The Australian consumer watchdog has taken Facebook parent Meta to the Federal Court, accusing the company of placing false, misleading or deceptive ads for cryptocurrencies featuring Australian celebrities.



Aussie Broadband’s managing director Phillip Britt has warned the telco industry is holding its breath waiting for the new NBN Special Access Undertaking.

The latest release of the Progress WhatsUp Gold IT infrastructure monitoring software arrives less than six months after Progress' acquisition of WhatsUp developer Kemp, and delivers integration with the Progress Flowmon and LoadMaster monitoring tools.

Microsoft for Startups partners with ASX-listed Ansarada to make it easier and faster for startups to raise capital and grow their business.

Commpete chair Michelle Lim used an event in Melbourne to call out outdated policies within the telecommunications sector that are “holding back much-needed innovation”. Lim also used the event to announce Commpete’s top five priorities for 2022.

Shipments of personal computers in China grew by 9% or by 16.5 million units in the final quarter of 2021, making the figure for the whole year a record 57 million units, an increase of 10% year-on-year, figures from the technology analyst firm Canalys show. Tablets were not included in the count.

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