New iPads with Face ID, no home button and slim bezels are expected at Apple's next event this month, with suggestions the Mac mini, a new MacBook and the PowerMat charger are also due. Meanwhile the new iPhone XR models are now available for pre-order from the big 3 carriers.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has taken the unusual step of asking Bloomberg to retract a story it published earlier this month, claiming that his firm was among companies that were exposed to spying through chips implanted on server mainboards made by US company Supermicro Computer.

Communications Alliance chief John Stanton has questioned the Federal Government's claims about having consulted widely before drafting its encryption bill, pointing out during a parliamentary hearing that he had had just a single meeting with a representative of the attorney-general's office in the run-up to the release of the public draft of the bill.

Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee is working on a new approach to data storage that puts control back in the hands of individual users and provides a foundation for new kinds of collaboration software.

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has filed a lawsuit against Ecuador, accusing the government of violating his fundamental rights and freedoms.

Australian banking solutions supplier Ultradata has committed to extend its partnership with G&C Mutual Bank for the delivery of technology utilising a new cloud based core banking solution and associated digital services.

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