The Federal Government has proposed stricter rules for social media services, data brokers and other large online platforms operating in Australia.



Digital identity verification specialist OCR Labs has launched its self-service verification of identity SaaS product.

Security tool vendor Snyk recently added code scanning to its range of tools for DevSecOps practitioners.

COMPANY NEWS: The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employees Enterprises named enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources Workday as a Leader for the sixth consecutive year, with the highest overall Ability To Execute.

Western Australia’s homegrown spacecraft, Binar-1, has made first contact with ground control at Curtin University, after it was launched into low orbit from the International Space Station two weeks ago.

Personal services businesses, such as hairdressers and beauty salons, in Victoria welcomed a 481 per cent increase in sales in their first weekend post-lockdown compared with the previous weekend, according to Commonwealth Bank merchant terminal data.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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