Australian firms are adding a relatively new role to their top executive line-ups as they adapt to one of the biggest technological disruptions in history.
Perth high-powered computing provider DUG Technology has moved to correct its earlier statement that its Geraldton data centre had been cancelled, instead insisting it is only heavily delayed.
A Russian hacking group has claimed to have gained access and installed ransomware on Subiaco-based ASX-listed gold miner West African Resources' systems.
Perth-headquartered data and seismic giant DUG Technology has quietly abandoned its ambitious plans to build a carbon-free supercomputing campus in Geraldton.
AI used in automated decision-making by the public service and federal agencies will face new rules under a plan designed to make the system more transparent.
Microsoft co-founder and tech billionaire Bill Gates quietly visited Western Australia earlier this year to scout hyperscale data centre opportunities in the Pilbara.
The final report into last year's Qantas hack, which affected approximately 5 million Australians, has found that there was nothing more Qantas could have done to prevent the incident.
Curtin University research has found Argenica's flagship stroke drug, which protects brain tissue from dying immediately after a stroke, can also significantly reduce the impacts of concussion.
Patients from health clinics in Rockingham, Joondalup and Armadale may have had their data, including consultation notes, compromised as part of a cyber attack on Partnered Health.
A WA-founded firm developing software that can model the most effective use of energy assets has secured US$10 million ($14.4 million) in a Series A investment round to expand its software services globally.
Lifeline Australia has confirmed that staff and volunteer information has been exposed in a cyber incident, but insists no help seeker information had been compromised in the breach.
A Perth startup backed by Andrew Forrest and Bill Gates says tests across the Americas have validated its novel bovine feed's ability to reduce methane emissisons, increase the efficiency of feed, and produce carbon credits.
A notorious Russian cybercriminal group that recently shut down Australia's second-largest sugar producer for weeks has now targeted one of the nation's largest gourmet food distributors, which has a facility in Bassendean.
Curtin University has partnered with Octave Intelligence in an initiative to tackle the skills shortage in the construction sector, becoming the first institution to sign up to the program.
Richard Marles has warned telcos that a failure to meet obligations will come with heavy penalties, as Telstra faces a sweeping investigation into a network crash that locked Australians out of vital Triple Zero services.
Contractor GenusPlus said media reporting which appeared to imply the company's own infrastructure was contributing to Telstra's nationwide outages was incorrect.
Shares in Perth biotech Proteomics International Laboratories have shot up after the company secured a US patent for its game-changing early detection test for endometriosis.
A merger between Perth cyber safety software developer Qoria and Boston-based Aura Consolidated Group has received the green light from the Federal Court of Australia.
East Perth-based security firm Intelligent Monitoring Group will acquire one of the UK's largest residential security companies in a deal worth over $340 million.
Insolvency veteran Bryan Hughes has benched himself while his former Pitcher Partners colleagues grapple with a $9 million claim by the liquidator of failed technology play Titan Interactive.
