The emergence of 5G and the use of smartphone cameras and other devices is set to bring significant change to consumer shopping habits and the retail sector, according to newly released research.

Australian semiconductor IoT start-up Morse Micro has secured $23.8 million in Series A funding to take its ultra low power Wi-Fi HaLow chip to mass production.

A number of information security professionals in the US have sharply criticised The New York Times over an article it ran recently, claiming that a ransomware attack on local government offices in Baltimore, Maryland, was carried out through the use of a leaked NSA exploit known as EternalBlue.

The Snowy Monaro Regional Council in the Snowy Mountains and Monaro region of NSW has selected software applications and managed services vendor Civica to meet its current and future ICT needs.

Accounting software provider Reckon has released a free single touch payroll mobile app before new regulations from the Australian Taxation Office take effect on 1 July.

Telecommunications provider Singtel Optus has cut a deal with the West Australian Government to upgrade 11 satellite small cells across regional WA so that 4G coverage can be provided to some of the state's most remote communities.

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