University of Sydney “online IT code library” breached
The University of Sydney has revealed the breach of an “online IT code library” where data files containing details of 27,500 current and former staff,…
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BHP’s long-time network performance focus has it “AI-ready”
BHP’s history of enabling low latency, high throughput applications at mine sites has it entering the AI era with already well-tuned network infrastructure, according to…
US lawmakers want disclosure of license reviews for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China
Two senior Democratic lawmakers have asked the US Commerce Department to disclose details and any approvals of ongoing license reviews for potential sales to Chinese…
Defence to consume air-gapped Google Cloud services
Defence has struck a multi-year agreement with Google Cloud for “air-gapped hyperscale cloud” services that will underpin two key projects in ICT and command-and-control. (L-R)…
Starbucks taps Amazon exec as new CTO
Starbucks has appointed Anand Varadarajan as its new chief technology officer, effective January 19, as CEO Brian Niccol pushes a tech revamp in stores to…
UK government was hacked in October, minister confirms
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) – British trade department minister Chris Bryant said the government had been hacked in October, partly confirming a report in The…
NSW Health clinicians “normalise” bypass of cyber security controls
Clinicians at local health districts in NSW routinely dodge cyber security controls, saving data to their own devices and staying logged in on shared computers…
Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery
Zara has become the latest fast-fashion retailer to use AI to help create new images of real models in different outfits, speeding up the production…
CASA exploring AI for digital asset operations
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is exploring ways to introduce AI capability for the management its digital assets. The authority has called on technology…
NBN Co’s 2Gbps services are too fast for ACCC to monitor
NBN Co’s new 2Gbps residential internet plans are too fast to be monitored with SamKnows boxes for the competition watchdog’s speed testing program. Image credit:…
Optus review uncovers 40-60 second delay with emergency calling camp-on
An investigation into the Optus triple zero outage has revealed it can take up to a minute for an emergency call to be re-routed over…
Google aims to make its TPUs better at running PyTorch
Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch, the world’s most widely used AI software framework,…