Australian stories
Trust is shifting from plastic cards to phones as states align mobile licences with international standards for everyday identity checks.
With hiring tight and costs rising, firms are outsourcing sales and customer retention to lift revenue without adding permanent headcount.
Australian small businesses rated the software highest for easing admin, with users praising its reporting, integration and ease of use.
Finance teams are being urged to tighten checks as scammers exploit weak controls, with mid-sized firms, charities and public bodies most exposed.
The credits could help Australian startups offset early AI costs as OpenAI races rivals to win long-term loyalty from founders.
Small businesses could cut equipment costs as xTool's desktop O1 combines four print methods in one machine, with Australian pre-orders now open.
Australian households can tackle spills, pet mess and hard floors with one machine, as Dreame's T16 Pro TriForce sells for AUD $1,499.
Internal testing is already cutting security response times from 40 minutes to seven, as Interactive prepares to sell the same AI methods to customers.
Designers will get clearer rules on visibility at junctions, as Austroads moves to reflect buses, cyclists and signal failures.
A strong choice for hard floors, the robot struggles on thick carpet, limiting its appeal in homes that need full-room coverage.
Australians lost AUD $166.8 million to payment redirection scams in 2025, as finance teams struggled to verify supplier bank-detail changes.
Many institutions are still unprepared to embed AI into learning pathways, even as most educators back retraining graduates for changing careers.
AI data centres in Southeast Asia will get extra power protection as abrupt GPU load swings strain batteries and grid connections.
Security teams could cut exposure faster as the model helps rank exploitable flaws and apply temporary defences before vendor fixes arrive.
The move adds 1,500 professionals and deepens a cross-border model as firms race to meet client demand for seamless regional support.
Marketing teams face weaker trust and tougher discovery as AI-generated content floods channels and answer engines shape first impressions.
Rising AI-driven attacks are forcing businesses to test recovery plans before breaches hit, executives say, as minutes now matter.
Growing use by major tech groups is helping open source secrets manager OpenBao win trust as cloud and AI credential risks mount.
Builders and developers will get a new showcase for industrialised construction as PT Blink shifts from development into commercial scale-up.
People with diabetes in Australia and Singapore may soon get more connected care as glucose data is linked to digital management tools.
