The Australia Communications and Media Authority has fined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) a record of $3.55 million after it sent more than 65 million emails that did not comply with Australia’s spam laws.



The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in a draft decision has rejected NBN Co’s proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking (SAU), the framework outlining pricing and service standards through to 2040—a response commended by telco alliance Commpete.

Industrial cybersecurity company Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee sent an email to the company today (US time), to share the news about a layoff of 50 Dragos employees. Details include why this decision, was necessary .

At the recent NetEvents global media summit in San Jose, Professor Martin Curley outlined his reasons that the healthcare is around ten years behind other industries in the path to digitalisation.

Australia’s tech sector continues to experience a severe skills shortage, with particularly strong demand for expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber security, according to the latest survey from the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).

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

Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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