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Aussie Broadband gives customers a chance to collectively buy a quarter of AU$40m IPO
Existing customers able to take a AU$10,000 stake as company hits the ASX.
Read MoreAlibaba unveils Cloud 2.0, Wuying cloud computer, and Xiaomanlv logistics robot
CTO Jeff Zhang said his company wants to make cloud technology accessible to everyone.
Read MoreNational Farmer’s Federation to run and design Australia’s regional digital tech hub
Elsewhere, Optus has switched on its 100th mobile blackspot site.
Read MoreGNOME drops 3.x versioning to shift to GNOME 40 for next release
New versioning scheme seen as a way to decouple GNOME and GTK versions.
Read MoreGrab must review data policies following security breaches
Singapore orders Grab to put in place a “data protection by design policy” after the mobile app platform breaches the country’s personal data protection laws multiple times, which security observers say indicate the need for a “serious review”.
Read MoreAdobe out-of-band patch released to tackle Media Encoder vulnerabilities
The bugs could be exploited to leak information.
Read MoreFacebook says it shouldn’t be the arbiters of truth when it comes to political advertising
Also says 1.5 billion fake accounts were removed during the quarter of the 2019 Australian federal election.
Read MoreNew MrbMiner malware has infected thousands of MSSQL databases
A hacker group is brute-forcing MSSQL servers with weak passwords and installing crypto-mining malware.
Read MoreServices Australia to introduce self-service kiosks and track wait times at service centres
It touts the solutions would help improve face-to-face citizen service delivery.
Read MoreThe idea of consent works its way back into Australia’s data-sharing Bill
Exposure draft of the Bill includes the requirement for consent unless unreasonable or impracticable.
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