Hi John, Is Optus’ World Cup spoilerific coverage set to be infuriating? Does Optus have any strategy at all regarding spoiling games for its viewers in Australia? asks Nick Ross, as the World Cup gets underway in Russia.
At last week's hearing of the joint standing committee on Australia's national broadband network, the NBN, Associate Professor Mark Gregory of RMIT University was repeatedly questioned about his political affiliations, after he had made a fairly robust opening statement. Telstra has begun lab tests of a 2Gbps 4G service, and expects to deploy the technology before the end of 2018. Intel has revealed details of yet another vulnerability in its Core-based processor line, an information leak caused by speculative execution that affects operating systems which use lazy FPU context switching. 103 Australian primary and secondary schools will receive a polymer 3D printer from GE as part of its "Additive Education Program", in what is the largest such rollout in Australia, to "give students hands-on additive manufacturing experience". The circumstances surrounding the Australian start-up Unlockd, which was forced to go into administration recently because Google played hardball with it, are another good reason for the competition watchdog to focus on the search behemoth in its digital platforms inquiry. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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