A British tech researcher, who quit working as a security threat analyst with Microsoft a few months back, has called on his former employer to act speedily to remove links to ransomware on its Office365 platform.



The chief of Australia’s competition watchdog, Rod Sims believes that the most hotly debated issue in competition law around the world is whether ex ante regulation of particular digital platforms is needed.

Component shortages have ensured that third-quarter global smartphone shipments would fall, with the technology analyst firm Canalys reporting a drop of 6% for the three months ending in September, according to preliminary figures issued on Friday. The second quarter had witnessed a drop of 20.4%.

The Oppo A94 5G is the third low-budget model from this Chinese vendor released this year, and also the most expensive of the lot, the others being the A54 5G and A74 5G.

Reddit's first new feature for two years is Predictions – a competitive environment for tipping the outcome of an event or conversation.

Another Australian tech company has fallen into overseas hands with the acquisition of cloud and licensing specialist rhipe by Norway-based services company Crayon.

Commerce platform Shopify launches its first ERP program in partnership with Microsoft and Oracle to offer tools and insights required to easily manage and readjust the operations of retail and e-commerce businesses.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire

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