Category: Global IT News

In a market crowded with premium cordless stick vacuums, the Roborock H60 Hub Ultra offers a compelling combination of performance and convenience: high suction, a sealed self-emptying dock, and some clever design touches. But like all devices of this class it comes with caveats. Here’s how it stacks up.

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GUEST RESEARCH: Over the last month, Barracuda threat analysts have seen the following notable developments in email-based threats targeting organisations: New tools and tactics for the Tycoon 2FA phishing kit Invisible characters that help Cephas kit evade scanners and rules A sophisticated attack involving steganography (image-concealed malware)

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COMPANY NEWS:  Just one week after Milestone Systems announced its upcoming Vision Language Model (VLM), powered by NVIDIA and trained on over 75,000 hours of ethically sourced video data, 55 AI developers gained first access to innovate with it. The Hackathon winners were revealed at the Milestone Developer Summit inDenmark.

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GUEST RESEARCH:  Retailers and logistics service providers face pressure as consumers rethink holiday strategies for fast and free shipping

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COMPANY NEWS:  Leading mutual bank delivers 95 percent faster identity processing, significantly reducing manual effort, and unlocking real-time data

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COMPANY NEWS:  Financial institution reduces onboarding time, boosts regional scalability, and shields clients from regulatory disruption

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Valve, the company behind Steam and mega hits like Half Life and Counterstrike, has announced three new additions to its hardware family, coming early 2026 – a new Steam controller, Steam Machine PC, and the Steam Frame, a VR headset and controller. All work together, optimised for Steam, but also operating as open platforms.

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Google’s third generation foldable, officially called the Pixel 10 Pro Fold but colloquially simply the Pixel 10 Fold, shows foldable tech has matured to the point that it’s now a serious tool for working technologists – as well as power users, and general consumers alike.

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AI demands data; data demands storage. And the more AI, the more the data, and, of course, the more the storage needed. Seagate has announced its new Seagate Exos 4U100 and 4U74 JBOD systems purpose-built for data-centric environments and the data centre and edge, with up to 3.2 petabytes of storage.

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LEGO has released a party game which may fell find a place under your family’s Christmas tree. LEGO’s Brick Like This! is an in-person game for two or more teams who race to build randomly-shaped LEGO constructions under time pressure, with one describing the objective and another frantically trying to follow.

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SOTI announces new updates to the SOTI ONE Platform to address retailers’ growing security concerns while providing enhanced efficiency and productivity.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Seeing Machines Limited, the advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety announces the launch of its enhanced distraction detection feature, known as “attention sharing”, in its leading Aftermarket safety solution, Guardian Generation 3. This feature is the first of its kind available to fleets worldwide,…

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GUEST RESEARCH: Two-thirds of retail executives say it is becoming more difficult for employees to identify real threats as AI increases the complexity of threats.

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COMPANY NEWS: Willow Technology Corporation Ltd. (“Willow”), ​a leading Operational AI company​​, has announced it has been named a finalist for the 2025 Microsoft Education Partner of the Year Award.

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Commvault has used its New York SHIFT 2025 event to unveil what it calls one of the most consequential updates in its history: the Commvault Cloud Unity Platform Release, a next-generation architecture designed to unify data security, cyber recovery and identity resilience across cloud, SaaS, on-prem and hybrid environments. For IT leaders grappling with multi-cloud sprawl,…

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Nanoleaf has long been regalling gamers and those who want to light up their spaces with clever, innovative smart lighting solutions. Now it’s ventured into health and beauty bringing its extensive light heritage in this remarkable light therapy face mask tackling fine lines, uneven skin tone, acne, and more.

