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China was pencilled into the list, which also contains Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Thailand.

Microsoft releases emergency security update to fix two bugs in Windows codecs

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Security updates have been silently deployed to customers on Tuesday through the Windows Store app.

Leading Edge Data Centres puts AU$20 million towards Newcastle data centre campus

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When completed, it will be home to four 372-kilowatt facilities.

Suncorp Group rejigs operating model to fast-track digital and data transformation

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The company has introduced a technology and transformation function to drive its digital-first agenda.

Apple tells app devs to use IPv6 as it’s 1.4 times faster than IPv4

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Company also urges app devs to start using newer web tech like HTTP/2 and TLS 1.3, citing similar performance and speed improvements.

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Ex-Meta scientists want to bring visual AI to the factory floor

Perceptron offers an AI model that it says can help machines navigate the world while also providing in-depth visual intelligence. [...]

Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features

Ring says users can still opt for end-to-end encryption. [...]

Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI

Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn't heard before. [...]

CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 US water systems during July

The federal cyber agency's warning comes amid a wave of suspected Iran-backed cyberattacks targeting critical water systems across the United States. [...]

Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model

Z.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon. [...]

Apple announces September iPhone launch event

Apple's next launch event will take place on September 9th at 1PM ET. Invites to the event, which has a "Surprise and shine" tagline, were sent out on Wednesday. The [...]

Volvo’s cars will warn one another about hazards in the road

Volvo is updating three of its electric vehicles with new hazard alerts to warn drivers when there are animals or vulnerable road users ahead. The new connected safety features are [...]

Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games

Microsoft is officially announcing a new Xbox feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections. The disc-to-digital feature, which The Verge exclusively revealed last month, [...]

Microsoft’s 25th anniversary Xbox will cost $899

The special-edition translucent green Xbox finally has an official price. Preorders for the console start August 27th at 10AM ET / 7AM PT, although Microsoft says "some of XBOX's most [...]

Elden Ring on the Switch 2 isn’t tarnished

FromSoftware is hoping to make a splash on the Switch 2 later this year when it launches The Duskbloods, a gothic competitive multiplayer game that's unlike anything the studio has [...]

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HMRC and Treasury accused of ‘direct interference’ in independent loan charge review

Government expands Future Fund eligibility criteria

Economic slowdown will force CIOs to redress SaaS pricing

BNP Paribas uses biometrics to increase contactless payment limit

Genomics England taps up AWS and Lifebit to create cloud-based Covid-19 research environment

United States not on EU list of nations to potentially lift travel restrictions on

Microsoft releases emergency security update to fix two bugs in Windows codecs

Leading Edge Data Centres puts AU$20 million towards Newcastle data centre campus

Suncorp Group rejigs operating model to fast-track digital and data transformation

Apple tells app devs to use IPv6 as it’s 1.4 times faster than IPv4