NBN Co defends satellite share as Amazon Leo trials near
NBN Co has moved aggressively to retain share of the broadband satellite market as it moves to start to offering services on Amazon’s faster low…
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Cisco and Qunnect build quantum network
Cisco Systems and startup Qunnect said they have built and operated a quantum network between Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York which sends signals over…
India tells university to leave AI summit after presenting Chinese robot as its own
An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country’s flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially…
Australia Post launches non-tradeable cryptostamps
Australia Post is belatedly getting in on the cryptostamp action with an issue of its own while taking the unusual step of blocking transferrability of…
Suncorp looks to AI and core overhaul to address insurance affordability
Suncorp is hoping that its investment in AI and a new policy platform will help it craft more affordable products, including some that appeal to…
Superloop to buy rival Lynham for $165 million
Superloop has announced plans to acquire rival fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network wholesaler, Lightning Broadband, for $165 million after upgrading its full-year earnings guidance. The cash deal,…
US Supreme Court adopts new technology to help identify conflicts of interest
The US Supreme Court has adopted new software to assist in identifying whether a case poses a potential conflict of interest for the justices, who…
Russian official acknowledges Starlink systems down for two weeks
Starlink terminals used by the Russian military have not been in operation for two weeks, but the disconnection has had no effect on its drone…
Macquarie brings agentic SRE to its digital bank
Macquarie’s banking division is taking reliability cues from Google, adopting its site reliability engineering principles and using AI agents to enforce them. Macquarie Group’s Phillip…
Coalition names shadow comms, digital and cyber ministers
The federal opposition has reshaped its shadow ministry under newly-appointed leader Angus Taylor, with new appointments in the main technology portfolios. Senator Sarah Henderson has…
Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in cloud-based password managers
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) have discovered serious vulnerabilities in popular, cloud-based password managers that allowed them to view and…
Victoria’s whole-of-government CISO has left
Victorian government chief information security officer Dovid Clarke has left after just over two years, prompting an external search for his replacement. Clarke, who played…