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Telstra ignored warning signs before massive outage

A known network bug was repeatedly overlooked.

Deepfake creator jailed over sexualised images

Brisbane man made fake nudes of women and girls.
Apple's new CEO John Ternus teases 'incredible' devices

Chief executive officially takes over from Tim Cook.

Macquarie Uni denies swapping in-person classes with AI

Sydney institution says its chatbot 'does not' replace teaching.
Sydney data centre gets world-first quantum computer

Diraq will run powerful system alongside conventional servers.
Gippsland fibre network targets data centre boom

With space and power aplenty, fast links could ease city conflicts.
Treasurer: AI could be ‘biggest economic transformation in our lifetime’

But warns there is much work to be done.
Cybersecurity worker wins $56k over flawed redundancy

Fintech failed to properly consult worker.
Australian youths charged over cybercrime syndicate

Young Perth men allegedly led prolific global group.
Big banks rally behind Australian AI

New program connects startups with major buyers.
The tech companies employees love most

Dozens make Australia’s best workplace annual list.
NSW restricts take-home assessments over AI fears

Government moves to protect learning and HSC integrity.
1,200 AI agents went rogue inside OpenAI

Built their own network and reached the internet.
Australians to gain 'right to erasure' under privacy reforms

Social media, search engines targeted in draft laws.
1.2m tech job target pulled from government KPIs

Department ditches reporting measure as sector slows.
PM gives ground on data centre renewable energy plan

Queensland, NT claim victory in national cabinet showdown.
ARIA bans AI-generated music from Australian charts

Songs must be 'substantially human-made' to qualify.
Meta settles social media addiction trial for $25bn

Tech giant promises platform changes to protect teens.
Secretly filming with smart glasses banned at Brisbane pools

Council joins crackdown on recording without consent.
3D-printed gun gets teacher fired

Fair Work finds ‘astonishing lack of judgement’.
Vale Ronald Schmid

Long-time ACS Fellow remembered.
AI advice leaves worker $1,230 poorer

Faulty guidance turned a hopeless case costly.
Skilled migrant visas 'slowing down actively in IT'

Australian tech bodies raise concerns to parliamentary inquiry.
Why developer jobs are growing and nobody can get hired

AI skills are easy to claim. Demonstrating what you built is harder.
AI jobs 'uncertainty' sees worker's injury payout rise

First known Australian case of disruption being priced in.
Origin Energy reveals full bank account numbers exposed

July breach affected 900,000 customers.
Australians are dodging scams but losing more money

Awareness may be improving but scammers getting smarter.
Could Meta be forced to redesign Instagram and Facebook?

Landmark US trial may have global consequences.
Victorian IT worker's payout doubled on Fair Work appeal

Former Bytewize employee scores legal win.
Women hold just 15pc of Australia’s AI leadership roles

The gender gap widens as AI careers climb.
Apple video accidentally leaks AirPods with cameras

Other unreleased products also listed in beta code.
Quest Apartment Hotels confirms data breach

More than 1.5 million records potentially involved.
Canva cracks down on AI credit fraud

Scammers exploited free accounts to harvest tokens.
Does 'AI watermarking' mean it's all over for cheating students?

Not necessarily.
Anthropic's Claude to watermark AI-generated text

OpenAI also agrees to transparency rules for ChatGPT.
Macquarie IT lecturer wins Fair Work case using AI

'Nobody was more surprised than me when ChatGPT won.'
Telstra boosted CEO pay despite revenue slump, outage

Threatens to reconsider regional investments over roaming mandate.
'System update' triggers major Mastercard outage

Australian shoppers left scrambling at the checkout.
Coin-sized device could hack Boeing airplanes

Researchers needed only 60 seconds to take over.
Would you scan your face to buy a coffee?

Retailers embrace biometrics, despite privacy concerns.
Why every job ad should include the salary

Candidates walk when pay expectations don’t align.
Bendigo Bank cops $8m cyber penalty

Weak passwords exposed hundreds of customer accounts.
Google hikes prices, trims RAM on Pixel 11 line

Memory chip shortage strikes again.
Victoria delays WFH laws until after election

Business lobby scores significant victory.
X wins lawsuit against Australia's eSafety Commissioner

Musk's platform claims victory in content rules dispute.
Unreliable regional telecoms delivering ‘bleak’ outcomes: TIO

Calls for better compensation, overhaul of telco regulations.
Government set to pass new media bargaining code

New laws target platforms reusing Australian news content.

Telstra ignored warning signs before massive outage

Deepfake creator jailed over sexualised images

Apple's new CEO John Ternus teases 'incredible' devices

Macquarie Uni denies swapping in-person classes with AI

Sydney data centre gets world-first quantum computer

Gippsland fibre network targets data centre boom

Treasurer: AI could be ‘biggest economic transformation in our lifetime’

Cybersecurity worker wins $56k over flawed redundancy

Australian youths charged over cybercrime syndicate

Big banks rally behind Australian AI

The tech companies employees love most

NSW restricts take-home assessments over AI fears

1,200 AI agents went rogue inside OpenAI

Australians to gain 'right to erasure' under privacy reforms

1.2m tech job target pulled from government KPIs

PM gives ground on data centre renewable energy plan

ARIA bans AI-generated music from Australian charts

Meta settles social media addiction trial for $25bn

Secretly filming with smart glasses banned at Brisbane pools

3D-printed gun gets teacher fired

Vale Ronald Schmid

AI advice leaves worker $1,230 poorer

Skilled migrant visas 'slowing down actively in IT'

Why developer jobs are growing and nobody can get hired

AI jobs 'uncertainty' sees worker's injury payout rise

Origin Energy reveals full bank account numbers exposed

Australians are dodging scams but losing more money

Could Meta be forced to redesign Instagram and Facebook?

Victorian IT worker's payout doubled on Fair Work appeal

Women hold just 15pc of Australia’s AI leadership roles

Apple video accidentally leaks AirPods with cameras

Quest Apartment Hotels confirms data breach

Canva cracks down on AI credit fraud

Does 'AI watermarking' mean it's all over for cheating students?

Anthropic's Claude to watermark AI-generated text

Macquarie IT lecturer wins Fair Work case using AI

Telstra boosted CEO pay despite revenue slump, outage

'System update' triggers major Mastercard outage

Coin-sized device could hack Boeing airplanes

Would you scan your face to buy a coffee?

Why every job ad should include the salary

Bendigo Bank cops $8m cyber penalty

Google hikes prices, trims RAM on Pixel 11 line

Victoria delays WFH laws until after election

X wins lawsuit against Australia's eSafety Commissioner

Unreliable regional telecoms delivering ‘bleak’ outcomes: TIO

Government set to pass new media bargaining code