Nvidia buys Hugging Face in US$13 billion deal
Nvidia will buy popular developer platform Hugging Face for US$12.93 billion ($17.96 billion), using its growing AI war chest to expand its influence in the…
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Network infrastructure will determine the fate of AI
Rami Rahim will be delivering the keynote address at HPE Networking Day in Sydney on 7 October 2026 While there has been much focus on…
ACMA fines Telstra for SIM swapping prevention misses
Key points ACMA has fined Telstra $277,000 for failing to use required identity authentication processes to prevent SIM swapping fraud. The fraud caused at least…
Airservices Australia wants to build an ‘AI front door’
Key points Airservices Australia is exploring a “broker platform” within its AWS tenancy to act as a single governed entry point for all AI interactions.…
Google escapes ad tech breakup
Google has escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business, marking the third time in recent years that US antitrust enforcers have tried to force…
USDA to test satellites, AI to try to improve crop estimates
The US Department of Agriculture is launching a pilot project that will rely more heavily on technology as part of a broader effort to improve…
Telstra sowed seeds for its July mobile outage in 2020. Six years on they sprouted.
When Telstra engineers embarked on a simple server chassis replacement exercise in 2020, they could barely have contemplated the complex chain of missteps and complacency…
Cook hands Apple to Ternus
When Tim Cook took over as Apple’s CEO, he did not try to fill the big shoes of its legendary founder and product visionary Steve…
Realise the full potential of AI with inference economics and Penguin Solutions
Organisations transitioning from AI training to inference can control costs more effectively by moving from cloud-only to hybrid environments and locating workloads based on economic,…
Jetstar gives Skywise a cousin to optimise fleet
Key points Jetstar has built a new AI-driven fleet optimisation system called Flow to cut costs and minimise delays across its 3000 weekly flights. Flow…
US officials backpedal on claims that gov agencies were hacked
Key points US officials have walked back claims that several government agencies were hacked by Chinese spies, now calling them targets rather than victims. The…
Privacy Act overhaul to tighten 72-hour breach reporting deadline
Key points Draft legislation would give Australian organisations 72 hours to notify the Information Commissioner of an eligible data breach, replacing the current “as soon…