Messaging services such as WhatsApp and gaming platforms such as Roblox and Lego Play have reportedly been advised by the eSafety Commissioner that they may need to comply with Australia's forthcoming ban on under-16s holding social media accounts. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Fewer than a third of IT leaders say their companies are ready to withstand AI-powered cyberattacks, a global survey has found, as security teams battle to contain escalating risks from both hackers and rogue AI agents. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australian tech giant @atlassian.bsky.social has acquired US developer productivity platform DX for $1.5 billion as it continues to go all-in on AI. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Chipmaker Nvidia will invest up to $US100 billion ($150 billion) in OpenAI to allow the ChatGPT maker to scale up its artificial intelligence compute “on the path to deploying superintelligence”, the US companies announced on Tuesday after signing a letter of intent. Read more:

Thousands of airline passengers were left stranded at European airports over the weekend after boarding software company Collins Aerospace suffered a major ransomware attack. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

The federal department tasked with evaluating American firm @psiquantum.bsky.social's unsolicited proposal to build a quantum computer in Australia carried out an “appropriate” process despite minor issues with record-keeping and planning for market testing, an internal audit has found. Read more:

US President Donald Trump has imposed a more than $150,000 fee for a popular tech visa, accusing IT businesses of exploiting the system. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

He was hired to save Optus after a series of major mishaps, but CEO Stephen Rue now faces the axe after a botched firewall upgrade caused a 13-hour Triple Zero outage that cost at least three lives – with recriminations flying as “deeply concerned” authorities investigate. Read more:

Technical issues caused several awkward moments for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, Australian time, when live demonstrations of the company’s new smart glasses and live AI assistant did not work as planned. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

The founder of global hacking website BreachForums will serve three years in prison after judges challenged an initial sentence of just 17 days. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

A 36-year-old New South Wales man has been charged over a phishing scheme that hoovered up the personal information of Australians, after several of his phones were found in a drainpipe in his home. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Retail giant Kmart breached Australia’s privacy laws by “indiscriminately” using facial recognition technology (FRT) at 28 stores without telling shoppers or seeking their consent, the nation’s Privacy Commissioner has found. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

The former head of trading technology at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is suing the market operator and its chief executive, alleging he was subject to bullying and passive aggression after raising concerns over the doomed CHESS replacement project. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

EXCLUSIVE: User accounts from over 60 Australian businesses are being itemised and sold for less than a dollar on fraudulent marketplaces across Discord, Telegram and the web. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

A University of NSW (UNSW) trial of OpenAI’s education-focused ChatGPT Edu platform has been so successful that the university has now purchased an enterprise licence giving 10,000 staff access to the generative AI (genAI) tool to use in their teaching. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

ChatGPT users will soon have their ages estimated or verified so the popular AI chatbot can tailor its responses for those aged under 18, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stating some users will be asked to provide identity documents. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

FEATURE: "Women make up just 30 per cent of the country’s IT workforce and remain massively underrepresented in senior and executive roles," writes Kate Millar. "… with so little to show for our gender equity efforts, is it time to admit defeat?" Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australian motor vehicle insurers are still evaluating the implications of the local availability of Tesla’s full self-driving (FSD) features, which is about to put self-driving cars on our roads without a clear understanding of who’s responsible in the case of a crash. Read more:

Millions of Australian homes and businesses are enjoying significantly faster speeds after NBN Co this week made good on a promise it made 18 months ago, turbocharging users with fast fibre to the premises (FTTP) and hybrid fibre coax (HFC) services – for free. Read more:

Many employees are “larping” at work by pretending to use artificial intelligence due to pressure to harness the technology, according to social scientist Nigel Dalton. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Popular gaming platform Roblox will introduce a range of measures aimed at protecting Australian children after intervention by the eSafety Commissioner over concerns young users are being “groomed”. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Social media platforms will not need to test the age of all Australians or prove the accuracy of technologies used to comply with the nation's ban on under-16s holding accounts this December, according to guidelines released by the federal government on Tuesday. Read more:

More than 4,000 technology workers have lodged complaints about being underpaid since 2019, according to data from the Fair Work Ombudsman. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Some Australian employers “have shifted their recruitment patterns toward hiring more senior and experienced workers, and away from hiring as many junior staff” amid the rise of generative artificial intelligence, a government study has found. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Influencers have been testing Tesla’s controversial full self-driving (FSD) features on Australia’s public roads for weeks, with a full local launch said to be imminent. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Technology workers are facing potential redundancies at ANZ, NAB, and Bendigo Bank, after all three financial institutions announced significant job cuts this week. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Nearly 600 medical staff have had their data exposed after the New South Wales health department mistakenly left confidential documents publicly available on the internet. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

The idea that Millennials and Gen Zers are changing jobs at a far higher rate than previous generations is a “myth”, according to new @retirementsecurity.bsky.social research that found retention rates have remained relatively stable across the years. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australian small businesses exporting to customers in the US are losing millions during nearly a month of delayed or lost sales, after Australia Post announced that its fortnight-long stoppage of shipments to the US could extend until nearly the end of September. Read more:

Australia will not fully harness the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies unless it urgently focuses on the digital infrastructure underpinning them, according to Telstra CEO Vicki Brady. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Apple announced its new iPhone lineup on Wednesday, raising the prices of its premium Pro and Pro Max models in Australia while also revealing its long-rumoured thinner smartphone dubbed the iPhone Air. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

The compensation of copyright holders for AI training has been prioritised as a new “ethics-driven” Australian AI model, designed as a fully sovereign alternative to ChatGPT, debuts on the back of an investment in Australia’s largest AI supercomputer. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

NSW tech company Companion Systems has been ordered to pay nearly $30,000 in legal costs to a dismissed employee which it wrongfully accused of sending malware. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australians will need to prove they are over the age of 18 when accessing pornographic websites from 9 March 2026, under new industry codes registered on Tuesday by the eSafety Commissioner. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

NBN Co is soon to debut its 2Gbps broadband plan and reports it is running well ahead of schedule in its work to rid the network of ageing Fibre to the Node (FTTN) services that, new government benchmarking has found, are by far the worst performing part of the NBN. Read more:

In a blog post last week, OpenAI Applications CEO Fidji Simo announced the OpenAI Jobs Platform, along with new AI certifications. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Qantas says it has reduced bonuses received by its CEO and executive management team by 15 percentage points “in recognition of the seriousness” of its June data breach, which affected around six million customers. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Atlassian (@atlassian.bsky.social) has splashed nearly $1 billion to purchase AI innovator The Browser Company of New York, marking its largest ever acquisition just weeks after CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes raised eyebrows by firing 150 workers with a mass video. Read more:

The federal government’s claim that several hundred Freedom of Information (FOI) applicants’ requests to the eSafety Commissioner last year were “AI bot-generated” is false, according to eSafety's publicly available documents. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Pushing back against widespread anti-immigration protests, the federal government has announced that it will increase the intake of international students by 25,000 next year while maintaining migration levels through 2026, with a particular focus on skilled migrants. Read more:

An Australian lawyer has been penalised for the first time for submitting fake AI-generated cases to court. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

State governments are being urged to harness artificial intelligence for speedier planning approvals as Australia falls short on its goal for 1.2 million new homes by 2029. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

The federal government on Thursday agreed to pay a further $475 million to victims of the Robodebt scandal, after deciding not to defend an appeal brought by class action firm Gordon Legal. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Emails generated by artificial intelligence are clogging up Australia’s “broken” Freedom of Information (FOI) system according to the federal government, as it proposes a controversial overhaul of frameworks which enable access to commonwealth documents. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Google will not be forced to sell Chrome, with the tech giant avoiding the most significant penalties following a landmark antitrust case where it was found to be operating a search engine monopoly. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

A former member of the advisory board overseeing the federal government’s age assurance trial has hit out at its final report, labelling it a “sales pitch” and “bad policy”. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australian financial technology company The Card Network (TCN) temporarily suspended part of its gift card redemption system this week after a YouTuber identified an apparent cybersecurity gap in the firm’s website, which he says allowed a scammer to steal the value of a $500 gift card he purchased.

A first-of-its-kind project to put an Australian-designed and built lunar explorer on the Moon will be realised by the end of the decade, NASA says. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration says it is “stepping up its efforts” to regulate digital scribes, including those using artificial intelligence technology, following calls for greater oversight of the software as it becomes increasingly prevalent in healthcare settings. Read more:

It’s one of the ICT industry’s most in-demand skills, but the popularity of ‘vibe coding’ – which taps generative AI (genAI) to let nearly anyone write apps and autonomous ‘AI agents’ – is worrying security experts who warn it could blow data security wide open. Read more: