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Australian data capture drone manufacturer Carbonix and digital infrastructure provider Hitachi Vantara have signed a memorandum of understanding following the latter's acquisition of a Carbonix Volanti all-electric fixed-wing uncrewed aerial vehicle.

Australian firm Fortescue Metals Group, one of the world’s largest and lowest cost producers of iron ore which is transitioning into a global green energy and metals company, has been hit by a data breach with the ransomware group Cl0p claiming it was behind the intrusion.

COMPANY NEWS: Aveva, a global leader in industrial software driving innovation and sustainability, today announced details of its participation as a key sponsor, exhibitor and conference speaker at this week’s Austmine 2023 conference being staged at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 9-11 May.

AWS has launched its first AWS Local Zones in Australia, based in Perth. The AWS Local Zone is an infrastructure that places AWS compute, storage, database, and other services closer to key customers allowing them to deploy apps that require single-digit millisecond latency.

RMIT University experts in diamond sensing technology have collaborated with an international research team of scientists who have taken a “promising step” towards a new generation of accurate, affordable and portable devices to detect concussion, epilepsy and dementia.

Australian computer vision and automation startup Black.ai has closed a $5.4 million seed-plus round led by Jelix Ventures, taking its total funding to $8.55 million.

Deakin University’s Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2) is collaborating with provider of digital technologies for mining, MineExcellence to support the mining sector in leveraging recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI).

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2022 has come out as 4.0%, which is a further drop from January’s 4.2%. It is the lowest jobless rate since August 2008 and the global financial crisis of that year and comes amid a further easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

TPG Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nokia as part of a new partnership to develop and deliver Mobile Private Network innovations for the mining and energy sectors.

Australian billionaire mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest AO has launched criminal action against Facebook over scam cryptocurrency advertisements that used his image, claiming Facebook has breached anti-money laundering laws.

Graphics processing unit designer NVIDIA has announced that it will be reducing the ethereum hash rate on its GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards which are due to be shipped later this month, to make them less attractive to cryptocurrency miners.

The value of bitcoin is likely to fall in coming days after Tesla owner Elon Musk announced on Thursday that the electric car manufacturer would no longer use the digital currency in its transactions.

Global professional services firm Accenture has acquired Australia’s Electro 80, a leading provider of operational technology (OT) for resources clients in Australia, including mining, energy, engineering, construction and utilities companies.

The Australian Information Industry Association AIIA) says Western Australia has the capacity to move up the rankings in the country’s digital inclusion index and move ahead of third placed NSW in the next 12 months.

Australian drone safety systems company ParaZero is merging with international drone services provider Delta Drone South Africa.

Optus has selected Nokia’s IMPACT Internet of Things (IoT) platform to provide device management and data collection capabilities to their customers across multiple industry segments in Australia.

Global network protection vendor Claroty has recorded octuple annual recurring revenue growth year-over-year in the Asia Pacific region including Japan, from the first half of 2019 to the first half of 2020, fuelled by "growing demand for critical infrastructure security in the region".

VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Global network protection vendor Claroty has recorded octuple annual recurring revenue growth year-over-year in the Asia Pacific region including Japan, from the first half of 2019 to the first half of 2020, fuelled by "growing demand for critical infrastructure security in the region".