The Australian government’s workforce is facing “a potential digital talent shortfall of more than 8,000 people in the next five years”, according to a report released on Thursday by the commonwealth’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA). Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

A Melbourne-based software developer has lost an unfair dismissal case after the Fair Work Commission found there were “significant challenges” working with him and that he was “corrosive to a positive environment” in the workplace. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Chief artificial intelligence officers will be appointed to every federal agency in 2026 as generative AI causes a “fundamental shift” in government operations, according to an AI Plan for the Australian Public Service (APS) released by the federal government on Wednesday. Read more:

One of Australia’s oldest and most recognisable online food delivery platforms, Menulog, will close its doors later this month after 19 years in operation. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

As retailers gear up for their annual Black Friday sales, shop attendants and their managers are refreshing skills for handling angry customers – and based on successful pilot tests at The Reject Shop, one Australian firm knows virtual reality can help. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Seven lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI alleging the company’s generative AI chatbot ChatGPT is “dangerously sycophantic and psychologically manipulative” and led users to experience delusions and in some cases take their own lives. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

A Chinese woman has been handed a near 12-year prison sentence in the UK for her role in a Bitcoin laundering scheme that impacted more than 128,000 victims. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Apple is facing criticism and confusion after the technology giant announced a new special-edition accessory called the iPhone Pocket, which some consumers have described as an expensive remake of its classic iPod Socks. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is teaming up with experts at @monashuniversity.bsky.social to sabotage the AI technology behind an uptick in deepfakes and abuse material. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Workers are increasingly “gatekeeping” their own knowledge out of fear AI could one day replace them, a new report has found. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Tech giant Meta is not only failing to block scam ads but is knowingly taking billions from scammers each year, according to leaked internal audits that found the company is feeding users 15 billion scam ads per day – and even more to those that click on one. Read more ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australia has invested $54 million in Melbourne-born brain-computer interface company Synchron, the federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) announced on Thursday. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Three cybersecurity professionals have been accused of moonlighting as ransomware criminals following a hacking spree which yielded nearly $2 million in illicit funds. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Tesla shareholders have overwhelmingly approved an unprecedented pay package for founder, CEO, and world’s richest person Elon Musk, worth $US1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) if he achieves performances targets over the next decade. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Exclusive: The directors of CSIRO's digital and manufacturing research arms have resigned amid ongoing turmoil and job cuts at Australia’s national science agency. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australia is “not on track” to meet the federal government’s goal of 1.2 million technology‑related jobs by 2030, according to new economic data from its Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR). Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Microsoft will offer refunds after admitting that it “fell short of our standards” by failing to inform users of the Microsoft 365 productivity suite that they could have stayed with a cheaper version of the suite that did not include the tech giant’s Copilot AI features. Read more:

Extending local content obligations to streaming platforms could “poke the bear” by provoking a tariff-minded US government, an expert has warned as new rules force streaming services to commit millions to Australian shows, movies, and documentaries. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

OPINION: "This emerging AI divide presents several risks if it calcifies, including disparities in learning and work, and increased exposure for certain people to scams and misinformation," write @admscentre.org.au researchers. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Westpac has backed its return-to-office policy as the “right balance” and does not plan to make any changes to it, despite a recent Fair Work Commission that the bank did not have reasonable grounds to deny a young mother’s work-from-home request. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Nearly all of the 70,000 people affected by a recent data breach involving a @discord.com age verification platform were based in Australia, raising new privacy concerns ahead of the nation’s looming social media age ban. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

An external software developer engaged by an Australian government agency accidentally made a collection of private documents available on the public internet earlier this year, according to the nation’s Privacy Commissioner, Carly Kind. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Dr Vikram Sharma, founder and CEO of quantum security pioneer QuintessenceLabs and ACS Fellow, has won the government’s annual Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation, months after it invested $15 million into the company. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

More than 20 per cent of IT contractors saw less income last year, but recruitment firm Hays IT believes “stabilising” rates promise a profitable new normal for skilled contractors that can match clients’ AI-driven IT strategies and flex to suit shorter contracts. Read more:

As Optus executives faced the wrath of a Senate inquiry on Monday over its fatal 18 September Triple Zero outage, the company shared a detailed timeline of what it said occurred before, during, and after the incident. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

A contentious UK law forcing banks to reimburse scam victims has been declared a success after its first year, with £159.2 million ($320 million) paid out during the first half of the year and the volumes of claims dropping as banks step up to stem their exposure. Read more:

