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Australian law couldn’t block Google’s YouTube and DoubleClick purchases: ACCC chair
Rod Sims says the economy is too concentrated but the sorts of purchases that Google and Facebook have made in the past 10 years were fine when looked at transaction by transaction.
Read MoreRansomware threats mean SMBs must focus on cyber basics
Ransomware attacks are still a huge threat despite a decline in numbers. Focusing on the basics can deliver big gains for defenders.
Read MoreNSW government commits AU$192m to arm firefighters with new equipment
This will include upgrades to the aerial fleet, existing emergency infrastructure, and Fires Near Me app.
Read MoreeSafety thinks identity verification for social media would be impractical
Imagine making Facebook ask its 2.7 billion global users for 100 points of identification and forcing them to use their full legal name online.
Read MoreAustralia Post using its data to reject claims of unsafe postie practices
A pilot program is also underway with Google to allow the organisation to implement safer delivery practices for staff.
Read MoreUniti gains ACCC approval to operate on functionally separate basis
Company also in a bidding war to acquire the greenfields fibre company Opticomm.
Read MoreArtificial intelligence skills shortages re-emerge from hiatus
Two in five companies see lack of technical expertise as a roadblock to AI. It couldn’t come at a worse time.
Read MoreACCC on digital platforms: It’s not a case of Schumpeterian creative destruction
Senators, meanwhile, are concerned with the Media Bargaining Code becoming a ‘handbrake on diversity’.
Read MoreMozilla worried it could be collateral damage in Google anti-trust suit
Any potential enforcement action should not cause unintended harm to smaller players, the Firefox-maker states.
Read MoreAustralian government to review domestic payments system regulation
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the governance around the system has remained largely unchanged for over two decades.
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