Digital rights organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia says it is extremely concerned that the Australian Government is rushing the review of the proposed encryption bill, adding that both civil society and the technology industry have serious concerns about the bill.

Sydney-based workforce management software solution provider Deputy has closed a $111 million capital raising which has been billed as Australia’s largest ever Series B funding round.

Computer manufacturer Dell has reset all passwords for accounts on its dell.com site, after it became aware on 9 November that an attempt to exfiltrate data was taking place.

The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking the unsealing of records in a case where the US Government asked Facebook to break encryption on voice messages between users of its Messenger system, and was denied.

First phones, then tablets and now it is watches being offered on plans. Singtel Optus is offering the new Apple Watch to customers on a 24-month broadband plan, including the Optus Number Share at no cost.

Nokia and NBN Co, the company building Australia’s national broadband network, have announced another "significant milestone" in their partnership, with the deployment of the first G.fast-capable Distribution Point Units onto the NBN.

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