Chatty Australian Roblox users face mandatory facial age checks
Australian gamers who want use Roblox’s in-game chat service will have to submit to a facial age verification check from next month. The system is…
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Ticketek picks Google’s Vertex AI for Stella web bot
Ticketek has added a chatbot called ‘Stella’ to its website as a “conversational” interface that customers can use to find events and buy tickets. Stella…
TPG Telecom reports triple zero death linked to Samsung handset
TPG Telecom has reported a triple zero call-related customer fatality linked to the use of a Samsung mobile handset with emergency calling problems. The telco…
TPG Telecom reports triple zero death linked to Samsung handset
TPG Telecom has reported a triple zero call-related customer fatality linked to the use of a Samsung mobile handset with emergency calling problems. The telco…
UK Twitter hacker ordered to repay $8.3 million in Bitcoin
A man convicted over a 2020 Twitter hack that compromised accounts of high-profile figures including former US President Barack Obama has been ordered to repay…
RBA to overhaul source-to-pay – iTnews
Reserve Bank of Australia is set to overhaul its source-to-pay process, starting with a new contract and procurement management system. Its current system is no longer…
Netflix leaves NBN Co wary about AI network impact
NBN Co has implemented “facets” of an architectural blueprint developed by Cisco that, in part, is intended to help operators scale and monetise their networks…
Suntory Oceania’s $30 million IT transformation powers carbon-neutral multi beverage facility
When Suntory Oceania embarked on plans to build a $400 million carbon-neutral manufacturing and distribution facility in Queensland – the largest single FMCG investment in…
Qantas builds digital and AI centre in Adelaide
Qantas will open a technology and innovation centre in Adelaide early next year that will focus on improving digital experience delivery. The centre “is projected…
Defence to bring on trainee software engineers from Microsoft-supported program
Defence will hire 10 software engineering and computer science students from a Microsoft-supported program in a move to bolster graduate pathways. The 10 students will…
Telstra, Optus, TPG build new list of devices causing trouble for triple zero
Australia’s top telcos, including TPG Telecom, Telstra and Optus, have quietly moved to establish a shared database of problematic mobile handsets in a bid to…
Teachers Mutual Bank automates KYC across brands
Teachers Mutual Bank Limited is streamlining its compliance obligations by automating customer verification processes for some of its 220,000 members. Australia’s largest mutual banking group…