APRA hunts for new CIO – Finance – Training & Development
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is on the hunt for a new chief information officer, suggesting that the incumbent Doug Jenkins is vacating the…
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Tutoring firm settles US agency’s first bias lawsuit involving AI software – Software
A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a US government agency’s novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally…
Centrelink’s scrapped $191m ECE had processed just 784 claims – Finance – Software
A $191 million entitlements calculation engine (ECE) built for Centrelink had processed just 784 claims by late June this year, before it was written off…
DTA faces extended scrutiny after damaging audit – Strategy
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) faces an extended period of scrutiny after a damaging audit last year found it “ineffective” at IT procurement, one of…
Unveiling the Invisible Threat: Mastering the Art of Conveying Cyber Risks to Boards – Partner Content
Boards play a key role in securing budget and executive sponsorship for cybersecurity programs, while non-executive directors can also be held personally liable if their…
NBN Co misses fibre upgrade target by 42 percent – Telco/ISP
NBN Co has finally revealed an official take-up figure for its fibre overbuild program, saying that 106,000 premises have upgraded from fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) or fibre-to-the-curb…
Ramsay Health Care to stand up central data hub, AI – Cloud
Ramsay Health Care is bringing in Google Cloud under a 2030 digital transformation strategy, standing up a central data hub and developing AI-based tools. The…
China’s internet giants order US$5 billion of Nvidia chips – Hardware
China’s internet giants are rushing to acquire high-performance Nvidia chips vital for building generative artificial intelligence systems, making orders worth US$5 billion ($7.65 billion), the…
Boral brings truck route optimisation to its concrete operations – Software
Boral is rolling out a digital system in its concrete business that is designed to improve on-time delivery to customers, and adjust schedules in real-time…
NBN Co finally reveals how many premises upgraded to full fibre – Telco/ISP
NBN Co has finally revealed an official take-up figure for its fibre overbuild program, saying that “in excess of 100,000” premises have upgraded from fibre-to-the-node…
US Fed clarifies process for banks to transact in stablecoins – Finance
State banks that are a member of the US Federal Reserve system should obtain a written supervisory nonobjection from the Fed before issuing, holding or…
Amazon in talks to become anchor investor in Arm – Hardware
Amazon.com is in talks about joining other technology companies as a cornerstone investor in SoftBank’s Arm ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), people familiar…