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Nearmap converting decades of imagery into AI-powered insights
Nearmap's archive now helps insurers, planners and scientists assess property risk and environmental change across Australia.
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The hire strengthens the provider's push into regulated finance as banks and insurers face tougher security, resilience and governance demands.
Australians want embedded travel cover, Cover Genius says
Three in four Australians would switch booking platforms for automatic travel cover, as trust in AI-led protection decisions remains low.
AIBUILD launches AI verifier to fight scam messages
Rising scam losses in Australia are pushing businesses to verify texts, images and voice notes before paying or acting on urgent requests.
Ricoh Australia launches new A3 black-and-white printers
Businesses can cut training and security risks as the new monochrome range matches Ricoh colour fleets and offers faster scanning and lower running costs.
Victorian woman loses AUD $13,000 in bank scam call
Victims are being pressured by increasingly convincing calls as scam losses across Australia hit AUD $2.18 billion in a year.
Data centre influx applies pressure on AU emissions targets
Australia's net zero goal faces fresh strain as billions flow into data centres that could lift power demand, water use and emissions.
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Shadow AI becomes security headache as workers outpace governance
Unchecked use of consumer AI tools is exposing sensitive company data, forcing executives to balance productivity gains against compliance and security risk.
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NSW's PEXA price cut risks killing Australian tech jobs
A draft ruling to slash fees may save buyers only tens of dollars while threatening investment, cybersecurity and hundreds of Australian tech roles.
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Trusted identity cuts across physical and logical systems
Unified identity systems can cut admin overhead and shrink attack surfaces as remote work and cyber threats blur physical and digital access.
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Nearmap builds AI moat from 20 years of aerial data
Property insurers and planners are tapping recurring aerial captures as Nearmap turns 20 years of imagery into AI-driven property data.
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Glean launches Tau to cut enterprise AI token costs
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Telecom operators face urgent network upgrades as most expect AI and managed fibre services to be major new revenue sources.
Wiz says many cloud alerts are not real attack paths
Contextual checks cut more than half of high-priority cloud findings, as Wiz warns teams are wasting time on alerts that do not enable attack paths.
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Gartner sees securing AI market hit USD $4.8bn in 2027
Enterprises face rising exposure to AI-specific attacks as spending on tools to secure models and apps nears USD $4.8 billion in 2027.
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SRE teams take on wider AI oversight in production
AI rollouts are pushing SRE and platform teams to monitor models, manage incidents and fill governance gaps in production.
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SAS named Forrester leader in financial crime tools
Banks could gain better fraud and anti-money laundering oversight as Forrester's top current-offering score highlighted SAS's integrated approach.
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Google named Gartner leader for cloud-native platforms
The recognition underlines Google Cloud's push to keep developers on one platform as enterprises move AI agents from prototypes into production.
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