DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany
Germany’s data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns…
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Mind the AI innovation gap Podcast
A listening tour of Australian boardrooms found that executives were enthusiastic about the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to unleash an economic bonanza but they…
DTA adds another $25m to Microsoft sourcing deal
The federal government has topped up its volume sourcing agreement with Microsoft by another $25 million through a fresh one-year deal for “unified support” services.…
Adelaide University stands up its digital stack
Adelaide University – the result of a merger of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia – has stood up a new digital…
Ex-student charged over Western Sydney University cyberattacks
A 27-year-old former student of Western Sydney University has been charged over a series of cyberattacks that impacted the educational institution. Image credit: NSW Police…
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 underway to find a replacement.…
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 Democratic Senate leaders differing on…
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 top crypto ATM users in…
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 project teams and performing threat…
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 intelligence system was legal under…
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 Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its…
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’ personal information, making it the…