The Australian Labor Party has said it would review the economics of the NBN, including the implications of the multi-technology mix, on the cash-flow of the NBN Co if it were voted back into office in the forthcoming Federal Election.

Australians aged between 14 and 17 are, as expected, very heavy mobile users with members of this age group checking their social media more than five times a day and two-thirds using their mobile devices while involved in other activities, according to a survey by Deloitte Access Economics and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association.

The technical director of the UK National Cyber Security Centre, has slammed Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies for its engineering practices, which he characterised as "very, very shoddy".

Researchers from the security firm Lookout have found a version of the Exodus spyware that runs on iOS, with indications that it is made available through phishing sites that imitate mobile carriers from Italy and Turkmenistan.

The Australian Government has ranked second among eight Asia Pacific economies on preparedness for Artificial Intelligence, trailing just behind Singapore, with a new report suggesting that Australia needs to take action on AI to gain competitive benefits in the Asia pacific region.

Countries in the Persian Gulf came in for increased attention from cyber criminals last year, with the security firm Group-IB finding that 138,978 credit cards issued by banks in the region were compromised.

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