News

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  Victorian government to monitor bridges using IoT sensors

  Invests $50 million in joint venture with Xerox.
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  Home Affairs scores $42m to secure critical infrastructure

  While government cyber hubs get $18 million.
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  Government is looking at mandatory reporting for cybercrime incidents

  Home Affairs boss indicates a scheme is 'likely'.
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  Lake Mac hackathon to test and create sensors

  Testing and creating LoRaWAN sensors that use Zhaga receptacle in street lighting.
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  Optus to re-farm some of its 2100MHz spectrum in 2022

  Spectrum reallocation will support 4G and 5G services.
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  NSW Government building business case for state-wide digital twin

  Looking to scale up the state’s 8,300 square kilometre digital twin.
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  'Retail and services' top Bluetooth Location Services implementations

  Bluetooth tracking tags account for the “vast majority” of Bluetooth Location Services device shipments globally.
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  Algorithmic 'soft sensors' boost Newcrest's gold-mining productivity

  Data mining pays off for actual mining as gold giant doubles down on digital transformation.
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  Telstra and Optus announce 26GHz spectrum purchases

  Telstra and Optus will each spend more than $200 million on spectrum to provide mmWave 5G services in capital cities and regional areas.
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  EverFocus eyes video monitoring opportunity on Australian roads

  Looking for Australian partners to bring technology to more vehicles.
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  Stretchable in-mattress sensors developed in Australia for aged care

  RMIT-developed sensors used in government-funded Sleeptite REMi system.
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  Application period closes for round one of 5G innovation grants

  Australian Government funding demonstration of commercial benefits of 5G.
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  Digital framework for water sector launched

  IoT Alliance Australia and Water Services Association of Australia aim to simplify communication about digital systems.
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  IoTAA publishes IoT security, safety and privacy guides

  “Plain language” tips cover design, sourcing and management of IoT technology.
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  Govt introduces cyber incident response takeover bill to parliament

  Ahead of July 2021 start date.
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  IoT Alliance Australia and nextmedia to create Australia's premier IoT event

  IoT Impact event to take place in Melbourne on October 14, 2021.
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  Widespread IoT, OT vulnerabilities reported

  AMNESIA:33 affects millions of devices, claims security vendor.
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  How to approach critical infrastructure cybersecurity

  An Australian expert discusses security strategy.
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  Data isn't neutral and neither are decision algorithms

  The UK's misguided attempt to use algorithms to estimate school scores is a warning and reminder of the need to keep humans and accountability in automated decision-making.
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  City of Gold Coast plugs into mobile data

  Council finds value in big data collected by DSpark, connected assets.