Postcard from PIF: China backs down from threat after Pacific leaders react
At the opening ceremony of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Palau on Sunday, China’s Pacific envoy, Qian Bo,...
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Before deciding how to power data centres, decide where to build them
National Cabinet spent last Wednesday discussing how Australia’s data centres will be powered. The harder question – where they should...
In relations with China, Latin America puts itself first
It doesn’t all go Beijing’s way. In Latin America, China has been suffering notable reversals of influence. Honduras is a...
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Realise the full potential of AI with inference economics and Penguin Solutions
Organisations transitioning from AI training to inference can control costs more effectively by moving from cloud-only to hybrid environments and...
Anthropic makes changes to stop AI agents running amok again
Anthropic maintained that its internal security posture was not a contributing factor. The exploits occurred in a third party environment...
Citrix buys company that containerizes Windows desktop apps independently of the OS
Justin Greis, CEO of consulting firm Acceligence, also sees a lot of potential savings for the enterprise. “Large companies can...
Actuaries Institute and UTS HTI publish AI risk management guidance for financial services
The Actuaries Institute and the University of Technology Sydney’s Human Technology Institute (HTI) have released a practical guidance resource aimed...
Weekly Update 519: Breaches & Data Integrity
02 September 2026 It does feel like I've bitten off too much and am now chewing like crazy this week....
FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153...
Attackers Exploit Critical JFrog Artifactory Flaw to Mint Admin Tokens Days After Disclosure
Ravie LakshmananSep 01, 2026Vulnerability / Supply Chain Attack Threat actors are exploiting a newly patched critical security flaw impacting JFrog...
Breeze Comet Executes Hundreds of Fraudulent Transactions via Brazilian Payment Systems
Ravie LakshmananSep 01, 2026Cybercrime / Malware Brazilian financial services, retail, and e-commerce organizations have become the target of a financially...
Nuclear weapons: the global outlook in an unstable new era
‘I made one great mistake in my life – when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom...
OpenAI Is About to Release Its First AI Model With ‘Critical’ Cyber Abilities
OpenAI announced Tuesday that its forthcoming AI model, Astra, is its first to reach the company’s threshold for what it...
Jetstar gives Skywise a cousin to optimise fleet
Key points Jetstar has built a new AI-driven fleet optimisation system called Flow to cut costs and minimise delays across...
USDA to test satellites, AI to try to improve crop estimates
The US Department of Agriculture is launching a pilot project that will rely more heavily on technology as part of...