Australian stories
AI agents and service accounts are exposing Australian and New Zealand firms to regulatory, financial and reputational risk as controls lag.
The partnership signals a split in finance software as firms weigh tighter control inside one platform against AI agents that span several systems.
The hire puts a veteran sales executive in charge as Zoom seeks deeper partner ties and wider customer uptake across Australia and New Zealand.
Checkout attacks and traffic spikes are being absorbed automatically, helping Blackpepper keep retail sites online and revenue flowing.
The new role is aimed at helping the Sydney-based firm scale beyond Australia as demand rises for AI and digital transformation projects.
The hire is meant to sharpen the consultancy's North American push as clients demand clearer returns from AI and transformation spending.
Marketers can now get faster readouts from Test Your Ad as System1 layers AI summaries and predictive scoring onto its consumer-based testing.
Businesses risk losing rankings unless SEO is treated as an ongoing system that builds authority, stability and trust over time.
Only 30% of New Zealand organisations have a cyber recovery plan, leaving customers and operations exposed if attacks cause prolonged outages.
Criminals could move proceeds abroad undetected unless foreign-owned lenders lift weak reporting and controls, AUSTRAC has warned.
Weak mobile systems are slowing frontline AI rollouts, with downtime, manual workarounds and connectivity gaps hitting Australian healthcare and logistics teams.
Almost half of surveyed employers are weighing shorter hours or fewer staff as higher fuel bills squeeze margins and weaken demand across NSW.
Many fear losing access to news, learning and friendships online, even as 47% of young Australians back tighter under-16 social media rules.
Australia could miss AI investment unless it tackles power, cooling and land for data centres, Logicalis says.
Australian builders are using more model-based workflows, but rising data-control fears and AI rules are slowing wider gains.
Retail media helped SharkNinja lift unit sales by 12 per cent at Noel Leeming, with Facebook ad spend returning more than USD $15 per dollar.
Western Australian enterprises and agencies can now keep SASE traffic local, easing compliance and latency concerns under tighter data rules.
The recognition may make it easier for advisers to place clients with Aware Super, as its member numbers using them have almost doubled since June 2024.
Disconnected systems are driving up costs for logistics firms, with simple delivery queries sometimes taking teams hours to resolve.
Audio-only listening is now easier for millions of users as video controls roll out globally across Spotify's app and devices.
