Industry News
UNSW named Australia's most entrepreneurial university
UNSW alumni have founded more startups that have gone on to raise more than US$10m in total funding than any other university in ANZ, a new study indicates. [ + ]
Second Australian location for VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region, bringing the total number of regions in Australia to two including Sydney. [ + ]
New CEO for Cloudera
Cloudera has announced the appointment of Charles Sansbury as Chief Executive Officer, effective 7 August. [ + ]
Seven partners with Komo on audience engagement
Komo Technologies has partnered with the Seven Network to deliver a mobile audience engagement platform for a range of the network's events. [ + ]
Australia facing sharp digital skills shortfall
With every Australian worker now requiring digital skills, there are risks of a severe shortfall of digital workers, the Future Skills Organisation warned. [ + ]
URLs now top ransomware vector
Malicious or compromised URLs have taken over from email attachments as the top method for spreading ransomware, according to Palo Alto Networks. [ + ]
Optimism about global digital trade
Businesses and consumers are optimistic about the globalised economy according to new data from financial infrastructure platform Stripe. [ + ]
School fined after student drowning
The drowning death of a student on a school excursion has led to a $420,000 fine for a private college in Adelaide. [ + ]
Microsoft integrates PayPal solution
PayPal has announced Microsoft's integration of PayPal's Pay in 4 solution in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. [ + ]
Inaugural AWS GenAI Accelerator cohort announced
Earlier this month, AWS Startups announced its Generative AI Accelerator, providing guidance for 10 emerging ANZ organisations in the generative AI space. [ + ]
Nine in 10 employees say AI rules are needed
Artificial intelligence use in workplaces is on the rise, with 67% of Australian employees using generative AI a few times a week, according to a new survey. [ + ]
NAPLAN reporting to be made clearer
Across Australia, NAPLAN individual student reports (ISRs) will be simplified and made clearer for parents and carers. [ + ]
Consumer law breach leads to $20m penalty for Meta
Two subsidiaries of social media giant Meta have each been ordered to pay $10 million for breaching Australian Consumer Law. [ + ]
Sensitive data being shared in ChatGPT
New research shows that for every 10,000 enterprise users, there are approximately 183 incidents of sensitive data being posted to ChatGPT. [ + ]
Connecting local tech companies with SE Asia
Haymarket HQ has announced a new program for tech companies and investors to explore opportunities in Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. [ + ]