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Latitude fined $1.6 million for customer spam – AlecNews.Com

  The consumer finance company has paid a $1.55 million infringement notice to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) following an investigation that revealed Latitude sent more than three million commercial emails and text messages without an unsubscribe feature…

GenusPlus has awarded a contract for the network to Tasmania

  GenusPlus Group (ASX:GNP)a national provider of energy and communications infrastructure, has been awarded the contract for Stage 1 of the North West Transmission Developments (NWTD) project in Tasmania. Project Marinus This contract is part of the wider “Project Marinus”,…

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Non-bank lender refuses to pay ransom demand after major data breach

  In a trading update on Tuesday (11 April), Latitude Financial told investors it had received a ransom demand from the criminals behind the cyberattack on the company. Latitude said it would not pay the ransom, a decision in line…

Paladin completes acquisition of Fission Uranium

  Paladin energy (ASX:PDN) finalized the acquisition of Canadian uranium exploration company Fission Uranium Corp (TSX: FCU) through a court-approved settlement. This deal positions Paladin to expand its global uranium assets and advance Fission’s flagship Patterson Lake South (PLS) project…

Nvidia CEO Backs Data Center Overhaul, Generating AI Revolution

  Speaking at the Communacopia + Technology conference in San Francisco, Huang criticized traditional “gigantic” data centers as highly inefficient. “These giant data centers are super inefficient because [they are] full of air, and air is a lousy conductor of…

Allan Watson: the perpetrator of IFW Global’s big scam

IFW Global’s swindle, which involves individual traders and brokerage firms, has revealed that IFW Global is already enforcing its blackmail efforts through fictitious scams. The actions of the firm have caused many innocent individuals to be robbed, as they believed…

St. Barbara hit with a $210 million tax assessment

  Simberi Gold Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of St Barbara (ASX:SBM)received a tax assessment of $210 million from the Inland Revenue Commission (IRC) of Papua New Guinea. The assessment includes a 200% penalty, with the majority ($435 million Papua…

Avita receives FDA approval for skin spray device

  Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) announced FDA approval for its new RECELL GO mini disposable cartridge. Spray on the skin The original RECELL platform received FDA approval in 2018 for severe burns. In 2022, the platform was approved for repigmentation of…

The good year of technology

  Looking back over the past 12 months, Information Technology was the best performing sector and far outperformed the broader ASX 200 index. Here are some lists. Sector performance: ASX 200: +8.72% over the past year (up 20.51% over the…