Search giant Google has been testing the blocking of news for some users in Canada ahead of the date for online news legislation to come into force.



URLs embedded in phishing emails as an initial means of engaging the intended victim have reached those intended victims at a much higher rate than attachments used for the same purpose, according to a new report from security firm Cofense.

Data infrastructure company Equinix has unveiled the availability of AWS Direct Connect, enabling up to 100Gbps capacity directly to the new Melbourne region to support customers’ private connectivity needs to AWS.

For Australians, having a high-speed internet trumps a clean house and weekly laundry on any other day.

Social news reading and sharing app Artifact has launched on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. It lets you share news, see what's trending among your friends, and generally make news social. You could say it's like Instagram but for news, and no surprise there because the app is from the Instagram co-founders themselves.

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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