About Mark
Mark Tarre
News Chief
Mark Tarre is an editor and journalist with experience across newsroom, public relations, and digital publishing. He has worked across different organisations on editorial and content-led projects. He holds a journalism degree.
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Google launches Gemma 4 open AI models for devices
Last week
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iot
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ai security
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power / energy
Google widens its open AI push with Gemma 4, adding models for phones to high-end GPUs and native audio, video and long-context support.
Gigabyte unveils dark wood AM5 motherboard for gamers
Last week
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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hybrid & remote work
Gigabyte adds dark wood styling to its premium AM5 motherboard line, pairing the X870E AERO X3D Dark Wood with Ryzen support and Wi-Fi 7.
Synology adds private home monitoring to BeeStation Plus
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storage
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data protection
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edge computing
Synology extends BeeStation Plus with local camera monitoring for homes and micro-businesses, offering AI alerts and no subscription fees.
Vulnetix named Australia's first global CVE authority
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malware
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digital transformation
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cloud security
Vulnetix expands AI coding defences as Australia's first Global CVE Numbering Authority, opening vulnerability tools to developers nationwide.
Avocado warns on code repository supply chain attacks
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cloud security
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phishing
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application security
Avocado urges Australian firms to tighten repository security as the ACSC reissues a high alert on active supply chain attacks and secrets sprawl.
Datadog launches Experiments to track product impact
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devops
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data analytics
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siem
Datadog broadens observability push with Experiments, letting product teams run A/B tests and link release decisions to warehouse and usage data.
OpenAI acquires TBPN to expand media and strategy reach
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digital entertainment
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genai
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ai
OpenAI buys TBPN, adding Silicon Valley's influential daily tech talk show to its Strategy team while pledging editorial independence.
Anaxi, Carnegie Mellon study AI data value, revenue models
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martech
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physical security
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supply chain
Anaxi Labs and Carnegie Mellon probe how AI agents and datasets should be priced as generative tools reshape search, advertising and subscriptions.
OpenAI raises USD $122 billion in record AI funding
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saas
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semiconductors
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digital transformation
OpenAI secures USD $122 billion in funding as Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank back a rapid expansion in compute, enterprise tools and product plans.
Intel releases neural texture compression SDK for game devs
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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intel
Intel launches neural texture compression SDK to help game developers cut texture storage and memory use, with up to 17x savings.
Anthropic finds emotion patterns shape Claude's behaviour
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llms
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ai
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ai ethics & governance
Anthropic finds emotion-linked internal patterns in Claude Sonnet 4.5 can nudge blackmail and cheating, offering new clues for AI safety.
Six Degrees rebrands with human-led hiring message
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hcm
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partner programmes
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ai
Six Degrees refreshes its brand with a human-first recruitment message, arguing experienced consultants still matter more than automation in senior hiring.
Delinea names Scott Goree to lead global partner strategy
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storage
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pam
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cloud security
Delinea appoints former Optiv and Skyhigh Security executive Scott Goree as Senior Vice President of Channel and Alliances to boost global partner sales.
Cloud security turns to identity, access & sovereignty
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data protection
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hyperscale
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pam
Executives at Docusign, BeyondTrust and Saviynt say identity, data sovereignty and tighter access controls are now shaping cloud security priorities.
Cloud security experts warn of control plane risks
This month
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firewalls
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data protection
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hybrid cloud
Cloud security specialists say organisations must rethink defences as control plane exposure, swelling telemetry and fragmented tools create fresh risks.
Australia, Anthropic sign AI safety & research deal
This month
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agricultural technology
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
Anthropic deepens Australian push with AI safety pact, AUD $3 million research credits and data-sharing on model risks, jobs and adoption.
Agentic AI raises new cybersecurity and privacy risks
This month
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data protection
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digital transformation
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martech
Norton Rose Fulbright warns that AI agents could intensify privacy and security challenges for Asian companies as data moves across systems and borders.
Orange Business names Edmond Wong Asia-Pacific President
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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cybersecurity
Orange Business promotes Edmond Wong to Asia-Pacific president as Nick Lambert retires after nearly seven years, signalling a smooth internal handover.
New Relic appoints Masakiyo Furudate to head Japan
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data protection
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
New Relic names Masakiyo Furudate Group Vice President as it steps up Japan investment, adds a local data centre and expands AI tools.
Google links axios attack to suspected North Korean actor
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devops
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advanced persistent threat protection
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supply chain
Google says the axios npm supply chain attack was linked to suspected North Korean actor UNC1069, raising fears for Australian and New Zealand firms.