Sydney-based job management software firm Factory.app has closed a $1.05 million seed funding round to support its ambition of improving the efficiency of small to medium-sized fabricator businesses. The firm...
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Ukraine’s three-year-old digital ID system became an unlikely source of military intelligence in the nation’s defence against Russia, while far older tech has also proven more resilient than anticipated,...
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Around one in every 10 dollars spent by the Commonwealth goes to technology. The massive commitment is justified, senior bureaucrats overseeing projects like digital identity say, but how the...
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Microsoft is considering using small nuclear reactors and microreactors to power its data centres as the company looks to shore up clean energy supply in response to growing demand...
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Legislation intended to put some protections around the government’s identity verification services – including facial recognition – is being rushed and relies on outdated privacy protections, legal experts have...
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The federal government is focused too much on regulating artificial intelligence and not enough on the “real public policy issue” of building local AI skills, according to shadow minister for...
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Citizens rightly expect governments to deliver seamless services, with digital the preferred mode for ease of accessibility and convenience. This is the case whether its for digital drivers’ licenses,...
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Twitter has disabled a feature allowing users to report potentially misleading information on the social media platform, just weeks out from the vote for constitutional recognition of First Nations...
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Apple’s iOS 17 operating system is expected to drop any day. The software update comes with several new features, including a tool for daily mood and emotion logging –...
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The final polish on the “crown jewel” of artificial intelligence standards is expected next month, paving the way for responsible AI and other accreditation standards, but Australia’s leading AI...
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Australian ministers have welcomed the first transaction between eConveyancing service providers, which paves the way for greater competition and full compatibility between their networks by the end of 2025....
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Authorities will be banned from using facial recognition capabilities operated by the federal government to conduct one-to-many identity matches under re-drafted legislation first proposed more than four years ago....
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The Quad security partners are being urged to consider consistent mandatory cybersecurity labelling for internet-of-things devices by Home Affairs and Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil. Ms O’Neil lamented that ‘safety-by-design’...
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Sensitive health data from pathology providers will be shared to the My Health Record “by default” by December 2024 under a plan to boost the amount of information on...