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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Komo Technologies has partnered with the Seven Network to deliver a mobile audience engagement platform for a range of the network's events. [ + ]

Cloudera has announced the appointment of Charles Sansbury as Chief Executive Officer, effective 7 August. [ + ]

Malicious or compromised URLs have taken over from email attachments as the top method for spreading ransomware, according to Palo Alto Networks. [ + ]

Businesses and consumers are optimistic about the globalised economy according to new data from financial infrastructure platform Stripe. [ + ]

With every Australian worker now requiring digital skills, there are risks of a severe shortfall of digital workers, the Future Skills Organisation warned. [ + ]

PayPal has announced Microsoft's integration of PayPal's Pay in 4 solution in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. [ + ]

The drowning death of a student on a school excursion has led to a $420,000 fine for a private college in Adelaide. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Earlier this month, AWS Startups announced its Generative AI Accelerator, providing guidance for 10 emerging ANZ organisations in the generative AI space. [ + ]

Two subsidiaries of social media giant Meta have each been ordered to pay $10 million for breaching Australian Consumer Law. [ + ]

New research shows that for every 10,000 enterprise users, there are approximately 183 incidents of sensitive data being posted to ChatGPT. [ + ]

Haymarket HQ has announced a new program for tech companies and investors to explore opportunities in Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. [ + ]

Across Australia, NAPLAN individual student reports (ISRs) will be simplified and made clearer for parents and carers. [ + ]