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Insurance and banking business units down by over a third while New Zealand remained steady.

New Zealand Fibre Max plans seeing 10% drop in speeds

South Island continues to get the raw end of the deal, with almost twice the drop in speeds to those seen in the North Island.

Modernisation and upping cyber compliance on the agenda for Geoscience Australia

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The government agency plans to make security upgrades that are in line with the Essential Eight and keep digital transformation a priority.

ASIC takes former ANZ-owned RI Advice to court over inadequate cybersecurity

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Previously owned by ANZ Bank, RI Advice Group has been hauled to court by the financial services watchdog over failure to have adequate cybersecurity systems in place.

University of Utah pays $457,000 to ransomware gang

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University officials restored from backups, but they had to pay the ransomware gang to prevent them from leaking student data.

Microsoft brings Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 to Windows 10 1903 and 1909

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Microsoft is easing the requirement for WSL2. Instead of only working on Windows 10 2004 or higher, WSL also is now available for Windows 10 1903 and 1909 users.

Instacart discloses security incident caused by two contractors

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Instacart says two employees at a third-party support vendor accessed “more shopper profiles than was necessary.”

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Sequoia shutting down its Scouts program marks the end of an era

Sequoia pioneered the scouts model and many VC firms followed suit, but a consensus now seems to be forming that the model has reached limits in its current form. [...]

From the front row to the hot seat — what the midterms mean for Big Tech

After spending two years getting cozy with the White House, Big Tech is suddenly trying to make friends with Democrats, and the open question is whether that image makeover can [...]

Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google

The deal highlights the challenges of developing massive AI data centers. [...]

OpenAI reportedly raises an additional $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation

OpenAI has reportedly raised an additional $11 billion as part of a funding round that hasn't closed yet but is expected to in the coming weeks. [...]

The Duo apps are coming, says Apple

There are now 100,000 Duo-optimized apps, says Apple, and thousands more arrive daily. [...]

OpenAI valued at $1.25 trillion, as rival Anthropic nears its IPO

OpenAI is now valued at $1.25 trillion in a new round of funding that has raised another $11 billion, according to Bloomberg. That would make it one of the world's [...]

China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen Huang

China's intelligence agency recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to The New York Times. The Ministry of State Security (MSS) enlisted her to [...]

Starlink Mobile: All the news on SpaceX’s major mobile carrier ambitions

SpaceX has declared that it’s going to make Starlink Mobile a “major” mobile carrier. The Elon Musk-owned company has already deployed thousands of direct-to-cell satellites, but its next big challenge [...]

KPop Demon Hunters on 4K Blu-ray costs less than a month of Netflix Premium

Buying the 4K Blu-ray disc version of KPop Demon Hunters was already going to be a wise idea for some people, especially those who primarily keep their $26.99 Netflix Premium [...]

All the latest updates on AI data centers

Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up [...]

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Hangar 51 supports startups taking off in travel tech

Google Cloud services outage hits Gmail users across Europe

First computers that led to a career in IT

COVID-19 pushed Suncorp to accelerate digital as ongoing business profit drops

New Zealand Fibre Max plans seeing 10% drop in speeds

Modernisation and upping cyber compliance on the agenda for Geoscience Australia

ASIC takes former ANZ-owned RI Advice to court over inadequate cybersecurity

University of Utah pays $457,000 to ransomware gang

Microsoft brings Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 to Windows 10 1903 and 1909

Instacart discloses security incident caused by two contractors