Category: ITnews

ANZ explores agentic AI opportunities
26
Jun
2025

ANZ’s group executive of technology Gerard Florian to retire

ANZ Banking Group’s long-time group technology leader Gerard Florian is set to retire in early August, with a global search…

Debate over future of US AI regulation hinges on broadband funding
26
Jun
2025

Debate over future of US AI regulation hinges on broadband funding

The fight over a proposed 10-year US moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence has heated up, with Republican and…

Fraud victims among top crypto ATM users
26
Jun
2025

Fraud victims among top crypto ATM users

Australia’s financial crimes monitoring agency said that it has identified 90 scam victims, money mules and suspected offenders as the…

Sportsbet recruits 'security champions' in shift-left strategy
26
Jun
2025

Sportsbet recruits ‘security champions’ in shift-left strategy

Sportsbet has stood up a ‘security champions’ program, recruiting 42 senior staff to act as security ambassadors, asking questions of…

Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit
25
Jun
2025

Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors’ copyright lawsuit

A US federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that Anthropic’s use of books without permission to train its artificial…

Australian eSafety commissioner and YouTube spar
24
Jun
2025

Australian eSafety commissioner and YouTube spar

Australia’s internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the…

Insurer Aflac investigating possible data leak
24
Jun
2025

Insurer Aflac investigating possible data leak

Health and life insurer Aflac said it is investigating a breach on its US network that may have exposed customers’…

AT&T's US$177m data breach settlement wins US court approval
24
Jun
2025

AT&T’s US$177m data breach settlement wins US court approval

A US judge granted preliminary approval to a US$177 million ($273 million) settlement that resolves lawsuits against AT&T over breaches…

TAFE NSW, NESA land tech funding in state budget
24
Jun
2025

TAFE NSW, NESA land tech funding in state budget

TAFE NSW and the NSW Education Standards Authority join NSW Police as big winners of technology-related funding in this year’s…

Qld tables $1 billion for major whole-of-government tech overhaul
24
Jun
2025

Qld tables $1 billion for major whole-of-government tech overhaul

The Queensland Government is to spend $1 billion to overhaul its technology delivery, aiming to unify IT investments and systems across…

NAB brings Pete Steel into new digital, data and AI exec role
24
Jun
2025

NAB brings Pete Steel into new digital, data and AI exec role

NAB has named Pete Steel as its group executive for digital, data and artificial intelligence, which includes oversight of the…

WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices
24
Jun
2025

WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices

Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent…