Australian stories
Women's skills in AI and machine learning are helping expose a cyber workforce gap, as firms race to bolster defences against smarter attacks.
The seed round will fund Drumbeat's push into Australia and the United States as companies seek cheaper, in-house PR tools.
Most organisations in Australia and New Zealand still cannot match machine-speed attacks, leaving blind spots and manual defences exposed.
For Australian businesses, the real test of AI is whether it changes decisions, margins or customer outcomes, not how many tokens it uses.
Defence training demand helped lift annual revenue 43% to AUD $20 million, while xReality Group cut its net loss to AUD $0.1 million.
Despite a surge in workplace use, most firms still cannot show whether AI is paying off, with only 8% tracking impact with clear KPIs.
Warning signs are mounting around AI spending, with one expert saying the likely fallout is a correction that leaves little enduring value.
Australian enterprises are under pressure to tame AI-driven complexity, compliance risk and rising technology costs as Datadog broadens its platform.
Small employers could avoid costly wage and classification mistakes as BrightHR adds guided compliance tools to its workforce software.
Weak R&D growth has prompted calls for New Zealand to court overseas firms at the product-launch stage and lift investment.
Australia's manufacturing push could stall unless public and private funding closes the gap with rivals investing heavily in AI and robotics.
Australian firms still face email compromise and poor security hygiene, even as AI helps criminals move faster and hide harder.
A Logitech G survey shows gaming has become a regular family activity in Australia, with dads more likely than mums to rate themselves as better than their children.
Passengers will begin using Sydney's long-delayed second airport next month, despite a shortage of hotel beds and a metro line not due until 2027.
Daytime sport fans may see clearer action if they raise brightness, as glare and reflections can wash out screens in sunlit rooms.
Australian retailers will gain automated chat support as the tie-up combines AI agents with Sinch's messaging network across multiple digital channels.
The appointment spotlights calls for Australia to build local AI systems as governments weigh security, data control and resilience.
Customers will be able to link bank accounts securely as the app replaces manual uploads with consented data under Australia's Consumer Data Right.
Australian retailers may be missing search traffic, after 16 months of data showed shoppers far prefer “orthopedic” to “orthopaedic”.
Australian agencies and regulated firms can now keep penetration-testing data onshore as Horizon3 opens its first Asia-Pacific sovereign cloud in Sydney.
