NBN Co to add 130 field service technicians – Telco/ISP
NBN Co is set to onboard 130 new field service technicians in a host of regional locations. A spokesperson told iTnews that the recruitment drive…
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New industry group to battle critical infrastructure security threats – Security
CI-ISAC CEO David Sandell CI-ISAC Australia is to get another cyber infrastructure information sharing network, with the launch of the Critical Infrastructure – Information Sharing…
Japan to restrict chip manufacturing machine exports to China – Strategy – Hardware
Japan’s government will begin restricting exports of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China in Spring after it amends a foreign exchange law to allow the…
ASD hub to handle REDSPICE ‘innovation surge’ – Security
The Australian Signals Directorate is set to outsource much of the resourcing of a “service delivery hub” that will prepare enterprise services and internal functions…
Google unveils ChatGPT rival Bard – Software
Google will open up its own conversational AI platform called Bard to the public in “coming weeks”, as it seeks to capitalise on fevered interest…
EU’s Breton bats for tougher AI rules – Strategy – Software
EU industry chief Thierry Breton has said new proposed artificial intelligence rules will aim to tackle concerns about the risks around the ChatGPT chatbot and…
Foxconn’s January sales surge – Strategy – Hardware
Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker and major iPhone assembler for Apple, said its revenue in January jumped 48.2 percent year-on-year, as it…
Defence Housing Australia plans network upgrade – Networking
Defence Housing Australia is planning to upgrade of its wide area network (WAN) using hardware and software made by Aruba Networks. In a tender, Defence Housing…
F5 working to patch BIG-IP API bug – Security
F5 Networks is working on a fix for a bug that exposes BIG-IP implementations to denial-of-service and possible system command execution. There are vulnerable versions…
AMA says health data needs better protection – Strategy
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called on governments to legislate stronger protection for health data, particularly from the tech sector and insurers. The AMA…
Atlassian patches Jira authentication vulnerability – Security
Atlassian has moved to plug a critical authentication bug in its Jira service management server and Jira data centre software. According to the company’s advisory,…
Vocus buying Challenge Networks – Telco/ISP
Vocus is to acquire private LTE and 5G network specialist Challenge Networks. In a statement, Vocus said the acquisition will let it build LTE and…