With Services Australia’s costly Welfare Payments Infrastructure Transformation (WPIT) now in its final year of delivery, the agency said it would transition over half of all active legacy capabilities used to distribute welfare payments in Australia into its new technology platform by June 2022. The WPIT project is in its sixth year and is slated […]

Singtel has sold off its payment card compliance business Trustwave in a deal worth $80 million, as part of efforts to “optimise” the group’s resource allocation and growth focus. The move is part of the Singapore telco’s strategic review of its digital businesses that kicked off in May this year. Parked under its cybersecurity brand […]

Image: ACT Policing The Australian Federal Police is conducting an internal review to implement a new cyber offensive arm, AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw said at Senate Estimates on Monday morning. “At the moment, we’re actually going through an internal review of how we can be more aggressive in cyber, and it may mean a mini […]

Nice notch, now hold still while a Post-It note is put over the camera Image: Apple As the second year of the COVID times come to an end, and hopefully much of the pandemic-style world along with it, there is one thing that will stick with us: Endless Zoom meetings. With most companies landing somewhere […]

The federal government has released an exposure draft for what it has labelled an Online Privacy Bill that it hopes will enhance online privacy protections for Australians through an expansion of the nation’s Privacy Act. “The goal of the Bill is to enhance privacy protections, particularly in the online sphere, without unduly impeding innovation within […]

Image: Getty Images The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has approached the market seeking a flood intelligence modelling proof of concept to help emergency services make informed over the lifecycle of potential flood events. The agency said the short-term solution, which needs to be delivered by the 28 February 2022, must be able to provide seven-day […]

South Sea Island in Fiji, looks nice, but the internet is not. Image: Getty Images Telstra announced on Monday morning it would be acquiring Digicel Pacific, ending months of speculation that a deal between the telco and the Australian government was in the works. For a total cost of $1.6 billion, Telstra said it would […]

Jio Platforms’ Q2 net profit grew almost 25% year-on-year to ₹3,728 crore, around $502 million, with the company saying customer demand is slowly returning to pre-COVID levels. “As the pandemic retreats, I am pleased that Reliance has posted a strong performance in 2Q FY22. This demonstrates the inherent strengths of our businesses and the robust […]

As the world opens up again to travel, so you may want to get a head start and learn a new language or two. But you also need to remember to protect yourself with a maximum-strength VPN, both at home and abroad. Here are 10 great deals on some of the best VPN services on […]