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With hybrid work the norm, good conference tech is more important than ever, and the bar for “good enough” has seriously shifted. Like you, I’ve suffered through many a meeting wondering who the ant people on the screen are where someone figured placing a regular old webcam on top of a TV mounted on one…

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Dematic, a global leader in supply chain automation, has expanded its Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) portfolio with the launch of the new Reach Truck Series (RTS) 120. Designed for high-bay, single-selective racking environments, the RTS 120 combines proven reach truck functionality with the benefits of driverless automation. It delivers consistent high-bay handling with precision and…

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GUEST OPINION: According to the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024–25, about 85,000 cyber incidents were reported, a slight decline from the previous period, but the average loss for small businesses exceeded $56,600 per incident, up 14 per cent. With a new attack every six minutes, small firms now account for most cyber…

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Yealink has been making SIP phones, video conferencing equipment, and more for almost a quarter of a century. It’s no surprise then that its flagship Bluetooth headset brings truly brilliant audio, wrapped in a package that’s so comfortable you could genuinely wear it all day.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Partnership aims to strengthen EKFC’s digital foundation with cloud-based Master Data Management, enhancing efficiency, transparency and sustainability across an operation that serves over 225,000 meals daily

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Proven in successful customer trials, new platform capabilities embed powerful agents into processes and empower business users to modernise legacy apps with ease.

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GUEST RESEARCH:  Rapid7, a leader in threat detection and exposure management, has released its Q3 2025 Threat Landscape Report, revealing how threat actors are accelerating the race between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation, consolidating ransomware power structures, and increasingly weaponising artificial intelligence to evade detection. The report draws from Rapid7’s Intelligence Hub, AttackerKB, incident response, and managed detection and…

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One of the benefits of modern technology is the ability to get updates that improve your devices with new features and capabilities, and Google’s November 2025 Pixel Feature drop has one new feature for Pixel 6 models and above, with the rest applying to all Pixel 9 and 10 models, except for the Pixel 9a…

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COMPANY NEWS: As the world races toward AI‑driven transformation, enterprises are facing unprecedented storage demands.

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Leading deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations has announced its 25th anniversary milestone, singing a song that reveals its conservative estimated total contribution to the Australian economy exceeds $8 billion, based on $6.5 billion in capital raised, high-skill job creation, and broader innovation spillovers driven by the ventures it has supported.

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GUEST OPINION: Cybersecurity is one of the biggest risks to organisations, and responsibility no longer sits with IT alone. It’s a whole-of-business issue. Chief financial officers (CFOs) are expected to play an active role in protecting the company from digital threats, and the consequences of ignoring them are too severe to overlook. Financial losses, reputational…

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GUEST OPINION: Critical infrastructure (CI) is no longer limited to power stations, ports, or pipelines. It now includes any system that can cause widespread damage if it’s disrupted, such as automated logistics networks, water treatment plants, and supply chains tied to essential goods.

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GUEST RESEARCH:  Global study of financial executives finds a persistent “implementation gap” as 97% of firms face data silos and rank data security as the top barrier to AI success

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:   The VAST AI Operating System on Google Cloud creates a global data foundation that unites on-prem and cloud environments, powering AI workloads to run anywhere in the world with intelligent streaming and consistent performance

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Dematic, a global leader in supply chain automation, has expanded its Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) portfolio with the launch of the new Reach Truck Series (RTS) 120. Designed for high-bay, single-selective racking environments, the RTS 120 combines proven reach truck functionality with the benefits of driverless automation. It delivers consistent high-bay handling with precision and…

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COMPANY NEWS:  New product delivers granular visibility, proactive anomaly detection and targeted recommendations to optimise cloud object storage costs

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COMPANY NEWS:  New product delivers granular visibility, proactive anomaly detection and targeted recommendations to optimise cloud object storage costs

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GUEST OPINION: Cybercrime now operates as a structured global industry with supply chains, service tiers, and commercial incentives that mirror legitimate markets. It no longer looks like isolated actors probing defences at random; instead, it looks like platforms, affiliates, brokers, and specialist vendors coordinating to monetise intrusion at scale.

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  Australia-based partnership leverages EncompaaS’ AI-powered platform and Atturra’s technology deployment experience to deliver AI-ready foundations for clients across the ANZ.

