Edge NPU benchmarks lie. Here is why.
A new arXiv paper shows edge NPU rankings reverse depending on benchmark method. What integrators should test before committing hardware.
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On intelligence systems, defence AI, and sovereign capability.
ONVIF signs video at the camera. Can it survive deepfakes?
ONVIF Media Signing adds cryptographic signatures to surveillance video in the camera. What it means for evidence and Australian integrators.
ReadThe $20 AI seat is being pulled apart
GitHub Copilot, Ollama, and LM Studio now price AI on different logic: credits, tokens, or hardware. What it costs Australian SMEs in 2026.
ReadAustralian AI adoption hit 88%. Integration lags
CPA Australia's 2026 report: 88% of Australian businesses use AI, 10% embedded it deeply, and Australia trails every regional peer on integration.
ReadAustralian government AI rules tighten in December
Mandatory AI impact assessments for government agencies take effect 15 December 2026. What agencies and their automation suppliers must do now.
ReadYour privacy policy needs an AI clause by December
APP 1.7 takes effect 10 December 2026. Australian businesses using AI or automated tools that touch personal data must disclose them in privacy policies.
ReadEmail triage that survives a real inbox
LLM email classification hits 96% in benchmarks. Production inboxes are messier. What works, what breaks, and where the human stays in the loop.
ReadXero API access costs money now. What to do about it.
Xero started charging $2.40/GB for API data egress in March 2026. What the new pricing tiers cost and how to architect integrations around the change.
ReadData residency rules just got real for SME integrators
Australia's whole-of-government cloud policy is live. What it means for SMEs connecting Xero, CRMs, and LLMs to government data.
ReadDocument extraction for SMEs: invoices to data
Most AU businesses pay $12-15 to process a single invoice by hand. Extraction cuts that to under $3. The pipeline, the build cost, where it fails.
ReadDTA Showcase: how AI SMEs land government buyers
The DTA AI Government Showcase opens expressions of interest for Australian SMEs. What the procurement path looks like from the inside.
ReadSelf-hosted vs SaaS automation: AU SME cost and sovereignty
Zapier bills scale with tasks and your data lives offshore. A self-hosted n8n instance on a $20 VPS does the same work under your control.
ReadYour accounting data is heading into LLMs
MYOB and Xero are connecting accounting data to AI models. What that integration looks like and what it costs your business in data risk.
ReadSolar ANPR quietly shifts WA Police rollout
WA Police are deploying Genetec Cloudrunner solar LPR cameras via CMAK Technologies. The case study was pulled. Here is what the rollout reveals.
ReadABS says 12% use AI. Others say 66%
The ABS reports 12% of Australian businesses use AI. Deloitte says two-thirds. The gap tells you more about measurement than adoption.
ReadMYOB shows $4.8B accounting AI adoption gap
MYOB survey finds 49% of accounting firms can't figure out how to apply AI. The tools exist. The revenue is real. The barrier is implementation.
ReadLegacy systems hide Australia's security gaps
ASPI report: 40% of targeted vulnerabilities hit end-of-life systems. Exploit time has fallen from 63 to 5 days. What Australian organisations should do.
ReadAustralian SME AI spending hits 30 percent
SMB AI adoption in Australia jumped from 22% to 31% in six months. Average Anthropic spend among paying businesses now $1,082/month.
ReadThe Marines' $10 answer to the drone problem
US Marine Corps selects the Bullfrog autonomous weapon system for counter-drone defence. A $10 cost-per-kill against threats that cost millions to stop.
ReadWA facial recognition: the systems behind it
WA Police's NEC NeoFace trial scanned 131,000 faces in week one. The data pipeline, system integrations, and what the PRIS Act covers.
ReadWhat cardboard drones teach us about capability
Sypaq's Corvo cardboard drone costs $3,500, flies 120km, and assembles with tape and glue. What Australian SMEs can learn from disposable capability.
ReadWiFi HaLow: the IoT protocol nobody talks about
WiFi HaLow (802.11ah) runs on 900MHz, covers 1km+ per access point, handles thousands of IoT nodes on standard IP. Why it matters for Australian deployments.
ReadWhat AUKUS Pillar 2 means for defence AI
Defence awarded $6.2M to BAE, L3Harris, and Mission Systems for AUKUS undersea autonomous systems. What the contracts signal for Australian industry.
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