Semiconductor manufacturers GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm are strengthening their existing strategic semiconductor manufacturing agreement, securing wafer supply commitments to support capacity expansion at GlobalFoundries’ facility in Malta, New York following the recent passage of the US Chips and Science Act last week.



Eighty-one percent of hacking-related breaches use stolen or weak passwords, according to American software company Ping Identity.

The Federal Government has killed off the COVIDSafe app that was built by the former Liberal administration, describing it as "wasteful and ineffective".

Shipments of foldable smartphones have been predicted to grow by 73% year-on-year in 2022, with the forecast from tech analyst firm Counterpoint Research rather coincidentally coming on the same day that Samsung launched its latest foldable devices in New York.

Global data centre capex is on track to reach US$377 billion ($541 billion) by 2026 with hyperscale cloud service providers accounting for more than half the market total, according to market firm Dell’Oro Group.

Merchants deploying soft POS solutions will surpass 34.5 million globally by 2027, rising from six million in 2022 driven by Apple’s entrance into the soft POS space enabling iOS users access a mobile POS solution, according to Juniper Research.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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