Westpac CEO orders mission to cut wasteful tech spend
Westpac Banking Group has revealed an institution-wide mission to cut excessive and wasteful spending on technology as it pushes ahead with its ambitious Unite system…
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US Congress seeks testimony from Australia’s eSafety Commissioner
A US congressional committee called on Australia’s eSafety Commissioner to testify about the country’s laws governing the internet, calling her a “noted zealot for global…
IBM, Cisco outline plans to network quantum computers
IBM and Cisco Systems plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating the concept is workable by the end of…
Government minds to dominate federal AI oversight committee
The Department of Finance will pick candidates from within ranks of the Australian Public Service for its new government AI review committee due to be…
Cyber stands at a critical point with the rise of agentic AI
“Agentic AI for security is at a firewall moment,” Grossman says. “It could be the first time since the advent of the firewall where defenders…
InfraBuild plots migration of JDE, ECC into SAP RISE environment
InfraBuild, a large metals recycler and steelmaker, has set a target end state to have all its operations running on RISE with SAP S/4HANA in…
Australia, US and UK sanction Russian cyber firms over ransomware links
The United States, Australia and Britain announced coordinated sanctions against Russia-based web company Media Land, accusing it of supporting ransomware operations. US Treasury’s Office of…
NSW DPHI’s latest digital transformation driven by housing reforms
The NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) is transforming its digital systems and embracing AI to support reforms that aim to increase housing…
Meta to block Facebook and Instagram for Australian teens by December 10
Meta will block Australian users under 16 from accessing Instagram, Facebook and Threads by December 10 to comply with the country’s sweeping social media ban…
Optus takes $826,000 hit for anti-scam breaches
Optus has copped an $826,000 fine after scammers exploited a vulnerability in a third-party identity verification system it used, allowing them to steal phone numbers…
Amazon, Google named by EU among ‘critical’ tech providers for finance industry
-European Union regulators have designated 19 technology companies, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft, as critical third-party computing providers for the bloc’s finance…
Microsoft launches tracker to manage autonomous AI in the workplace
In Microsoft’s view, humans are not the only ones to manage in a workplace. Artificial intelligence needs a manager, too. The software maker announced Microsoft Agent…