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GUEST OPINION:  The recent global outage involving a major cloud provider was a brutal reminder that even the most trusted digital infrastructure can fail.

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GUEST RESEARCH: ASI Solutions, a leading Australian technology provider, has released its new 2025 Growth and resiliency report, revealing that government agencies are prioritising cyber resilience and workforce capability as key drivers of operational stability.

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GUEST OPINION: When I speak with business leaders across Australia and the wider APAC region, one theme consistently emerges: how do we keep pace with accelerating change?

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Australia’s video streaming landscape continues to evolve as competition intensifies and consumer expectations shift. The latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data for Q3 2025 reveals a market that is maturing but still dynamic, shaped by rising adoption of ad-supported tiers, ongoing price pressures, and an uneven commitment to local content.

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COMPANY NEWS: We spoke with Eugene Amigud, Chief Innovation Officer at Infios, following the company’s newly announced collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at transforming supply chain execution with agentic AI.

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GUEST OPINION: It can be rewarding to sell a high-end sports car. However, that, of course, requires precision and care to find the best price. This guide gives you tips on how to get the most out of this process. Since luxury vehicles have a more selective market, even small details can influence the final…

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As Australians continue to feel cost of living pressures, Samsung Australia points to new research revealing the nation’s appetite for art remains strong. This suggests that in challenging times, people turn to art for inspiration. A third (34%) of Australian respondents – rising to almost half (48%) for those aged 25-35 years old – are…

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As Australia’s mandatory climate reporting regime began its phased rollout from 1 January 2025, Workiva, a global leader in connected reporting and compliance, has partnered with Climate & Decisions to launch “Data to Disclose in a Box”, a comprehensive solution designed to “help Australian organisations comply with the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS), including AASB…

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The ACCC will conduct a Black Friday sales sweep to identify ‘misleading or deceptive sales advertising’ used by retailers.

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The project will build upon CSIRO’s expertise in the field of QML to develop new and innovative QML models. QML has the potential to offer enhanced reliability, training speed-up and unique feature extraction capabilities. QML applications extend beyond finance, including healthcare, energy grid optimisation, manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, defence and aerospace,cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI). This…

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GUEST OPINION:  Dinesh Divakar from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise talks about the company’s newest comms offering

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COMPANY NEWS: Featuring new ASIC-powered FortiGate 3800G and enhanced data and threat protection for large language models, Fortinet delivers the industry’s first end-to-end security framework for AI data centres.

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COMPANY NEWS:  (DroneShield or the Company) is pleased to announce it is seeing continued rapid increase in customer order flow, substantially from repeat customers looking to step up the amount of counterdrone systems from a low or no existing base, with the receipt of a package of 3 standalone contracts totalling $7.6 million for handheld systems for…

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New Offering Unifies Security Telemetry, Including Third-Party Logs, from Endpoints, Networks, and Clouds Delivering Better Threat Detection, Greater Visibility, and Faster Response

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There has been a series of reports in the past few days suggesting that Chinese electric vehicles could be configured for monitoring and manipulation by the Chinese government.

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GUEST OPINION: Innovation is the backbone of modern business success. It determines how effectively a company adapts to market demands, introduces new services, and improves internal operations.

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Avanade has launched a suite of pre-packaged business solutions designed to deliver rapid, measurable results. These offerings empower companies to modernise operations, enhance security, strengthen customer experiences, and optimise cloud spend and technology investments without the complexity or overhead typically associated with enterprise-scale deployments.

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COMPANY NEWS: It’s not often that a laptop can steal the show at a major international exhibition, but that’s just what MSI did at Computex 2023 when – completely out of nowhere – it announced a partnership with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport and unveiled a Special Edition Mercedes-AMG laptop to celebrate.

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COMPANY NEWS: Fortinet®, a global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.

