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AI

The Microsoft AI Assistant That Quietly Runs Up a Bill

15 Jun 2026

You can create a custom AI assistant using Microsoft 365’s Copilot that answers questions about your company documents. However, be cautious of unexpected billing due …

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Business

The Empty Seats

04 Jun 2026

How Australia’s performance venues — and the companies that play in them — can welcome the audience that stopped coming back

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AI

“Make No Mistakes” and Other Things That Don’t Work

30 May 2026

There’s a running joke online that the trick to getting good work out of ChatGPT or Claude is to tell it to “make no mistakes.” …

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Business Continuity

Microsoft 365 phishing is spreading through church organisations. Here’s how to spot it.

14 May 2026

Over the past week we’ve watched a phishing campaign tear through Sydney’s Christian church networks. It’s clever, it’s working, and your email filter won’t stop …

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AI

Securing your business in the AI Era

06 May 2026

Join Andrew Yager and Phil Meyer from Catalyst 345 as they talk about how to use the Microsoft Ecosystem to deliver Secure AI in your …

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AI

Did your AI tooling just make that up?

22 Apr 2026

I used to be able to spot an LLM hallucination a mile away. The writing had a whiff about it — too confident, slightly off-topic, …

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Business

Introducing Lux Imperium: A New Era in Lighting and Venue Infrastructure

09 Apr 2025

Real World Group is excited to unveil Lux Imperium, a dynamic new brand set to redefine lighting, immersive experiences, and venue infrastructure. Lux Imperium integrates …

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Business

Enhance Website Speed and Performance with LightSpeed Web Hosting Upgrade

10 Jun 2024

We’re thrilled to announce significant updates to our web hosting platform that will enhance your website’s performance and user experience. We’ve upgraded the base operating …

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Case Studies

Real World powers the Tekno Train

20 May 2024

If you’re heading out to Vivid Sydney this year, you can’t miss the Tekno Train – an immersive sound and lighting experience. And what makes …

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Company News

Deprecation of mail relay gateways

30 Jan 2024

Starting February 2024, Real World will be deprecating our mail relay gateways. Mail Relay gateways have provided a convenient method for customers to relay email …

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Company News

Changes to outgoing calls using a Telstra number from 7th August 2023

27 Jul 2023

On 7th August 2023, Telstra will implement their verification IVR for geographic numbers owned by Telstra on most outgoing calls.

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Business

Karl is now an OpenStack Helm Core Maintainer

05 May 2023

We’re passionate about Open Source at Real World, and we’re thrilled that one of our systems engineers, Karl Kloppenborg, has been appointed to the OpenStack …

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