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Google misled users on location tracking: Court

Google faces fines and compliance orders after a Federal Court Judge ruled on Friday that the tech giant had misled Australian consumers when it tracked their location even after...

Watchdog eyes govt digital ID scheme audit

The national auditor is considering putting the federal government’s $450 million digital identity program under the microscope, with a planned review of the scheme’s budget and effectiveness. The Australian...

Gig Guide: former NTT CEO joins 6clicks

Matt Gyde, the former CEO of billion-dollar global technology services company NTT Security, has joined the board of 6clicks. San Francisco based Mr Gyde joins the risk and compliance SaaS...

Australia blames Russia for SolarWinds attack

Australia has officially attributed the SolarWinds cyber attack to Russia and has committed to helping the US in holding the nation “to account” for the incident. Overnight US President...

Industry bristles as open banking stutters

Australia’s FinTech and neobank industry is growing frustrated at the slow pace and arduous requirements of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) – once heralded as a landmark reform –...

Disappointment as LithiumAus moves production overseas

It is so disappointing when you have covered an emerging technology and manufacturing story for years when suddenly you find out that the company you have been covering decides...

Bronwyn Weir on building regulation compliance

There have been numerous headlines in recent years about poorly constructed residential buildings and the resulting fallout for owners and residents. Among the most notorious were the 2014 fire...

SKA telescope gets $387m shot in the arm

The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed a further $387 million to the massive Square Kilometre Array radio telescope in Western Australia’s Murchison region, including $64 million that will...

No ‘fairness’ in the harm caused by algorithms

Australia is racing into the next decades of the digital era wilfully blind and ill-prepared as to the impact of algorithms on its citizens. I say wilfully blind because...

Manufacturers look to reshore operations: Report

More than half of Australian manufacturers are looking to reshore their operations locally in the next two years, a new report has found, as sovereign capability in the sector...

5G, trusted networks and a future roadmap

Visionary businesses in Australia are starting to plan for real-time action (and reactions) – from products or service delivery to responding to market disruptions. At Verizon, we are having...

Delays cloud transparency over govt tech spending

There is a significant lack of transparency around the unprecedented jump in government IT investment, with ongoing delays to an “urgent” internal audit and a year long freeze of...

PwC to run APS digital skills comms campaign

Accounting giant PwC has won a contract to run a communications campaign to improve awareness and membership of the federal government’s public sector digital skills scheme. The Digital Transformation...