A patent that has come to light indicates that Apple will be next to market with a foldable phone, the website Telecoms reports. But this is no indication that the iPhone maker will leap into the market for this kind of phone any time soon.

WikiLeaks publisher and founder Julian Assange has been moved to health ward of Belmarsh Prison where he is incarcerated for jumping bail, with the whistleblower organisation expressing "grave concerns" about the state of his health.

The INDIGO subsea cable system linking Australia with the Southeast Asian region has been commissioned and is ready for use by consortium members, following completion of the Singapore to Perth to Sydney cables.

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission's Landing Pad in Singapore has unveiled eight start-ups in the fields of cyber security, fintech and human resources tech. They will be based in the city state while undergoing a 90-day customised residency program.

National Australia Bank, Bank Leumi of Israel and US financial services group CIBC have launched a global online portal aimed at driving client-focused innovation by facilitating collaboration between the banks and financial technology firms.

Australia stands sixth in average mobile download speeds among 87 countries surveyed by Opensignal, a company that has measured the mobile network experience in these nations, for its State of Mobile Network Experience report.

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