Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms
Singapore’s police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said. The order under the nation’s Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple’s iMessage and Google Messages purporting to be from companies such as the local postal service […]
Labor bets on agency to monitor AI companies
The Labor government is establishing a new agency that will help guide AI legislation and promote safe use of the technology. Industry, Science and Resources minister Tim Ayres. Supplied The government intends the new agency, the Australian AI Safety Institute (AISI), to be an authority for assessing the risk of using the technology and an […]
Google gives local cloud another undersea capacity boost
Google plans to boost capacity for its Australian cloud offerings with an alternative undersea fibre cable route linking them into Southeast Asia via the Indian Ocean and Thailand. The additional capacity will be provided via an extension of Google’s interlink cable connecting Melbourne to Western Australia and Christmas Island. Google’s planned route for the cable […]
The NRL BI project that accidentally became a product
When the NRL’s tiny data team scrummed to find a way to help the company make smarter business decisions faster, they scored more than they expected. Even with the final whistle yet to blow, the project is looking like a shrewd product play. As the wholly-owned corporation set up by the non-profit governing body for […]
IBM, Cisco outline plans to network quantum computers
IBM and Cisco Systems plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating the concept is workable by the end of 2030. The move could pave the way for a quantum internet, though executives at the two companies cautioned that the networks would require technologies that do not currently exist and […]
Westpac CEO orders mission to cut wasteful tech spend
Westpac Banking Group has revealed an institution-wide mission to cut excessive and wasteful spending on technology as it pushes ahead with its ambitious Unite system rationalisation project. The banking group had expected average annual investment to reach around $2 billion between FY2025 and FY2028 to meet costs associated with Unite. The transformation project aims to […]
InfraBuild plots migration of JDE, ECC into SAP RISE environment
InfraBuild, a large metals recycler and steelmaker, has set a target end state to have all its operations running on RISE with SAP S/4HANA in AWS for enterprise resource planning. Image credit: InfraBuild The company took five months this year to move from a board paper seeking funding to its go-live with RISE, and worked […]
Amazon, Google named by EU among ‘critical’ tech providers for finance industry
-European Union regulators have designated 19 technology companies, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft, as critical third-party computing providers for the bloc’s finance industry. Under the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which started being applied in January 2025, three EU-level financial regulators can together name certain technology providers as critical and supervise […]
Defence to bring on trainee software engineers from Microsoft-supported program
Defence will hire 10 software engineering and computer science students from a Microsoft-supported program in a move to bolster graduate pathways. The 10 students will join the Defence Digital Group – Defence’s IT department – through placements in entry-level positions. The trainees are currently studying at the Holberton School, which focuses on technology and computer sciences. “In […]
Australia Post deploys ThousandEyes across its retail network
Australia Post is “in the early stages” of using Cisco ThousandEyes to improve visibility of network and application performance in its retail footprint of “well over 3000 sites”. Australia Post’s Adam Goodall. The deployment is the latest in a program of work upgrading technology and connectivity across the retail network to improve availability and resiliency. […]