Millions of Australians have been hit hard by Optus' outage, which may be the longest and largest shutdown in recent history, but will the telecommunications company's subscribers be compensated by the inconvenience it caused?



Hardware provider Lenovo and audio tech pioneer EPOS have joined forces to provide high-quality audio solutions for hybrid working business professionals, bringing the strengths of both brands in design, development, innovation, and market reach.

Market research firm Dell’Oro Group has lowered its forecast for the telecom server market relative to its October 2022 report citing factors including economic headwinds leading to reduced spending on mobile network infrastructure and challenges with the adoption of Open RAN and MEC.

AI voice company Replica Studios has taken its already-impressive platform to new levels with NPCs not only voiced and animated by AI, but with their entire dialogue now powered by AI too. Epic gaming titles 10x or more the size of Red Dead Redemption 2 are now a real possibility.

As information technology advances at a rapid pace, senior citizens are finding themselves increasingly vulnerable to a wave of cybercrimes, especially those involving phishing and fraud. Despite improvements in digital literacy among the elderly, their limited data security knowledge makes them easy targets for criminals exploiting personal information.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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