Android mobile apps are now being hijacked for mining. Mobile malware that mines for cryptocurrencies has been found in apps that are available on Google Play, the security firm Trend Micro reports.

Telecommunications regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) is contemplating whether certain industry functions, including the Do Not Call Register and sections of the Spam Act relating to electronic messaging should be self-regulated by industry.

Google and other Internet companies may soon have to reckon with lawsuits over sex trafficking if a Senate bill designed to combat the trade online is passed by the US Congress.

A Microsoft employee giving a presentation on installing Azure during the company's annual conference last month was forced to use rival Google's Chrome instead of Edge as the latter crashed on him.

ANZ is the lone one of Australia's big banks not to be involved in the development of a new banking app named Beem that will enable instant payments for all Australians, irrespective of whom they bank with.

If you have been waiting for Boost Mobile to make its response to all its MVNO competitors, including its "Belong" bedfellow, that day has finally come, today.

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