Utilities stories
The partnership gives Australian operators local access to a hybrid heavy-lift drone suited to mining, maritime and bushfire work across the region.
Technicians are losing up to two hours a day to admin, squeezing capacity and worsening delays as labour shortages bite across essential industries.
More than 2,500 gigawatts of projects are stuck in connection queues as the open source hub aims to cut grid planning costs and delays.
Boards are being pushed to set clear controls as AI decisions spread beyond cyber teams and into daily work, raising governance and outage risks.
Regulated firms can now track shadow AI as RSA says Agent ID will help banks and public bodies assign owners and approvals to agents.
That caution could slow adoption, as 46% of middle managers want a human involved in security-sensitive AI decisions, versus 24% of executives.
AI tools have helped the mapping platform top 220,000 users across 60 countries, with daily sign-ups now above 100.
Rising cyber threats and ageing systems are leaving utilities exposed, with only about a third of leaders feeling ready for external risks.
The new models aim to give utilities, emergency crews and factory teams tougher, better-connected kit for work away from the office.
Cost-of-living pressures pushed more Australians to use Zip for bills, insurance and home maintenance, lifting spend per customer 15.4%.
Fewer than half of invoices were paid on time as cash flow pressure intensified, with overdue payments and tax defaults both climbing.
Australian operators faced the highest alert volumes per organisation as attackers increasingly targeted connected industrial systems and critical infrastructure.
It aims to reduce safety and audit risks in sectors such as mining and care by showing whether workers are actually cleared for each job.
Rising infrastructure work in Queensland has prompted the consultancy to expand its Brisbane team to more than 24 staff since 2021.
Residents will be consulted before councillors decide whether selling the 4.96% stake could boost returns and trim debt costs.
The deal gives UK businesses a way to test defences more regularly as 71% of CIOs report a cyber incident in the past year.
The venture enters a fast-growing market with 7.5 GWh already lined up in Australia as coal closures lift demand for grid-scale storage.
Buyers could spend less time trawling separate planning, titles and valuation systems as AI begins joining up property records across Australia's states.
The hire is aimed at deepening Gallagher's foothold in NSW and the ACT, with a focus on bigger customers in data centres, government and utilities.
Field crews can work longer between charges as the new model adds hot-swappable batteries, 5G and local AI processing for remote sites.
