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Commerce Department says it is now too risky to send technology to Hong Kong as it may end up in the Chinese Communist Party’s hands.

New South Wales to implement sector-wide cybersecurity strategy

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With help from industry, the new document will supersede the 2018 strategy.

Telstra ditches 5G fee for users not on lowest tier plan

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Users on Telstra’s smallest plan will not have a 5G option under new plans from Wednesday.

US Cyber Command says foreign hackers will most likely exploit new PAN-OS security bug

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Palo Alto Networks disclosed today a major bug that lets hackers bypass authentication on its firewall and corporate VPN products.

Federal government thinks AI for separating couples is a good idea

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The service aims to help couples work out how their assets should be divided and how to record those agreements.

Australian government pledges 10-year, AU$1.35 billion cyber kitty

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AU$470 million will be used to create 500 cyber-related jobs within the Australian Signals Directorate.

China’s influence via WeChat is ‘flying under the radar’ of most Western democracies

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China’s United Front Work Department performs its ‘biggest magic’ through WeChat. Is it time to rein in its covert influence? Should it even be banned?

TechCrunch
The Verge

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 [...]

IT Wiz

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Fund provides routes into digital for under-represented groups in Manchester and Lancashire

Evil Corp’s latest ransomware project spreading fast

MPs to examine fairness of private prosecutions in light of Post Office IT scandal

US bans export of dual-use techology to Hong Kong over China’s new security laws

New South Wales to implement sector-wide cybersecurity strategy

Telstra ditches 5G fee for users not on lowest tier plan

US Cyber Command says foreign hackers will most likely exploit new PAN-OS security bug

Federal government thinks AI for separating couples is a good idea

Australian government pledges 10-year, AU$1.35 billion cyber kitty

China’s influence via WeChat is ‘flying under the radar’ of most Western democracies