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Microsoft forces new browser on Windows users

Don’t want it? Too bad – you can’t remove it.

Meet Australia's youngest self-made billionaire

Afterpay's share price has gone from less than $8 to a whopping $66.
Police hack criminal encrypted chat service

Hundreds arrested after anonymous phone service breached.

IT workers 'confident' despite recession

LinkedIn data shows positive outlook.
Woolworths, the Spammy People, cops $1m fine

Breached the Spam Act more than 5 million times.
RIP Segway: 2001-2020

The futuristic human transporter is no more.
Govt goes high tech with $270b defence spend

New focus on autonomous systems, space, and cyber.
India bans TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps

Seeks cyberspace sovereignty.
NBN is now legally obliged to give you internet

Must provide at least 25Mbps downloads.
Consumer Data Right debuts amid privacy concerns

Experts warn new flexibility comes with security risks.
Why digital literacy must begin in the classroom

And why teachers need to know what they’re talking about.
Cyber security: $1.35 billion and 500 jobs

The government goes in hard.
Australian cities languish on startups ranking list

Sydney slips four places, Melbourne named a runner-up.
Microsoft to shut retail stores worldwide

Four stores, including Sydney, converted to “experience centres”.
UTS, Telstra tap micro-credentials for post-COVID skills

Offer short courses on analytics, AI, machine learning.
Amazon to open first Australian robotic warehouse

Construction is underway on the automated ‘fulfilment centre’.
US suspends travel for visa holders

Tech companies unable to bring in workers from overseas.
German fintech misplaces $3b, goes bust

Wirecard CEO arrested amid accounting scandal.
Facebook folds on Trump posts after advertiser boycott

Hate speech will be flagged with “no exceptions”.
Threat intelligence portal wins big

A place businesses can swap cyber attack intel.
Sydney’s Tech Central to rival Silicon Valley

Australia's biggest technology hub is coming.
Australia’s cyber heavyweight

Brisbane company ranked amongst the world’s best.
Apple redefining the desktop computer

Is tech giant eyeing a hand-controlled computer?
Workers looking to switch industries post-COVID

Tech sector ripe for new hires.
Standards Australia to set cyber security standards

New task force to establish baseline.
Poor tech blamed for businesses losing customers

Many caught off-guard by pandemic.
Australia climbs supercomputer ranks

Gadi is the fastest in the Southern Hemisphere.
The text translator bolstering COVID-19 recovery

A boon for hotels, call centres and councils.
Steps towards a new ACS constitution

Where to from here?
Cost of IT degree to drop 20 per cent

Govt attempts to push graduates into ‘jobs of the future’.
Update from ACS Congress

Constitution reform was on the agenda.
Email scams skyrocket to $132m

Invoices being intercepted and changed.
Startups next to be hit by IT layoffs

Next wave of redundancies will hit smaller firms, claims report.
NSW to spend $1.6b on digital infrastructure

Digital Restart Fund sees big spend on services and cyber.
UK ditches contact tracing app

Turns to Apple and Google.
Australia under cyber attack

PM refuses to rule out China.
Cryptocurrency booms during pandemic

Kraken the latest to enter Australia.
Lime knew scooters had safety fault

It just didn’t forewarn consumers.
ACS changes migration skills assessment

Cyber security becomes its own occupation discipline.
Headless robot dog can be yours for $110,000

First Boston Dynamics robot goes on sale.
Victorian govt turns venture capitalist

Wants to invest $250m in business and take a stake.
Australia's top 25 analytics leaders announced

Industry professionals recognised in annual list.
Don't leave AI regulation just up to big tech

EU closes in on rules for artificial intelligence.
Pig mask and funeral wreath in eBay cyberstalking

Executives savagely bullied couple who were critical of the company.
Australia's mission control blasts off

Green light for Adelaide Space Operations Centre.
I had to completely reskill and embrace uncertainty

How a life-altering accident pivoted a chef to IT.
IBM's cloud blues

Global outage blamed on network provider.
COVID-19 reshapes the way Australia innovates

We should double down on remote working.
Tech giants halt AI sales to police

Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM call for more regulation.
Twitter shuts down 30,000+ propaganda accounts

Linked to China, Russia and Turkey governments.
Huge hacker-for-hire operation exposed

Obscure Indian tech company spied on thousands.
Fisher and Paykel hit by ransomware

Corporate data dropped on dark web.
Vale Alan Coulter

Former ACS President and computer pioneer passes.
Digital skills critical for Industry 4.0

VET sector must prepare workers of the future.
Programmers suffer through pandemic

Survey finds low productivity and well-being among developers.
Microsoft AI editors fail – again

Human staff told to remove negative stories.
How to share COVID-19 data safely

World-first Australian framework tested during pandemic.