Researchers from the security firm Check Point have made a shocking discovery, finding malware with porn ads hiding in about 60 game apps on Google Play meant for children.

Led by fitness-focused women, Australians are investing in fit-tech to track their fitness, with one fifth- or 20% - purchasing a fitness tracker in the last 12 months.

The University of NSW has secured a tripartite arrangement with contract partners Maoneng Australia and Origin Energy for an offsite Solar PV Corporate Power Purchase Agreement.

A British security outfit has raised the possibility that the online payment page of the phone company OnePlus may have been compromised, based on comments in OnePlus forums and the make-up of the site.

The US appears to have backed down from a plan to stop the renewal of H-1B visas, which is often undertaken by companies who hire workers on such visas, in order that the worker in question can remain in the country long enough to obtain a green card.

The spat that erupted between the Software Freedom Conservatory and the Software Freedom Law Centre, both of which are involved in activities around the GNU General Public Licence, shows no sign of going away, with the latter upping the ante recently.

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