The shopping bonanza that is Amazon Prime Day has arrived, with an argument by some out there that the best time to spend money in an inflationary environment is right now while it's still worth something. With online sales a great time to trade your plastic notes for real goods and services, what's on offer?



"Alexa, make me a coffee" – it's no longer the stuff of science fiction. With Lavazza and Amazon’s partnership, you can now genuinely have a voice-controlled smart assistant brewing you a tasty caffeinated beverage. It’s the first coffee machine with Alexa built-in, or “la prima machine da caffé con Alexa integrate” as the Italians might say.

The Oppo Reno8 Lite 5G marks the release of a model in this line in Australia after more than a year, with the device coming after three of the company's Find X flagship series were unveiled. The phone was launched in early June.

Security intelligence company LogRhythm has announced version 7.9 of its SIEM Platform and updates to LogRhythm NDR and LogRhythm UEBA.

After considering a range of products, pharmaceutical wholesaler and distributor Sigma Healthcare has selected and implemented Snowflake's data platform to help improve its data storage consolidation, access, and internal data sharing practices.

Approximately 900,000 Australian households still do not have an in-home internet connection despite an increase in remote learning, telehealth services, and work from home arrangements in the last two years, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network has revealed.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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