption of generative AI by mid-June….

Optus CTO Tony Baird to depart
08
Jan
2026

Optus CTO Tony Baird to depart

Optus’ chief technology officer Tony Baird is set to leave the carrier and will hand over the role to Telstra…

Researchers detail Bluetooth headphone attack that can hijack smartphones
08
Jan
2026

Researchers detail Bluetooth headphone attack that can hijack smartphones

Vulnerabilities in a very popular Bluetooth system-on-a-chip (SoC) can be used to indirectly compromise smartphones, researchers at Germany’s Enno Rey…

Patients fret as ManageMyHealth data breach drama plays out
08
Jan
2026

Patients fret as ManageMyHealth data breach drama plays out

A slowly unfolding high profile data breach affecting trans-Tasman health information portal ManageMyHealth has thousands of registered patients on edge…

China asks tech firms to halt orders for Nvidia's H200 chips
07
Jan
2026

China asks tech firms to halt orders for Nvidia’s H200 chips

Beijing has asked some Chinese tech companies to ​halt orders ⁠for Nvidia’s H200 chips this week, and is expected to…

Gov quietly launches onshore instance of GPT-4o for APS
07
Jan
2026

DTA warns against permanent bans of IT services firms

The Digital Transformation Agency has warned against “permanent” bans of IT suppliers and services firms for “unethical conduct”, in part…