Industry News
Innovation centre to foster Web3 startups
Stone & Chalk is partnering with the Australian DeFi Association to launch the Web3 Innovation Centre early next year, helping support Web3 founders. [ + ]
Deakin University: data insights to drive learning
Deakin University has selected Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) to modernise its data architecture and improve the learning experience for its 60,000 students. [ + ]
Equinix commits to DC power usage reduction
Equinix has announced its commitment to reducing overall power use by increasing operating temperature ranges within its data centres. [ + ]
Greater cooperation among educators for online safety
A new national council led by the eSafety Commissioner will focus on combating online harm in Australian schools. [ + ]
Thoughtworks releases guide to Web3 technologies
In a new report, technology consultancy Thoughtworks has urged companies to tread carefully while evaluating Web3 technologies. [ + ]
IT Code Fair enables students to showcase skills
The annual Charles Darwin University IT Code Fair is a four-day event involving a series of challenges and competitions for students. [ + ]
ACCC loses privacy case against Google
The ACCC has lost a court case accusing Google of misleading Australian consumers with changes to its privacy policy in mid-2016. [ + ]
Cybercriminals scamming each other out of millions
A new report from Sophos details a hidden sub-economy involving scammers targeting each other with the scams they also unleash on the public. [ + ]
Calls for proper state govt education funding
A new report has highlighted education underfunding by almost every state and territory government in Australia. [ + ]
Closing the digital divide for students
Over one million Australian children do not have access to technology at home, according to research by Finder. [ + ]
Study finds 90% of global enterprises adopting zero trust
A new study has found more than 90% of IT leaders in the midst of a cloud migration have implemented, are implementing or intend to implement zero trust architecture. [ + ]
Increasing support for early-career teachers
A large percentage of early-career teachers leave the profession within their first few years. [ + ]
Umibot to help web users report image-based abuse
Researchers from RMIT have developed a chatbot powered by Amazon Lex to help victims of image-based abuse file reports and access support. [ + ]
Could 2023 be the year of the 'cyberdemic'?
"Probably", according to Garrett O’Hara, APAC Field CTO at cloud cybersecurity services vendor Mimecast. [ + ]
The cloud is a growing target
New research from Sophos has found that 56% of surveyed IaaS users have experienced an increase in the volume of attacks on their organisation since 2021. [ + ]
