Anthropic signs deal with federal government
Anthropic has sign a memorandum of understanding to share its economic index data with the Australian government to help track artificial intelligence adoption across the…
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Australia readies social media court action
Australia threatened to sue social media giants for allegedly flouting a ban on under-16s, as its internet regulator disclosed it is investigating some of the…
APRA pulls data submission system after security pentest
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has quickly decommissioned its data submission system for entities, following a routine penetration security test on March 19 this year.…
Microsoft lets one AI model critique the other’s responses
Microsoft has unveiled new features in its Copilot research assistant that would allow users to utilise multiple AI models simultaneously within the same workflow, the…
Supply chain attack hits 300 million-download Axios npm package
A widely used JavaScript package used with hundreds of millions of downloads has been compromised in a new supply chain attack to fetch a malware…
InnoEX and Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) will open in April 2026 Showcasing cutting-edge solutions in AI, robotics, low-altitude economy, smart home, health tech, and more
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) will host two prominent exhibitions from 13-16 April 2026 — InnoEX and Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) at the…
Telstra overruled in mobile coverage claims stoush
Telstra has taken aim at the federal government’s new mobile coverage mapping standard, saying that it could cause confusion and won’t reflect real-world experiences. The…
New ACMA rules to make telcos more accountable for outages
Australian telcos will be more accountable to consumers and government under new network outage transparency rules to come into effect later this year. Under the…
NAB is co-designing a SIEM with Databricks
NAB has emerged as one of five “design partners” of a new security information and event management (SIEM) platform being built by Databricks. The bank’s…
Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director’s personal email
Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI director Kash Patel’s personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the hackers…
Australian court fines Binance unit $10 million
The Federal Court has ordered Binance’s local unit to pay $10 million for misclassifying over 85 percent of its Australian clients that exposed them to…
Councils push for federal shared security centre funding
Australian councils are pushing for federally-funded shared security operations centres (SOCs) to be stood up, saying they lack the money, skills and capacity to defend…