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Oracle cuts thousands of staff in early morning email
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (648+ words) By Tom Williams on Apr 02 2026 11:42 AM American technology giant Oracle undertook "significant" job cuts on Wednesday (AEDT), with thousands of employees laid off. Social media posts by impacted workers, seen by Information Age, suggest employees have been let go in…...
RBA finally bans credit, debit card surcharges
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (836+ words) By David Braue on Mar 31 2026 12:23 PM Businesses accepting card payments online and offline will benefit from overhauled Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) payment rules that are expected to save Australian consumers $1.6 billion annually by eliminating surcharges for most debit, prepaid…...
Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (792+ words) By Tom Williams on Mar 31 2026 11:48 AM The English version of Wikipedia now prohibits editors from using generative artificial intelligence tools to generate or rewrite articles, following a vote by its volunteers. "Text generated by large language models (LLMs) such as…...
North Korean ‘workers’ infiltrate Australian workplaces
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (761+ words) By Leonard Bernardone on Mar 31 2026 11:30 AM Cybersecurity experts have warned that a long-running, insider-threat campaign from North Korea is planting remote workers at Australian organisations to divert salary earnings into the regime's weapons program. US authorities " particularly the Federal Bureau…...
Australia’s data centre boom collides with climate concerns
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (815+ words) By Denham Sadler on Mar 31 2026 01:31 AM Data centre operators should be required to prove they support renewable energy and publicly report their performance before they are allowed to build in Australia. The call comes from Torrens University Australia professor of…...
Trio arrested over Nvidia AI chip smuggling plot
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (844+ words) By Leonard Bernardone on Mar 31 2026 12:50 AM Three men have been arrested after they allegedly conspired to smuggle hundreds of export-controlled Nvidia artificial intelligence chips from the US to China. On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the alleged…...
Workers buckle as mental health claims surge
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (628+ words) By Denham Sadler on Mar 31 2026 12:01 AM The number of Australians making workplace mental health insurance claims has jumped by nearly 20 per cent in the past year, in a trend that is likely to resonate strongly across high-pressure industries such as…...
US bans sale of new foreign-made routers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (888+ words) By David Braue on Mar 26 2026 01:26 PM Australians could have to reconsider their choice of network and Wi-Fi routers, if the ACSC opts to follow a new US government ban on foreign-made routers that's set to block the sale of some…...
Meta, YouTube lose landmark social media case
1+ week, 5+ day ago (821+ words) By Tom Williams on Mar 26 2026 10:40 AM Social media giants Meta and YouTube have been found liable for damages worth millions of dollars after a California jury decided the companies had designed platforms which were dangerous for young people, in a…...