Author: Joseph Brookes

Social media giants are ‘vast surveillance’ operations

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Social media giants like Facebook and X are “vast surveillance” operations that collect, trade and hold troves of people’s data, the US consumer and competition watchdog has found after...

Defence ERP blows out as switchover looms

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Defence’s mammoth backend technology upgrade has slipped by half a decade and could now cost $3.5 billion — around three times initial estimates – with a consulting giant handed...

Limited use but no ‘safe harbour’ for cyber data sharing

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Upcoming cybersecurity laws will offer businesses that share private details with cyber agencies in the aftermath of an attack a limited use protection from regulatory action. But to balance...

New R&D program links Qld SMEs with regional unis

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A new $7 million program to link regional Queensland university researchers with local SMEs has launched with a call out for pioneering firms and free training, as the state...

Procurement scandal defamation threat dropped

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The businessman linked to Stuart Robert and a controversial consulting firm that helped tech firms win government contracts has dropped his defamation threat against an MP scrutinising the procurements....

QuantX Labs bags Defence as first clock customer

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Adelaide startup QuantX Labs will supply Defence with $2.7 million worth of atomic clocks in the first sale of its latest precision timing and sensing breakthrough and the company’s...