YouTube to logout its under-16 users next week
Google will automatically sign under 16s out of YouTube next week, which will disable their channels, subscriptions and playlists, as well as some parental controls.…
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NBN Co curbed on FTTN overbuild cost claim to stop bill shock
NBN Co will be limited in how much the last part of its fibre-to-the-network overbuild can be used to increase broadband pricing from mid-2032. A…
Samsung handsets could be leaving hundreds of thousands at risk
Hundreds of thousands of Australian consumers using some models of Samsung mobile phones are currently at risk of not being able reaching emergency services reliably,…
Australian teen challenging social media ban says internet will be less safe
A teenager suing the Australian government to overturn a ban on social media for under-16s says the measure would make the internet more dangerous for…
AWS to use Nvidia tech in AI chips
AWS will adopt key Nvidia technology in future generations of its artificial intelligence computing chips as the firm ramps up efforts to attract major AI…
The Cloud Conundrum – iTnews
Once upon a while ago, the cloud promised resilience, agility, and cost efficiencies galore. Australian organisations embraced it full tilt, moving applications and data into…
Federal Court orders Google to pay $55 million for anti-competitive conduct
Australia’s Federal Court has order Google to pay $55 million in penalties after it found that “understandings” it entered with local telcos to preload its…
South Korean police probe massive data leak at Coupang
South Korean police are tracing IP addresses and looking into possible tech vulnerabilities at Coupang after the ecommerce giant suffered the country’s worst data breach…
Seizing market shifts: Why it’s time for an infrastructure reset
At Compnow, we saw something different: a rare opportunity for enterprises to realign the infrastructure that has been holding transformation back. “Legacy systems served us…
Watt flags more fed insourcing after BoM website outrage
Federal environment minister Murray Watt has flagged increased insourcing of management of major government contracts in response to public outrage over the Bureau of Meteorology’s…
HSBC taps Mistral to supercharge generative AI rollout
HSBC has signed a multi-year deal with French start-up Mistral AI to integrate generative artificial intelligence tools across the bank, aiming to speed up automation,…
Virgin Australia, Wesfarmers strike OpenAI agreements
Virgin Australia and Wesfarmers have signed a “collaboration” and “partnership” respectively with OpenAI, which will see increased use of the vendor’s AI tools and models.…