Published on the 20/01/2025 | Written by Newsdesk

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AppWrap January 2025

17.01 Canberra Commonwealth Bank of Australia customers will be able to share their Medicare credentials for identity verification in one of the first proof of concepts for the Trust Exchange (TEx). IDTechWire reports participants will be able to use the myGov app to scan a QR code and share verified information from a test Medicare card, with the bank receiving government-verified details, but not sensitive information such as Medicare numbers. TEx aims to reduce the need to share personal information and hard copy documents.

13.01 Microsoft 365 users have taken to Reddit to discuss ‘workarounds’ to avoid being automatically upgraded to more expensive Microsoft plans, featuring AI, after the vendor began hiking prices by up to 45 percent. Microsoft says existing subscribers on recurring billing can switch to plans without Copilot or AI credits, or for a limited time to M365 Personal Classic or Family Classic plans, but some users have complained that Microsoft hasn’t made it clear that automatically moving to the more expensive plans with AI features could be avoided, InformationAge reports.

06.01 Canberra-based hyperscale cloud computing provider Vault Cloud has received a $22.5 million investment from the National Reconstruction Fund. The investment is the first in the NRF’s defence capability priority area, the NRF says.