Australian Stories

Konica Minolta & Kinrise Snackfoods automate manufacturing

Konica Minolta partners with Kinrise Snackfoods to revolutionise manufacturing efficiency with Autonomous Mobile Robots, enhancing productivity, safety, and operational oversight.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Mon, 20th May 2024

Robotics

Dreame Technology debuts Roboticmower A1 in Australia

Dreame Technology enters outdoor maintenance market with the debut of its Roboticmower A1 in Australia, an all-in-one robot lawn mower touted for reducing costs and freeing homeowners' time.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Mar 2024

Drones

Historic drone flight secures South Australia's power supply reliability

Australian drone firm Carbonix and SA Power Networks have successfully flown a drone beyond visual line of sight to inspect 150km of power lines in South Australia.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Mon, 11th Mar 2024

Global Stories

Artificial Intelligence

SQREEM acquires TotallyAwesome, strengthens ethical youth marketing

Singapore-based SQREEM Technologies has acquired TotallyAwesome, enhancing their AI-driven marketing platform targeting youth, while aiming for ethical engagement.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 17th May 2024

EduTech

Cognizant & Microsoft deepen partnership to democratise GenAI

Cognizant and Microsoft enhance partnership to bring Microsoft's generative AI, including the 365 Copilot tool, to millions.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Apr 2024

Hyperscale

Starline unveils Remote Plug-In Actuator for safer data centre operations

Starline, a brand of Legrand, has launched a Remote Plug-In Actuator for use with its Track Busway tech, set to elevate safety and operational efficiency across data centres.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Apr 2024

IT Automation

Life360 launches new Landing Notifications feature for travel safety

Life360 introduces Landing Notifications, a feature that sends automatic alerts upon the landing of a user's connected network, boosting reassurance in travel safety.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 10th Apr 2024

Data Analytics

Ipsotek unveils Natural Language Search in AI video analytics engine

Ipsotek advances operational security with an AI-powered upgrade to their VISuite platform, introducing Natural Language Search capabilities for object identification within videos.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Apr 2024

Application Security

Appdome's real-time defense against mobile app social engineering attacks

Appdome presents real-time defense system against social engineering attacks targeting mobile apps, enhancing user security and brand reputation.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 21st Mar 2024

Cloud Security

Cloud-native security: Best practices vs. convenience and speed

Cloud-native developers prioritise speed and convenience over safety, neglecting best practice and increasing cyber risk, warns Sysdig's annual security report.

By Crystal Morin • 4 min read • Wed, 20th Mar 2024

Generative AI

NVIDIA's cloud-to-edge tech driving future of 'smart companion' cars

Automotive industry pioneers, including Cerence and Geely, are using NVIDIA's technology to evolve cars from transport modes into 'smart companions', enhancing safety and personalisation.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2024

Supply Chain

Continental Tyres teams up with Cloudera for smart tyre solutions

Continental Tyres and Cloudera unite to build data-driven applications that proactively monitor tyre condition, aiming to minimise wear and breakdowns, while streamlining maintenance and fuel consumption.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Mar 2024

Fleet Management

Teletrac survey reveals fleet industry challenges for 2024

Teletrac Navman's TS24 survey reveals sustainability, safety and operational efficiency as key concerns among global fleet firms.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Mar 2024

Partner Programmes

Report reveals global skills crisis & learning trends

Skillsoft's latest report exposes a global skills crisis and emerging learning trends, prompting businesses to reimagine strategies for upskilling.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Mar 2024

Stories from Other Regions

Large Language Models

UK government drafts new law to regulate artificial intelligence

In a move towards regulating AI, the UK government is expected to focus on bias and safety within emerging tech after prolonged deliberations. Details of the legislation remain undisclosed.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Apr 2024

Agricultural Technology

5G-enabled drones usher in era of smart possibilities

1,500 5G-enabled drones commanded a magical spectacle over Marina Bay, heralding a revolution in drone technology offering limitless smart solutions.

By Oh Wei Ling • 4 min read • Thu, 28th Mar 2024

Storage

PepsiCo embraces automation to boost productivity in Thai facility

PepsiCo embraces a digital future by integrating automation into a key production and logistics hub in Thailand, partnering with Dematic, to meet growing product demand.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Mar 2024

Unified Communications

Bedford Blues partner with Crowd Angel to boost fan safety

Bedford Blues Rugby Club collaborates with Crowd Angel deploying situational messaging technology to enhance fan safety at Goldington Road during the 2024/25 season.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Mar 2024

EduTech

New Zealand start-up SellWise seeks to revolutionise secondhand trading

New Zealand start-up SellWise aims to radically overhaul secondhand trading by addressing frustrations with existing platforms and promising an intuitive, streamlined experience.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Mar 2024

Risk & Compliance

EU takes lead with revolutionary Artificial Intelligence Act

Evolving AI Act positions EU at the helm of a comprehensive framework, pioneering guidelines for worldwide AI development, setting the pace for innovation.