Australia’s fintech industry is entering what its leaders describe as a pivotal moment, as new Deloitte research putting the sector’s contribution at more than $22 billion annually — around...
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Australia should consider allowing foreign tech firms to build and operate data centres that would exist outside the reach of national laws, according to Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council...
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Singaporean headquartered infrastructure company Firmus Technologies has raised $330 million to accelerate the rollout of Australia’s first green AI factory, with a cornerstone investment from Ellerston Capital and strategic...
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Authorities in Sydney approved construction of data centres without requiring measurable plans to cut water use, raising concerns the sector’s rapid growth will leave residents competing for the resource....
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Republican US Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill that would let artificial intelligence companies apply for exemptions from federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new technology....
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Almost one-fifth of notifications through Australia’s data breaches notification regime could be averted if a self-assessment tool being pitched by the privacy watchdog is taken up by the federal...
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Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge that it has agreed to pay US$1.5 billion (A$2.28 billion) to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused...
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday will host more than two dozen technology and business leaders for a dinner in the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, according to...
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Ukraine is looking at how to share battlefield data with allies, the country’s deputy prime minister said, calling the vast trove of stored information one of Kyiv’s “cards” to...
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An AI supercomputer more powerful than Australia’s leading research compute clusters has come online, offering a new platform for businesses and governments to access sovereign AI compute infrastructure. ResetData...
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Industry minister Tim Ayres and the Treasurer Jim Chalmers seemed to shut the door on calls to rewrite copyright laws in a way that would provide a ‘fair dealing’...
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A privacy watchdog probe into radiology giant I-MED has cleared the company of wrongdoing over handing millions of patient medical scans to local AI startup Harrison.ai. Last year, Crikey...
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OpenAI is launching its first Stargate data centre project in Europe, partnering with developer Nscale and investment group Aker ASA to open a US$1-billion (A$1.56 billion) facility in Norway...
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Billionaire Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar says Australia has a unique opportunity to become a leading data centre hub in Southeast Asia, including by offering other countries the ability to...