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Checkout attacks and traffic spikes are being absorbed automatically, helping Blackpepper keep retail sites online and revenue flowing.
The new role is aimed at helping the Sydney-based firm scale beyond Australia as demand rises for AI and digital transformation projects.
Uncertainty over Middle East routes is pushing more New Zealanders to travel agents, with 82% now avoiding the region, TAANZ says.
The hire is meant to sharpen the consultancy's North American push as clients demand clearer returns from AI and transformation spending.
Marketers can now get faster readouts from Test Your Ad as System1 layers AI summaries and predictive scoring onto its consumer-based testing.
Institutional investors can now keep crypto assets in cold storage while accessing liquidity, reducing counterparty risk and pre-funding needs.
Healthcare advertisers in India and New Zealand will face tighter checks before using Google Ads, as LegitScript widens its certification scheme.
Finance teams could cut manual close work as Trintech embeds AI guidance, risk checks and auto-matching into existing workflows.
Australian builders are using more model-based workflows, but rising data-control fears and AI rules are slowing wider gains.
Retail media helped SharkNinja lift unit sales by 12 per cent at Noel Leeming, with Facebook ad spend returning more than USD $15 per dollar.
Western Australian enterprises and agencies can now keep SASE traffic local, easing compliance and latency concerns under tighter data rules.
The recognition may make it easier for advisers to place clients with Aware Super, as its member numbers using them have almost doubled since June 2024.
Disconnected systems are driving up costs for logistics firms, with simple delivery queries sometimes taking teams hours to resolve.
Audio-only listening is now easier for millions of users as video controls roll out globally across Spotify's app and devices.
Well chosen fixtures can turn a plain stairway into a focal point, while also improving safety and making each step easier to see.
Thousands of student placement claims were paid and screened out in the scheme’s first six months, easing compliance pressure on universities.
Councils can now flag suspicious invoice changes before funds are paid, after Queensland authorities lost millions to email compromise scams.
Almost nine in 10 New Zealanders worry about online identity theft as Experian says fraud losses and AI scams are climbing.
Manual intervention after document capture is a costly bottleneck for AP and claims teams, which the new tool aims to remove.
The app’s 3 million users will see no immediate changes as ownership shifts to Bolt Group, with the deal due to complete by June.
