Category: ITnews

US to take 10 percent equity stake in Intel
25
Aug
2025

US to take 10 percent equity stake in Intel

US President Donald Trump said the US would take a 10 percent stake in Intel under a deal with the…

Databricks to buy Tecton in AI agent push
25
Aug
2025

Databricks to buy Tecton in AI agent push

Databricks will acquire machine learning startup Tecton to expand its AI agent offerings, the latest in a string of deals…

Defence's ERP bill with IBM hits $575m
25
Aug
2025

Defence’s ERP bill with IBM hits $575m

The Department of Defence has inked a fresh agreement with IBM related to its enterprise resource planning (ERP) overhaul, bringing…

ANZ eyes 'compound' gains from GenAI
25
Aug
2025

ANZ eyes ‘compound’ gains from GenAI

ANZ Banking Group is realising incremental benefits from adopting generative AI across its IT service desk environment despite initial misgivings…

UGL digitised work order planning after winning electricity contract
25
Aug
2025

UGL digitised work order planning after winning electricity contract

Engineering services firm UGL has built a digital work order management system, initially to help field service teams working on…

Microsoft plans full quantum-resistant cryptography transition by 2033
22
Aug
2025

Microsoft plans full quantum-resistant cryptography transition by 2033

Microsoft has outlined a timeline to protect its services and customers from future quantum computing threats that could render current…

Chemist Warehouse runs AI on HR shared inbox
22
Aug
2025

Chemist Warehouse runs AI on HR shared inbox

Chemist Warehouse is running AI on a shared email inbox for human resources queries from its 30,000 employees and store…

AI browsers fall for scams and phishing, security researchers say
21
Aug
2025

AI browsers fall for scams and phishing, security researchers say

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) web browsers that can act autonomously on users’ behalf appear to be extremely gullible and unsafe…

UK agrees to drop encryption 'backdoor' mandate for Apple
21
Aug
2025

UK agrees to drop encryption ‘backdoor’ mandate for Apple

Britain has dropped its demand for the iPhone maker Apple to provide a “backdoor” that would have enabled access to…

University of Melbourne reprimanded for using wi-fi data to identify protesters
21
Aug
2025

University of Melbourne reprimanded for using wi-fi data to identify protesters

The University of Melbourne has been reprimanded for using wi-fi location data to identify students involved in a sit-in protest…

CBA keeps pushing limits of its Workday environment
21
Aug
2025

CBA keeps pushing limits of its Workday environment

CBA has 20 apps in production that run off its now decade-old Workday system for human resources, part of a…

Microsoft shrinks Chinese access to cyber early warning system
21
Aug
2025

Microsoft shrinks Chinese access to cyber early warning system

Microsoft has scaled back some Chinese companies’ access to its early warning system for cyber security vulnerabilities following speculation that…