Digital rights organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia has urged Australians to comment on the government's draft encryption bill and ask Parliament to avoid mandating backdoors in applications that provide encryption.

Russia, Russia, Russia! In a bid to show how lax Google's policing of its ad service is, a non-profit group has bought divisive ads on the search engine's service using Russian roubles and an Russian IP address.

National broadband provider NBN Co has changed its stance on unmonitored medical alarms. The Government-owned company says it will now offer additional support for unmonitored medical alarm users who get connected to the network.

Swedish multinational telecommunications giant Ericsson has sealed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in US-based service assurance technology company Cenx.

Mobile World Congress Americas 2018, is on from 12 to 14 September, and "will focus on key themes in the wireless industry, including 5G network build-outs and go-to-market strategies as well as innovations that are advancing the Internet of Things".

AIOps. It's not the latest buzzword, but the use of "advanced algorithms and AI techniques for analysing big data from various IT and business operations tools, to speed service delivery, increase IT efficiency and deliver a superior user experience". Alex Zaharov-Reutt talks with CA’s Chris Kline about why AIOps is relevant.

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