An Australian tech company has been ordered to pay compensation of more than $80,000 each to the two founders of a Melbourne-based startup it acquired, after the Fair Work Commission ruled they were unfairly dismissed. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

While automation and offshoring are being sold as efficiency wins, the real economic payoff lies in using AI to augment workers, not replace them, according to a new report. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Online wine wholesaler Vinomofo has been given 90 days to rectify a number of glaring security failures after a 2022 data breach impacted nearly one million individuals. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Optus executives say staff failed to escalate information regarding the severity of a 14-hour Triple Zero outage in September caused by an incorrect firewall upgrade, which was linked to more than 450 failed calls and three deaths. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

OPINION: "It’s a big bang day in US markets," writes @jasemurphy.bsky.social. "Perhaps even the biggest bang day in history – because the big tech firms reporting their earnings today have never been more powerful, meaningful and important for the US economy." Read more:

Australian technology leaders are losing sleep over increasing regulatory complexity, growing damage from ransomware, and the challenges of near-ubiquitous artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes, a new survey by cybersecurity body ISACA has found. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

An Australian cybersecurity executive has pleaded guilty to selling his US employer’s trade secrets to a Russian broker in exchange for millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Telcos will be required to keep real-time registers of outages and face fines of up to $30 million for Triple Zero-related failures under legislation given the green light by the Senate. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says it is “moving quickly” to improve its newly updated website after the federal government pushed the weather agency to make changes amid a storm of complaints from end users. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Amazon will cut 14,000 roles as the tech giant doubles down on artificial intelligence and data centre spending. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Teams of drones could soon be bringing you equipment, packages, grocery orders – or even, theoretically, people – after Melbourne drone developer Freespace Operations successfully developed a world-first capability that lets four drones lift and deliver loads of up to 100kg. Read more:

TikTok has been accused of intimidating and bullying the office of Nationals Senator Ross Cadell over questions he asked technology companies ahead of Australia banning under-16s from holding social media accounts. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Students and staff have had their sensitive information stolen in the latest of a series of cyberattacks plaguing @westernsydneyu.bsky.social. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

"Apple’s new iPhone Air is in a tough spot — it’s a premium smartphone with impressive processing power, but the various trade-offs made by its super-slim design mean it's not the best iPhone for most people," writes @its-tom-williams.bsky.social. Read the full review: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Tech companies will not be given an exemption to use the copyrighted content of Australians to train artificial intelligence models, with the federal government officially ruling out the controversial proposal. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

The Westpac FWC decision shows that the reasons to deny a working from home arrangement cannot be based around vague notions of productivity and collaboration but must be specific to the individual employee and their team. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Cybersecurity experts are warning that injunctions – an increasingly popular legal tactic flaunted as protecting data breach victims – are putting people at greater risk of cybercrime. More from @troyhunt.com, Cythera's Euan Prentice, Dvuln's Jamieson O'Reilly and Cyber Cognition's Michael Collins.

Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing @microsoft.com for allegedly engaging in "misleading or deceptive conduct" over how it communicated price increases and subscription options for its Microsoft 365 software suite, affecting around 2.7 million local customers. Read more:

After a decade of work, the federal government has committed to finalising formal road rules, regulations, and technical and cybersecurity standards for self-driving cars by 2027, even as autonomous vehicles are already on Australian roads. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Users of over 70 old Samsung mobile phone models are being urged to replace or update them after testing revealed the phones can’t connect to Triple Zero services correctly, further pressuring telcos as the government moves to improve emergency ‘camp-on’ roaming. Read more:

Improved connectivity could deliver $5 billion in economic benefits to a string of regional centres between Sydney and Melbourne, experts have predicted as Telstra switches on a 2,205 km fibre-optic backbone that moves AI and other data between the cities up to 35 times faster than before.

Exclusive: Major Australian electricity, gas, and internet provider Origin Energy has confirmed a data breach involving payment details of more than 700 customers which were allegedly stolen by an employee, who attempted to transmit the data externally when they were terminated by the company.

Samsung unveiled its AI-focused Galaxy XR headset on Wednesday, with the Korean technology giant revealing its extended reality device will cost around half the price of Apple’s Vision Pro. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Westpac has been ordered by the Fair Work Commission to allow an employee to work from home permanently in a warning to other companies looking to implement return-to-office mandates. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...