Industry News
Retailers using real-time occupancy monitoring to stay COVID-safe
WingArc Australia has developed a real-time occupancy monitoring solution to help retailers manage the number of shoppers in-store to stay compliant with COVID-19 guidelines. [ + ]
Cyber Academy scholarship program for veterans
Allectum has announced the Veterans Cyber Academy Scholarship program, creating employment opportunities and addressing skills shortages. [ + ]
Willyama joins Airbus's Team Maier
Indigenous and veteran-owned professional services company Willyama will participate in the Airbus-led bid to build a sovereign military satcom capability. [ + ]
Alex building full service digital bank on Azure
Australian fintech Alex is building a full service bank on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, starting with its personal loan product. [ + ]
Qld offers incentives for digital games industry
The Queensland Government will offer incentives targeting the digital games industry in an effort to create more local jobs. [ + ]
Government blocking phishing texts spoofing agencies
A pilot program to block phishing SMSs spoofing senders including Centrelink and myGov has resulted in more than 2500 blocked scam texts in the last year. [ + ]
Australian SMEs facing rising cyber threat
Two in three Australian SMEs fell victim to cyber attacks during the last year, according to research released by Cisco. [ + ]
How children's brains retain language
Researchers have been studying how specific brain regions activate as toddlers remember new words while sleeping. [ + ]
ANZ CIOs expect 3.1% budget growth in 2022
CIOs across Australia and New Zealand are expecting the highest annual budget growth for more than 10 years in 2022, Gartner said. [ + ]
Transitioning back to in-class learning
With NSW and Victoria emerging from lockdown, the Student Wellbeing Hub has updated its COVID-19 wellbeing resource page. [ + ]
Artists on Spotify can now sell merch, with Spotify partnership
Shopify and Spotify have partnered to allow artists on Spotify to connect their profiles to their Shopify stores, to market merchandise directly to fans. [ + ]
UAP using 'robot with eyes' to create urban art
Queensland's Urban Art Projects has developed an innovative method for using robotics to help produce bespoke urban art installations. [ + ]
Buy now, pay later instalments come to child care
Childcare centres will allow parents to use buy now, pay later software to pay for fees, following a deal struck between Zip Pay and Xplor Technologies. [ + ]
NDB disclosures fell 7% in FY21
The number of Notifiable Data Breach disclosures filed with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner fell 7% in FY21. [ + ]
Australia leads APAC in adoption of zero trust
Nearly 90% of Australian organisations have adopted a zero trust strategy in the wake of increased cybersecurity challenges brought on by COVID-19. [ + ]
