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GUEST OPINION:  Understanding the immediate impact of the recently announced Trump tariffs has many business leaders globally scrambling to see how it is going to affect them.

With the announcement that Australia will not be exempt from Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on Australian steel and aluminium manufacturers will need to manage the financial and operational impacts.

GUEST RESEARCH:  The vast majority of enterprise leaders (89%) say it is crucial that AI has the context of how their business runs if it is going to deliver meaningful results and increase operational efficiency, according to the Celonis 2025 Process Optimisation Report.

Celonis and PwC have joined forces to save companies millions of dollars – and will continue to do so having today announced an extension to their strategic partnership.

Celonis, the global leader in Process Mining and Process Intelligence, unveiled Networks at its global annual user conference, Celosphere. Celonis Networks extends Process Intelligence by connecting companies to each other. It creates a new level of shared process transparency beyond the borders of a single organization, so that every process, within and across companies, can be optimized. A prime use case is supply chain, where effective collaboration between suppliers and customers is crucial for a seamless end-to-end process. Celonis Networks is currently in beta.

Celonis, the global leader in process mining and process intelligence has unveiled its Agentc AI suite at its global annual user conference, Celosphere.

GUEST OPINION:  The surging popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy technologies serves as a clear signal of our society's transition toward achieving net-zero emissions. According to the International Energy Agency, consumer demand for EVs is set to grow 35 per cent in 2023 alone, with the market share for EVs rising from 4 per cent in 2020 to 14 per cent in 2022.

GUEST OPINION:  Streaming data, advanced analytics and AI mean fresh gains are possible from operational improvement programs

Australian data capture drone manufacturer Carbonix and digital infrastructure provider Hitachi Vantara have signed a memorandum of understanding following the latter's acquisition of a Carbonix Volanti all-electric fixed-wing uncrewed aerial vehicle.

Australian firm Fortescue Metals Group, one of the world’s largest and lowest cost producers of iron ore which is transitioning into a global green energy and metals company, has been hit by a data breach with the ransomware group Cl0p claiming it was behind the intrusion.

COMPANY NEWS: Aveva, a global leader in industrial software driving innovation and sustainability, today announced details of its participation as a key sponsor, exhibitor and conference speaker at this week’s Austmine 2023 conference being staged at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 9-11 May.

AWS has launched its first AWS Local Zones in Australia, based in Perth. The AWS Local Zone is an infrastructure that places AWS compute, storage, database, and other services closer to key customers allowing them to deploy apps that require single-digit millisecond latency.

RMIT University experts in diamond sensing technology have collaborated with an international research team of scientists who have taken a “promising step” towards a new generation of accurate, affordable and portable devices to detect concussion, epilepsy and dementia.

Australian computer vision and automation startup Black.ai has closed a $5.4 million seed-plus round led by Jelix Ventures, taking its total funding to $8.55 million.

Deakin University’s Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2) is collaborating with provider of digital technologies for mining, MineExcellence to support the mining sector in leveraging recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI).

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2022 has come out as 4.0%, which is a further drop from January’s 4.2%. It is the lowest jobless rate since August 2008 and the global financial crisis of that year and comes amid a further easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

TPG Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nokia as part of a new partnership to develop and deliver Mobile Private Network innovations for the mining and energy sectors.

Australian billionaire mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest AO has launched criminal action against Facebook over scam cryptocurrency advertisements that used his image, claiming Facebook has breached anti-money laundering laws.

Graphics processing unit designer NVIDIA has announced that it will be reducing the ethereum hash rate on its GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards which are due to be shipped later this month, to make them less attractive to cryptocurrency miners.

The value of bitcoin is likely to fall in coming days after Tesla owner Elon Musk announced on Thursday that the electric car manufacturer would no longer use the digital currency in its transactions.