US antitrust enforcers target mergers by Big Tech – Strategy
New draft guidelines released by US antitrust enforcers lay the groundwork for tougher scrutiny of planned mergers by Big Tech companies like Amazon.com and Google.…
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CBA-backed Little Birdie creates browser extension – Finance – Software
CBA-backed Little Birdie has launched a new browser extension, capable of searching and tracking the prices of millions of products online. Commonwealth Bank of Australia…
Microsoft agrees to offer cloud security logs for free – Security
Microsoft is expanding its suite of free security tools for customers, following criticism that it was charging clients to protect themselves against Microsoft’s mistakes. The…
Cyber strategy has cost Home Affairs $2.8 million so far – Strategy – Security
The government’s 2023-2030 Australian cyber security strategy has so far set the government back just over $2.8 million, with no strategy yet to show for…
Emergency patch for ColdFusion zero-day – Security
Adobe has issued an out-of-cycle software patch for its ColdFusion software after security researchers found a previous patch was incomplete, and being exploited in the…
Endeavour Group seeks national coordination of ‘harm minimisation’ tech at gambling venues – Software – Security
Endeavour Group has called on state and territory governments to coordinate a national approach to using technology – facial recognition or otherwise – to combat…
Telstra proposes to cut around 472 roles – Telco/ISP
Telstra is proposing a “net reduction” of 472 roles, which would be achieved by making a higher number of individuals redundant but offsetting some of…
CBA and NAB take aim at big tech – Finance
The chief executives of Commonwealth Bank of Australia and NAB have called out technology giants for anti-competitive behaviour during a two day senate hearing. All…
SAP lowers cloud revenue forecast – Software – Cloud
SAP trimmed its full-year outlook for key cloud sales due to lower-than-anticipated transactional revenues in the second quarter. “We’ve seen fewer public sector customers in…
North Korea hackers breached US IT company – Security
A North Korean government-backed hacking group penetrated an American IT management company and used it as a springboard to target cryptocurrency companies, the firm and…
Australia Post uses computer vision for site safety – Cloud
Australia Post is using computer vision technology to detect team members moving into “unsafe zones” at facilities as a site safety initiative. Executive general manager…
Amazon builds US$120 million satellite processing hub – Telco/ISP
Amazon is building a US$120 million ($178 million) processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its thousands of planned Kuiper internet satellites.…