The Federal Government says the growing shift to use of online services by Australians during the COVID 19 pandemic demonstrates the critical role of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in boosting the nation’s productivity, connectivity and social cohesion.

Digital rights organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia has called for a detailed examination of the robodebt fiasco so that there would be an understanding of how so many people were incorrectly asked to repay money to the government.

Smartphone sales to end users fell globally by 20.2% in the first quarter of 2020 year-on-year, the technology research firm Gartner says, attributing this decline to both the lockdown and the economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO has launched the A72 in Australia, another device aimed at the low end of the market, with the RRP being $299. It will be sold exclusively by Optus on pre-paid plans from 9 June.

Australia's biggest supercomputing facility, NCI, which is housed at the Australian National University has named its newest research supercomputer with a name from the language of the Ngunnawal people of the Canberra region to mark National Reconciliation Week.

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