Microsoft in damage control over Copilot bundling bungle
Microsoft Australia has moved to minimise potential damage from the competition regulator’s federal court bid to penalise it for the way it sold M365 subscription…
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Australia and US impose sanctions on North Korean cyber ops
Australia has imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four entities and one individual linked to North Korea’s cryptocurrency theft operations, foreign minister Penny Wong…
Amazon sues Perplexity over ‘agentic’ shopping tool
Amazon is suing Perplexity AI over the startup’s “agentic” shopping feature, which uses automation to place orders for users, saying it covertly accessed Amazon customer…
The BoM has finally tamed SSL
It was a punchline, a source of memes and, occasionally, even an ensign for those pathologically opposed to big government tech-spends. For nearly 30 years,…
ABC drops Salesforce for Braze
Australia’s public broadcaster has switched its email marketing infrastructure from Salesforce to Braze with the aim of improving audience engagement The ABC revealed that it’s undergoing…
Australia includes Reddit, Kick in teen social media ban
Australia’s internet watchdog has widened its world-first teen social media ban to include Reddit and video live streaming platform Kick, and said more sites could…
State-sponsored threat actors abuse Gemini AI, Google says
State-sponsored threat actors from China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea have all managed to misuse Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence throughout 2025 to hone their malicious…
Uniting uses GenAI to cut admin burden for frontline care workers
Uniting NSW.ACT, has developed a new digital front door to provide carers with mobile access to essential enterprise systems on the go. Andrew Dome, Uniting…
NSW DCCEEW makes CDIO its top tech role
The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) will now have chief digital and information officer (CDIO) as its top technology…
Samsung triple zero handset firmware mystery deepens
The mystery over how 71 Samsung mobile phones were delivered to Australian consumers with firmware problems that might leave users high and dry when trying…
New ATO division to de-risk major system transformations
The tax office has created a new division to manage risk around major ATO technology projects and system transformations, shuffling its deputy commissioner ranks in…
US prosecutors say cyber security pros ran cybercrime operation
Prosecutors have accused three American cyber security professionals secretly ran a ransomware operation aimed at shaking down companies across the United States. The three people,…