Author: Joseph Brookes

Google’s cookie phase out crumbles

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Google has abandoned plans to kill off pervasive user tracking technologies known as cookies after four years of effort on alternatives that sparked clashes with regulators and the advertising...

Debate on deepfake imagery bill kicks off in Canberra

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Industry experts and law enforcement agencies have largely backed federal reforms to clarify the illegality of distributing deepfake imagery, but some have sought amendments to broaden the bill and...

Govt backs cyber skills push into Pacific

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Australian cyber skills will be deployed in a two month blitz across Papua New Guinea and Fiji in the federal government’s latest effort to build resilience across the Pacific...

Finance union calls for AI job loss freeze as tech spreads

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AI is in widespread use across Australia’s financial sector with almost no oversight, according to its workers, who warn the technology could kill jobs and turbocharge the unethical behaviour...

Salesforce costs balloon to $116m at Aged Care

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The cost of the Department of Health and Aged Care’s customer relationship management project has passed $116 million after software giant Salesforce and partner Capgemini landed lucrative contract amendments....

The time to discuss quantum tech risks is now

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The United Nations has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The goal is to recognise “the importance of quantum science and the need for...

ANU camera tech trailblazing to the stars

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A cutting-edge space camera is being developed in a new university research and industry tie-up that could deliver a “first mover” advantage into global supply chains, after the federal...