Controversial changes to laws aimed at controlling threats of spying, foreign interference and sabotage in the telecommunications sector have been passed by the Australian parliament.

Australia's fourth largest telco Vocus Group faces a proposed shareholder class action conducted by a top law firm over allegedly misleading investors.

Spotify users have been targeted by a new scam doing the rounds which attempts to steal personal identity information.

With Google having resuscitated its Glass wearable for the enterprise space via some much needed maintenance, we can start an artificially intelligent dialog about some very interesting progress.

Ericsson and Zenuity are collaborating to develop the “Zenuity Connected Cloud” and accelerate the speed to market for self-driving cars, as well as new vehicle safety technologies, in-vehicle software, safety data and IoT with end-to-end security.

A truly foldable smartphone still seems as far away as a roll-up TV or twistable tablet, but Samsung suggests a Note with a “bendable display” might show up in 2018.

Microsoft has issued a patch to fix a flaw in its Office suite that was being used to spread spyware known as FINSPY.

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