Moonshot's giant new model puts open-weight AI back in the spotlight. For Australian enterprises, the sovereignty story matters more than the model.

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1Password just gave Claude access to Australian logins without the passwords — right as Canberra moves toward mandatory AI rules.

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Viettel is gaining early access to Qualcomm’s developing 6G platform, but the agreement does not yet amount to a commercial chipset or network launch.

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China is considering tighter controls on AI models, training data, and chip designs, potentially limiting how Chinese technology reaches global users.

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Aurum PropTech is buying Housing.com in a $47.5 million all-stock deal, but the harder test will be integrating its platforms and customer data securely.

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TSMC reportedly plans chip manufacturing price increases of up to 10% in 2027 as rising costs and global expansion reshape semiconductor production.

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The European Commission has fined Alibaba €550 million under the Digital Services Act, the largest penalty issued under the law so far.

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Google’s air-gapped Gemini deployment in India gives regulated organizations more control over sensitive AI workloads, but access, updates, compliance, and auditability still require scrutiny.

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Moonshot AI’s 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 raises China’s open-model ambitions while posing major infrastructure and cost questio

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TSMC plans four more Arizona fabs, bringing its total US investment to $265 billion and expanding chip capacity amid surging AI demand and geopolitical risk.

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Uber’s $14.8 billion Delivery Hero acquisition would expand its global delivery business and intensify consolidation across Europe and Asia.

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Apple Intelligence cleared a China approval hurdle, with Alibaba’s Qwen and Baidu set to support AI features for iPhone users in mainland China.

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China recovered a Long March 10B booster after an orbital launch, testing a net-based system that could help lower launch costs and support reusable rockets.

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Microsoft’s Workplace Check-in feature brings office-location sharing into Teams, giving APAC employers new technical, privacy and workforce-policy decisions to address.

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A Telstra software defect disrupted mobile services, rail communications, payments, and emergency calls across Australia, exposing infrastructure risks.

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China warned organizations to remove certain Claude Code versions over alleged backdoor risks, while Anthropic called the feature anti-abuse protection.

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Samsung Heavy Industries plans to commercialize a floating AI data center by 2028 as power, land, and cooling constraints squeeze AI infrastructure.

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Australia’s under-16 social media ban faces scrutiny after testers found major platforms did not ask for age proof.

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Apple is restoring card payments for users in India after updating its systems to comply with RBI tokenization rules.

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