It's not tech related, but in this sentence, we salute Captain Sir Tom Moore, who succumed to COVID-19 at the age of 100 after raising tens of millions pounds for the UK's National Health Service (NHS), in what was an extraordinary life that saw him receive a knighthood, a No.1 single on the UK charts and an incredible legacy that will never be forgotten.

Amazon has announced that its founder, Jeff Bezos, will step down from the role of CEO later this year.



Global cyber security vendor Kaspersky has launched what it calls its Safer Tomorrow platform, a foretelling neural network that will attempt to answer the most significant questions about the future.

Global shipments of tablets had a big fourth quarter in 2020, with 19.5% year-on-year growth, translating to 52.2 million units, according to preliminary data from the technology research firm IDC.

Finnish telecommunications equipment vendor Nokia has teamed up with Vodafone to demonstrate a new passive optical network technology that can deliver speeds of up to 100Gbps on a single wavelength.

Cloud services and hosting provider Hostopia Australia has appointed IT industry expert Gerald Bachlmayr to a newly created role of Chief Architect - AWS Cloud.

Optus has introduced an interest-free device payment option - OptusPay - covering the purchase of all phones, tablets and wearables.

The global semiconductor market grew by 5.4% in 2020 the pandemic notwithstanding, pulling in US$442 billion (A$581 billion), a better than expected showing, the technology research firm IDC says.

And of course, there's plenty more today, so for all the news, please visit www.itwire.com.

Alex Zaharov-Reutt, Afternoon Newsletter Editor, iTWire


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