Apple was the leading buyer of semiconductor chips in 2020, being responsible for 11.9% of the global market, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that these figures are preliminary.



The three months between October and December 2020 showed a drop in complaints rates for Australia’s telecommunications service providers to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), according to the telecoms industry peak body Communications Alliance.

Australia’s Academic and Research Network AARNet has launched high-bandwidth services delivering one Terabit per second on the AARNet spectrum of the new Japan-Guam-Australia South subsea cable system (JGA South) connecting Sydney, Australia and Piti, Guam.

Polish video game developer CD Projekt, a company that is known for its game series The Witcher and the CyberPunk 2077 project, says it has suffered an attack from unspecified ransomware, but claims that users' personal data has not been affected.

More than 1400 students in Jimboomba and Toowoomba in Queensland are set to participate in a free in-school program that supports young people to be safe, responsible and positive online.

Westpac has announced new measures intended to reduce the use of online and mobile banking to send abusive messages.

Australian cloud services start-up Digital Renewal (DigiRen) has appointed Paul O'Rourke as its CEO.

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Stephen Withers, Morning Newsletter Editor, iTWire


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