Telstra continues to dominate the market for services on the NBN, well ahead of all other telcos, with just under half of the services nationally and an even greater share in regional Australia.

The ephemeral nature of cryptocurrencies has been underlined this morning by two stories: one claims bitcoin and most other cryptocurrencies will hit zero, while the other says the cryptocurrency market could hit US$1 trillion this year with bitcoin surging to US$50,000.

Google's Android mobile operating system now presents attackers with a bigger threat opportunity than even Windows PCs, in terms of shipments, usage, installed base and the number of vulnerable targets, it has been claimed.

The algorithm used by YouTube to recommend videos related to one that a user is viewing appears to often lead to conspiracy theories, partisan viewpoints and misleading clips, even though the viewer has not shown any interest in that kind of content.

A small Australian company based in Sydney is playing a crucial role in helping spies and law enforcement to break into smartphones and also supplying them zero-day exploits, a report claims.

Networking product vendor D-Link announced today two affordable HD Wi-Fi cameras are joining its stable of smart home security solutions, with full Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and IFTTT support.

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