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Data and AI leaders predict an AI coming of age At the close of 2025, AI enthusiasm is met at every turn with doubt. Alongside remarkable AI progress and successes, the spectre of a potential AI bubble, energy emergencies and failing GenAI pilot projects loom large. Looking ahead, SAS experts predict that 2026 will be…

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AI Operating System company VAST Data today announced it has signed a commercial agreement valued at US$1.17 billion with CoreWeave, the essential cloud for AI. VAST Data says the expanded partnership reinforces CoreWeave’s long-standing commitment to the VAST AI OS as its primary data foundation, solidifying VAST as a key component of CoreWeave’s AI cloud.

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AI agent combines real-time insights, content creation, and fraud detection to help ecommerce businesses work smarter and more competitively with practical AI

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COMPANY NEWS:  Helping enterprises close the AI trust gap through identity-first accountability.

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Yubico deals drop in time to BlockeEvery hacker’s Christmas wish list Yubico , the creator of secure passkeys and provider of hardware authentication security keys, has shared essential tips to help consumers secure their accounts during “some of the year’s riskiest months for online shopping”.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Microlise, a leading provider of transport technology solutions, has announced a new contract with Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative (GFC), the world’s largest rock lobster processor and exporter.

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With Apple’s work to create its own SiriGPT not yet bearing the necessary fruit to be used on its own, without needing the AI smarts from companies such as OpenAI, Perplexity, Alphabet, Anthropic or others, a report says Apple is set to do a deal with Google for a private version of Gemini.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Delivers Smarter, Faster Security to Strengthen Cyber Resilience and Drive Productivity and ROI

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COMPANY NEWS:  New partnership agreement extends strategic collaboration and establishes VAST as the primary data foundation for CoreWeave’s AI cloud

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GUEST OPINION: Artificial intelligence, geopolitics, and the new era of cyber resilience.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Digital inclusivity leads to better economic well-being, education, and disaster resilience. In line with this vision, Telecom Fiji has committed to bring high-speed connectivity and digital opportunity to the Northern Division of Fiji through a new backbone fibre network powered by Ciena’s 5184 coherent routing solution. This marks a major step in connecting homes, schools, and…

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Australia’s biggest telco, Telstra, has shared data and stats from users of its network durig the first two Oasis concerts in Melbourne, while comparing it to network usage stats from Coldplay’s 2024 concert, and while it might be a long way to the shops when you want a sausage roll, Telstra’s stats may well leave…

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This investigation, conducted with support from the Georgian CERT, uncovered new tools and techniques used by the Curly COMrades threat actor. It established covert, long-term access to victim networks by abusing virtualisation features (Hyper-V) to create a hidden remote operating environment.

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In an era when wearables are everywhere, the Withings BeamO manages to feel genuinely new. This pocket-sized 4-in-1 device doesn’t just track your steps or pulse; it brings together four medical-grade instruments – thermometer, oximeter, stethoscope, and ECG – into one handheld gadget that turns any kitchen table into a mini health clinic.

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CyberArk, which positions itself as a leader in identity security, has announced the general availability of its CyberArk Secure AI Agents Solution, expanding the CyberArk Identity Security Platform with industry-first privilege controls to secure the rapidly growing class of AI agent identities.

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Apple has announced plans to expand renewable energy capacity in Australia, beginning with a solar project now under construction in Lancaster, Victoria. Before 2030, Apple’s growing portfolio of renewable energy projects in Australia will generate over 1 million megawatt-hours of clean electricity annually on behalf of its users.

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Myriota, a global pioneer in remote IoT connectivity and solutions, is marking a decade of breakthrough innovation with the launch of a new fund supporting remote Australian students pursuing STEM careers.

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Emanuele Di Liberto, Head of Rail Business Center, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia, explores why railway operators should act now on 5G standalone (SA) core deployments and smart spectrum planning to ensure a smooth transition to the new FRMCS standard.

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COMPANY NEWS:   New Logs capabilities provide automated, AI-strengthened analysis to accelerate mean time to resolution and incident response Businesses shift burden of analysis from SREs to AI, transforming “needle in a haystack” problem into an informed starting point for investigations that save time and money New capabilities create a proactive, consistent flow of crucial insights…

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