Category: ITnews

Meta vows to curtail false content, deepfakes ahead of Australian election
18
Mar
2025

Meta vows to curtail false content, deepfakes ahead of Australian election – Software

Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta Platforms said its independent fact-checking program in Australia would help detect and remove false content and…

Alphabet to buy Wiz for US$32 billion
18
Mar
2025

Alphabet to buy Wiz for US$32 billion – Security

Alphabet will buy fast-growing startup Wiz for about US$32 billion ($50 billion) in its biggest deal ever, the Google parent…

Lion reorganises tech and cyber leadership
18
Mar
2025

Lion reorganises tech and cyber leadership – Training & Development

Beverage maker Lion has consolidated its IT and cyber leadership into a single role, now held by Ram Kalyanasundaram. Ram…

Quantum computing, AI stocks rise as Nvidia kicks off annual conference
17
Mar
2025

Quantum computing, AI stocks rise as Nvidia kicks off annual conference – Hardware

Shares of quantum computing and artificial intelligence companies rose as investors hoped that Nvidia would blow some life back into…

Google expands Reddit partnership
17
Mar
2025

Google expands Reddit partnership – Software

Google has expanded its partnership with Reddit amid concerns that the social media platform’s user growth relies heavily on traffic…

"Reshaped" National AI Centre to be run by ex-Microsoft Australia CTO - Cloud - Software
17
Mar
2025

“Reshaped” National AI Centre to be run by ex-Microsoft Australia CTO – Cloud – Software

The former chief technology officer of Microsoft Australia Lee Hickin is to lead the federal government’s “reshaped” National AI Centre….

Optus stands up a unified data platform
17
Mar
2025

Optus stands up a unified data platform – Cloud

Optus has stood up a unified data platform that brings together data from across a number of repositories into an…

Origin Energy has a new CISO
17
Mar
2025

Origin Energy has a new CISO – Security – Training & Development

Origin Energy has elevated long-serving Alvin Rubyono to the role of chief information security officer (CISO).  Rubyono has spent over…

Apple's appeal against encryption 'back door' reportedly held in secret
17
Mar
2025

Apple’s appeal against encryption ‘back door’ reportedly held in secret – Security

A London court hearing, reported to be Apple’s appeal against a British government order to create a “back door” to…

Infosys settles lawsuits against US unit over cyber incident
16
Mar
2025

Infosys settles lawsuits against US unit over cyber incident – Security

Indian IT services provider Infosys has reached an agreement with the plaintiffs of lawsuits pending against its US unit over…

JPMorgan engineers' efficiency rises with coding assistant
16
Mar
2025

JPMorgan engineers’ efficiency rises with coding assistant – Financial Services – Software

Tens of thousands of JPMorgan Chase software engineers increased their productivity 10 percent to 20 percent by using a coding…

Over 200,000 myGov users disable passwords in passkey shift
14
Mar
2025

Over 200,000 myGov users disable passwords in passkey shift – Security

New figures reveal that over 200,000 users of myGov password stopped using passwords in favour of exclusively using passkeys as…