SafetyCulture founder Luke Anear is stepping back from his role as chief executive of the Sydney software unicorn, with an American property executive to take the day-to-day reins next...
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A trial of age verification technology will not deliver its findings to the federal government until six months after proposed legislation banning social media for under-16s is introduced to...
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The Albanese government is in early talks with industry to develop a national data centre strategy that helps steer the sector as the immense compute needs of AI workloads...
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Australia has climbed one place in global digital competitiveness rankings, helped by AI research prowess and its front-footed policy making for the technology, as other indicators stagnate. The latest...
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Australia’s largest bank and a medical centre have signed on to test Canberra’s verifiable credentials project, which is promising to harden the nation against cyber attacks and scams by...
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Social media companies failing to fight scams on their platforms will be subject to fines of up to $50 million under a new framework brought before Parliament on Thursday....
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Jobseekers are being asked to adjust their reporting to employment service providers to avoid a government tech glitch or risk losing their payments, shifting more burden onto vulnerable people....
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Salesforce has cracked the federal Industry department, landing a $1 million deal this month through limited tender to supply the national science museum with software over three years. The...
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Apple has deployed a new safety feature that enables Australian children to flag unwanted nude images directly with the tech giant for referral to the police, pre-empting requirements of...
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The Tech Council of Australia wants to narrow the scope of a proposed tort for serious invasions of privacy, expressing concerns about the additional costs that the measures could...
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Encrypted messaging app Session has shifted its operations from Australia to Switzerland and adopted a foundation model, blaming the move on the country’s “draconian” regulatory environment. As law enforcement...
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Search engines and social media giants would be expected to filter, blur and block online pornography and other age-inappropriate content by default for children under the latest set of...
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A Labor-led parliamentary committee has urged the federal government to appoint a Digital Affairs minister to coordinate the regulation of social media and other digital platforms, including across privacy,...
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Australian data centre capacity is expected to double by 2030, attracting more than $26 billion in new investment in the process, according to a report that also calls for...