Global technology consultancy Thoughtworks has been selected by the New South Wales Government to develop and deploy the “world’s first” digital birth certificate which it says will provide citizens with highly-secure, anytime, anywhere access.



SAS has concluded its major annual global forum event for another year, bringing with it a range of announcements including the return on investment acceleration for customers using SAS’ cloud-first portfolio, the SAS 360 Match first-party ad-serving platform for video-on-demand providers, and the batting lab showing kids the value of data and analytics.

SAS CTO Bryan Harris is on a personal mission. He wants humans at the centre of the innovation process, and he wants ethics in data. AI applied to healthcare and surgery may need to know someone’s gender and ethnicity, but AI applied to home loans should not use that as a factor at all. Harris is making clear irresponsible AI is right in his crosshairs.

Data analytics and brand consulting company Kantar has begun measuring Australians' consumption of streamed entertainment.

Sony says its latest WH-1000XM5 wireless headphones provide industry-leading noise cancelling and audio quality.

Tech giants Telstra, Google, and Accenture are developing a new 5G powered AR wayfinding experience at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne that superimposes digital information onto a real-world environment.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire



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