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Sydney's Tap aims to revolutionise US ad industry with AI

Thu, 15th Aug 2024
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Sydney ad-tech startup Tap launches AI-driven platform in the US, aiming to streamline the fragmented media buying process and reshape the ad industry.
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OpenAI disrupts five covert influence operations in three months

Sun, 2nd Jun 2024
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OpenAI has thwarted five covert influence operations over three months, leveraging AI to disrupt attempts by malicious actors to misuse the technology for deceptive activities.
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Cloudflare reports 25% spike in global traffic & rise in cyber threats in 2023

Mon, 18th Dec 2023
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Cloudflare reveals a 25% surge in global internet traffic and heightened cybersecurity threats in its 2023 report.
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Data requests to Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft triple as surveillance escalates

Thu, 1st Jul 2021
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Global user data surveillance has increased for the seventh consecutive year, with data requests to tech giants tripling from 2013 to 2019.
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HPE, Facebook and Microsoft open up patent books in effort to tackle climate change

Fri, 30th Apr 2021
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As part of the Low-Carbon Patent Pledge, the three companies have made 'hundreds' of royalty free patents available.
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Microsoft endorses Australia's proposal on technology and the news

Mon, 15th Feb 2021
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Microsoft calls on Biden Administration to adopt Australia's News Media Bargaining Code for fairer share of online revenue for news orgs.
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Google leads donations as tech sector pledges US$1.4 billion to COVID-19 crisis

Mon, 13th Apr 2020
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Tech giants donate over $1.4bn to combat COVID-19 crisis. Google leads with $800m, followed by Cisco ($225m) and Facebook ($120m).
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Mines, underwater, outer space - the weirdest data centers on Earth and beyond

Tue, 17th Mar 2020
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From Norwegian fjords to converted World War II shelters, data centres are finding homes in unique locations to keep up with skyrocketing global data demands.
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Kaspersky named one of the top 100 global innovators

Mon, 16th Mar 2020
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For the second year, it made the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator list by Clarivate Analytics, which includes giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google.
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Facebook opens new data center in New Albany, Ohio

Wed, 12th Feb 2020
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February has marked the launch of Facebook's new data center in New Albany, Ohio - but the work isn't over yet.
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Netflix film The Great Hack raises serious questions about data privacy issues

Wed, 31st Jul 2019
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Last weekend a group of privacy advocates and experts gathered in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center to discuss issues highlighted by The Great Hack documentary.
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Facebook's Libra proves cryptocurrencies are now mainstream

Wed, 17th Jul 2019
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Facebook's cryptocurrency plans signify that cryptocurrencies are now mainstream, according to the CEO of deVere Group.
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Experts and execs comment on Facebook data leak

Fri, 5th Apr 2019
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Facebook's reputation takes another hit as 540 million user records are exposed due to misconfigured AWS servers.
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Data centre titans blazing green energy trail – AWS under fire

Thu, 28th Mar 2019
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Data from Cloudscene has revealed tech giants like Google and Apple are setting a precedent in renewable energy, but AWS has come under fire.
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A look at some of the big data centre openings in 2019 so far

Sat, 23rd Feb 2019
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Alibaba Cloud, Facebook, and Oracle - among others - have already opened major facilities this year, so here's a round-up.
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Facebook cracks down Ukraine-based fake accounts

Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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Facebook has stamped out two massive fake account networks that appeared to originate from Russia and the Ukraine.
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NordVPN rounds up the worst data breaches of 2018

Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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In 2018, over a billion people were impacted by data breaches. From British Airways to Marriott, NordVPN highlights the most severe security lapses.
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Hyperscalers hurling colossal capital at data centres

Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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The old proverb 'you have to spend money to make money' could never be truer than in the hyperscale data centre industry.
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Study claims Denmark has been misled by hyperscale data centres

Thu, 15th Nov 2018
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Despite repeated assurances from Danish ministers, almost none of the new hyperscale data centres are reusing their waste heat.
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Auckland Uni celebrates 40 entrepreneurs under 40

Mon, 15th Oct 2018
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Auckland Uni lauds entrepreneurial grads, spotlight on success stories like Facebook's Bowen Pan and mPort's Dipra Ray.