Industry News
CSIRO, Google aim to accelerate use of AI for research
The CSIRO and Google plan to collaborate to promote and accelerate the use of AI among Australia's research community. [ + ]
NSW upgrading RFS trucks with Starlink
The NSW Government is preparing for the upcoming bushfire season with the rollout of new firefighting tankers and satellite technology. [ + ]
Workday added to DTA's Software Marketplace
Workday software has been added to the Digital Transformation Agency's Software Marketplace under the new category of ERP products and services. [ + ]
Austroads contracts MATTR to enable mobile driver's licences
Austroads has announced that MATTR will provide the DTS capabilities that will underpin Australia's mobile driver's licence ecosystem. [ + ]
Technology will be vital for healthy ageing
Accelerating the pace of digital innovation will be critical to improving outcomes for ageing Australians, according to a researcher from UniSC. [ + ]
AI chatbots have an "empathy gap" that puts children at risk: research
A new study proposes a framework for "child-safe AI" following recent incidents which revealed that many children see chatbots as quasi-human and trustworthy. [ + ]
Public–private partnerships key to containing disaster impacts
Disaster response and coordination expert Dr Emily Chapman said that there is a need for emergency services to engage in partnerships with the private sector. [ + ]
AWS, Microsoft have 56% of cloud services market: Finbold
The cloud services market is consolidating, with AWS and Microsoft collectively accounting for the majority of the market, according to Finbold estimates. [ + ]
Macquarie Data Centres breaks ground on IC3 Super West
Construction has commenced for the new IC3 Super West sovereign high-capacity data centre in Sydney's north. [ + ]
Victorian OPP implements new case management system
Victoria's Office of Public Prosecutions' new criminal case management system, Amicus, has been built on the Appian AI Process Platform. [ + ]
Supporting sustainable employment for neurodivergent individuals
A survey has found that 91% of Australians believe organisations should do more to support long-term employment for neurodivergent individuals. [ + ]
Indonesian hackers apologise, ask for donations
Hackers in Indonesia called a recent government data centre breach a "pentest with post payment". [ + ]
Armis completes IRAP assessment
The Armis Centrix asset intelligence and threat remediation platform has been certified to handle Australian Government data up to the Protected level. [ + ]
Government taking steps towards public safety mobile broadband
The federal government has released a request for information for a national public safety mobile broadband network. [ + ]
myGov gets 20,000 passkey signups in a week
myGov is among the first digital government services in the world to implement passkeys and do away with passwords. [ + ]
