Kmart Group looks at “multiple” ChatGPT use cases – Software
Kmart Group has joined a growing list of Australian enterprises to explore potential use cases for the conversational AI platform ChatGPT. Chief information officer Brad…
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Virgin Australia looks to strengthen its cyber security – Strategy – Training & Development – Security
Virgin Australia is building out its internal cyber security capability with a number of roles in a spectrum of infosec and compliance domains advertised over…
Atlassian to cut “around 500” jobs – Training & Development – Software
(L-R) Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar Atlassian has announced a five percent staff reduction, “around 500” people in real terms, a move it says will…
New EU-US data pact may come too late for Facebook – Software – Storage
A new pact to facilitate the safe transfer of EU citizens’ personal data to the United States might not come into force in time to…
Westpac joins CBA in checking payment details – Finance – Software
Westpac is set to launch new payment verification measures to combat scams and mistaken payments, the second of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks to act in…
Germany planning to ban Huawei, ZTE from parts of 5G networks – Strategy – Telco/ISP
Germany’s government is planning on forbidding telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks, German paper Zeit…
Tech-sponsored study criticises plan to exclude non-EU cloud vendors – Strategy – Cloud
A proposed European Union cloud security label that could exclude Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other non-EU cloud services providers from the bloc is discriminatory and…
Companies not reporting cyber attacks to ASX, says UoW professor – Security
An economics professor researching the stock price impact of cyber incidents has made a startling discovery: only a minority of listed Australian companies suffering breaches…
Microsoft integrates AI behind ChatGPT to more developer tools – Strategy – Software
Microsoft has bundled the technology behind ChatGPT with its Power Platform, saying it allows users to develop applications with little or no coding, the latest…
US prepares new rules on investment in technology abroad – Strategy
The Treasury Department is preparing a new program that could prohibit US investment in certain sectors of adversarial nations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing…
Researchers discover ‘kill switch’ in Starlink terminals – Security
Crashed Starlink terminal. arXiv:2303.00582 Starlink quietly shipped software that patched a “kill switch” in its user terminals in December last year. The discovery was made…
Federal MP’s office allegedly email-bombed – Security
A woman from Western Sydney is alleged by police to have sent 32,397 emails to the office of an unnamed federal MP over a 24-hour…