NSW govt announces a record investment of $1.6 billion in digital projects
The NSW government has announced it will inject $1.6 million in its digital-centric fund, Digital Restart Fund, over the next 3 years to boost IT and digital projects. The news was revealed by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello and NSW...
ASX-listed BNPL Splitit stocks soar as it partners with Mastercard
On Thursday, buy-now-pay-later Splitit announced that it will be teaming up with Mastercard to accelerate the adoption of instalment payment globally. Soon after the announcement of the multi-year agreement with Mastercard, shares of the New York-based ASX-listed company Splitit soared by 108% at $1.375. More...
The ACCC raises concerns about Google buying Fitbit
Last year in November, Google announced that it will be acquiring a leading wearable fitness device maker, Fitbit for $2.1 billion (A$3 billion). The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has raised a series of preliminary concerns about the acquisition. The ACCC pointed out how...
The Capability – Australia’s facial recognition tech & how accurate it might be
Update, 13th July 2020: The Australian and British data protection authorities have started an investigation to look into the controversial and problematic facial recognition technology company Clearview AI. Facial recognition is the technology capable of verifying or identifying a person from a digital image or video...
Leidos Australia names Paul Chase as its new CEO
The Australian arm of Leidos promoted its Director of IT Projects and Intelligence, Paul Chase, as its Chief Executive Officer. After Christine Zeitz stepped down from the position this March after 4 years, Chase had been filling the role on an interim basis. Leidos Australia...
10 Australian Space Projects Garner $11 Million Government Funding
The Australian government has backed ten space startups and researchers by awarding them with grants totalling to $11 million. The chosen Australian space startups and researchers work on everything from AI-based avatar crews to the design of spacesuits that make spacewalking easier. Karen Andrews, Minister...
Macquarie Telecom Group announces a new data centre in Canberra
Australia-based Macquarie Telecom Group consists of Macquarie Telecom, Macquarie Cloud Services, Macquarie Government and Macquarie Data Centres. Through Macquarie Data Centres and Macquarie Government, Macquarie Group has announced a new data centre in Canberra – Intellicentre 5 (IC5). The Sydney-based telecom company will invest a...
Australia joins global artificial intelligence forum as a founding member
Australia has signed up as a founding member of the world’s first forum that pledges to ensure ethical use and development of artificial intelligence. Karen Andrews, Australian Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, said membership of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) will give...
Brad Anderson appointed as the VP of VMware Australia & New Zealand
VMware, an American cloud computing software vendor has appointed Brad Anderson as its newest executive for the Australia and New Zealand arm. Brad Anderson has been announced as VMware Australia and NZ’s Vice President and Managing Director. He has replaced Alister Dias, who was promoted...
Uniti Group acquires Australian FTTP network operator OptiComm
Adelaide-based telecom company Uniti Group is set to acquire Melbourne-based fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network operator for $532 million. Uniti has entered a scheme implementation deed with the fibre network operator through which it will acquire 100% shares of OptiComm. The telecommunications company has agreed to pay...
