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Sausage watch: What are the implications of this week’s Bunnings facial recognition ruling?
The Aussie hardware giant has been given the go-ahead to use facial recognition technology in its stores to fight crime ...
Kinetic IT appoints Jeremy O’Donohue to lead state government and critical infrastructure portfolio
Australian technology services provider Kinetic IT has strengthened its executive team with the appointment of a former ...
Kinetic IT awarded ICT contract with Department of Defence
Kinetic IT has been selected by the Department of Defence to deliver ICT Service Desk, Switchboard, and Base Services ...
Send nudes: SecDef Hegseth announces Grok rollout at the Pentagon
The controversial xAI chatbot joins Google’s Gemini as America’s latest warfighting AI move, despite growing bans ...
UNSW lands $3m next-gen AI defence contract
A secure AI technology designed to tackle “rapidly changing environments” gets the nod with funding drop from the ...
Axonius denies reports of Cisco acquisition
Global tech giant Cisco is reportedly in “advanced negotiations” to acquire cyber security company Axonius for US$2 ...
ServiceNow announces acquisition of Armis
Following “advanced talks”, ServiceNow has announced the acquisition of US-Israeli cyber security start-up Armis in a ...
Industry predictions for 2026: Artificial intelligence – boom or bust?
Part 2: As the year draws to a close and the new year looms, the industry takes out its collective crystal ball for a ...
Industry predictions for 2026: What’s in store for artificial intelligence?
As the year draws to a close and the new year looms, the industry takes out its collective crystal ball for a look at ...
Cloudflare’s own goal briefly disrupts more than a quarter of its web traffic
On 5 December 2025, the global internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare suffered a widespread outage – the root cause: a ...
eSafety targets smart car features that can enable domestic abuse
According to Julie Inman-Grant, “... an asset that’s crucial for escape is being used as a mechanism to trap and ...
Australian leader invited to join international discussion on responsible AI in military domain
An Australian Defence Force leader has been invited to the Expert Advisory Group for the Global Commission on ...
Australia, Canada, India to cooperate on emerging tech, minerals and artificial intelligence
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new trilateral partnership with Canada and India.