SYDNEY—May 20, 2026—Confluent, an IBM company and the data streaming pioneer, today announced new capabilities inConfluent Intelligence andConfluent Cloud that streamline how real-time artificial intelligence (AI) applications are built and secured. These updates remove the security and complexity barriers that stop organisations from moving AI workloads into the real world: “Most AI projects fail before they reach a…
For thirty years, the media and marketing industries have measured brand impact through a consistent family of metrics. Reach. Frequency. Impressions. Share of voice. These metrics assumed a model of consumer attention in which a person saw an ad, read an article, or scanned a search result — and then, somewhere downstream, made a decision…
1. The report highlights a gap between AI ambition and readiness. What are the main challenges preventing healthcare organisations from scaling AI safely? Kyndryl’s Healthcare Readiness Report shows that 76% of organisations report having more AI pilots than they can scale. The ambition is clearly there, but what’s holding organisations back is, more often than not, compliance…
Melbourne, Australia — May 14, 2026 — Xero (ASX: XRO), the global small business platform, today announced the launch of XeroForce, a natural language custom AI agent builder for the financial workflows of small businesses and accountants. Using simple prompts, customers can create custom agents on top of Xero and third party apps they use to turn…
VidCruiter Launches AI Interview Scoring to Bring Explainable Hiring Automation, a new platform that promises rubric‑driven, auditable AI evaluation of pre‑recorded video interviews, aiming to dissolve the long‑standing speed‑versus‑consistency trade‑off in high‑volume recruiting. What VidCruiter announced On May 13, 2026, VidCruiter unveiled AI Interview Scoring, an add‑on to its existing video interviewing suite. The feature applies a…
By Anthony Daniel, Managing Director, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, WatchGuard Technologies Every year, Anti-Ransomware Day arrives with the same familiar advice: patch your systems, back up your data, and train your employees. Those fundamentals still matter, but ransomware has evolved far beyond opportunistic attacks and phishing emails. Today’s attackers operate more patiently…
As more companies implement AI to automate tasks, many tech-forward business leaders are touting the promise of “freeing up” employees for more creative and impactful work. However, much of this automation is streamlining work done by entry-level employees, who may not have the skills to step into those new roles and responsibilities. Gen Z employees…
AI is becoming a profitability question for Australian law firms Australian law firms are confident about their future, but LEAP Legal Software’s Profitability in Law: Global Report 2026 shows pricing pressure, administrative workload and uneven AI adoption are changing how firms think about growth. TechEdge AI spoke with Carly Stebbing, Head of Employment Law at…
A last-minute meeting hits your calendar: “URGENT: Client Issue, Transaction Freeze.” You join and learn the AI fraud detection system your team deployed froze a multimillion-dollar transaction from a long-time client. The account team has escalated. Legal’s asking questions. The client wants an explanation. Your team doesn’t have one. Moments like this are becoming routine….
