China curbs exports of drone equipment – Hardware
China announced export controls on some drones and drone-related equipment, saying it wanted to safeguard “national security and interests” amid escalating tension with the United…
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New Relic to go private in US$6.5 billion deal – Software – Cloud
New Relic said it has agreed to be taken private by TPG and Francisco Partners in a US$6.5 billion ($9.7 billion) all-cash deal amid stiff…
ANZ finds its feet to hit cloud migration milestones quicker – Finance – Cloud
ANZ Banking Group has hit scale in its cloud migration, halving the time to re-platform applications and workloads compared to just 12 months earlier. General…
ACSC and US partners sound alarm on web app abuse – Security
Miscreants are exploiting insecure direct object references (IDORs) to abuse websites or web application APIs, a joint US-Australia advisory has warned. The advisory was published…
Malware spotted on Barracuda email gateways – Security
The need to replace Barracuda email gateways has taken on a new urgency, with America’s Computer and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warning it has identified…
CSIRO awards science cluster project to Dell – Hardware
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has selected Dell as the vendor to replace its ageing Bracewell cluster. Bracewell replacement draws near CSIRO…
Meta plans retention ‘hooks’ for Threads – Software
Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users…
Capgemini to invest billions in AI – Software
French IT consulting group Capgemini posted higher half-year revenue, driven by its cloud, data and artificial intelligence (AI) activities, and said it would invest 2…
Chipmakers signal supply glut easing – Hardware
From Intel to Samsung, global chipmakers are celebrating the beginning of the end of a semiconductor supply glut, but the outlook for demand from customers…
Tech Council of Australia to push for digital identity – Strategy – Security
The Tech Council of Australia has created a new working group designed to advocate for reform on both digital identity and digital credentials initiatives. The…
Commonwealth Bank brings in CTO – Finance – Training & Development
The Commonwealth Bank has appointed a new chief technology officer, with Rodrigo Castillo starting in the role this week. Rodrigo Castillo (Image credit: Gavin Munroe/LinkedIn)…
Telstra taps Digital Victoria exec to lead IT strategy and transformation – Training & Development – Telco/ISP
Telstra has appointed a new group owner of IT strategy and transformation, securing the services of Suzanne Aitken from Digital Victoria. Aitken is the second…