Victorian workers should be protected under law from intrusive workplace surveillance, a state inquiry has found after hearing of a surge in pervasive technologies like keylogging, tracking devices and...
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A number of US technology firms including chip makers announced artificial intelligence deals in the Middle East as President Donald Trump secured $600 billion in commitments from Saudi Arabia...
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Microsoft and other AI market leaders will on Thursday urge US lawmakers to streamline federal permitting for artificial intelligence energy needs and open more government data sets for AI...
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Meta Platforms won a US$168 million ($259 million) verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said on Tuesday, capping a six-year arm wrestling match between America’s biggest...
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A review of the national public sector data sharing scheme has put the inclusion of the private sector, law enforcement and compliance activity back on the table, three years...
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The federal Health department will continue migrating on-premise systems to Amazon Web Services after striking a new $22 million three-year hosting deal with the US hyperscaler through its opaque...
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Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad will travel to the US this week with a plan to lure big tech data centres to his country by exempting the related technology...
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Google has backflipped on a promise to allow users to easily opt out of third-party cookies in its market leading browser, announcing overnight it will not introduce the standalone...
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Facial recognition technology used within a system for identifying potential suspects for more than a decade has been deactivated by NSW Police amid concerns over its accuracy. The country’s...
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Defence has contracted AWS and Microsoft to help with its migration and multi-cloud environment, inking fresh limited tender deals with the US hyperscalers worth more than $12 million. The...
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In the absence of meaningful activity from the Industry portfolio in coordinating and accelerating investment in AI infrastructure, Australia’s next federal government should consider moving responsibility for a national...
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With so much global activity, it is both logical and encouraging to see increased recognition of the role and importance of data centres as essential digital infrastructure. Australia has...
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The European Union will spend €200 billion (A$366 billion) supercharging its AI development and deployment capabilities, investing in a new generation of AI data centres and relaxing AI regulation....
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US electric utilities are fielding massive requests for new power capacity as Big Tech scours the country for viable locations for new data centres to keep up with the...