Industry News
What drives learning?
A new study done on rodents has found that an immediate external incentive is not required for learning to take place in the brain. [ + ]
Teacher pay docked over five-minute strike
Staff in Queensland Catholic schools will be docked a full day's pay for a five-minute work stoppage. [ + ]
Attackers targeting macOS with Trojans, adware
Bitdefender's new macOS Threat Landscape report found that despite its reputation as a walled garden, cybercriminals are taking aim at the macOS platform. [ + ]
US investment helping Aust tech sector
Strategic investment from the United States is contributing significantly overall to the Australian economy and boosting job numbers in the tech sector. [ + ]
Arctic Wolf launches local data centre
Arctic Wolf has opened a new local data centre in Australia, following the company's regional launch in October last year. [ + ]
Australian businesses resilient to major disruptions
Seven in 10 Australian business leaders say their organisations have effective plans for managing major disruptions such as natural disasters and cyber attacks. [ + ]
Digital Realty makes DC sustainability breakthrough
Digital Realty has improved water usage efficiency at one of its Singapore data centres by 15% using a new cooling tower sustainability technique. [ + ]
Safe Work Australia publishes WFH safety info
Safe Work Australia has published new resources detailing the potential workplace health and safety risks associated with employees working from home. [ + ]
UNSW named Australia's most entrepreneurial university
UNSW alumni have founded more startups that have gone on to raise more than US$10m in total funding than any other university in ANZ, a new study indicates. [ + ]
Second Australian location for VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region, bringing the total number of regions in Australia to two including Sydney. [ + ]
New CEO for Cloudera
Cloudera has announced the appointment of Charles Sansbury as Chief Executive Officer, effective 7 August. [ + ]
Seven partners with Komo on audience engagement
Komo Technologies has partnered with the Seven Network to deliver a mobile audience engagement platform for a range of the network's events. [ + ]
Australia facing sharp digital skills shortfall
With every Australian worker now requiring digital skills, there are risks of a severe shortfall of digital workers, the Future Skills Organisation warned. [ + ]
URLs now top ransomware vector
Malicious or compromised URLs have taken over from email attachments as the top method for spreading ransomware, according to Palo Alto Networks. [ + ]
Optimism about global digital trade
Businesses and consumers are optimistic about the globalised economy according to new data from financial infrastructure platform Stripe. [ + ]