The competition watchdog, the ACCC, says it has an open mind as it prepares, at the direction of the federal government, to undertake an inquiry into the market power of digital platforms, like Facebook and Google, in the Australian market.

EastLink has conducted its first trial of hands-free driving through freeway tunnels using the lane keep assist function on the Honda Civic VTi-LX.

An UK intelligence group has issued an advisory to all government departments, warning about the use of Russian anti-virus software - which of course is a not too subtle unsubstantiated slur against one of the world’s most popular AV companies Kaspersky.

And talking of unsubstantiated slurs, former Washington Post employee Brian Krebs has taken down a story he wrote recently, claiming that a man with a Russian name could be the person who leaked NSA exploits to a group known as the Shadow Brokers.

The number of mobile users adopting NFC ticketing will exceed 375 million by 2022, up from an estimated 122 million globally in 2017, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

Despite the rise of data-based messaging apps vastly superior to just 160 characters, the humble text message has turned 25 and may well be with us for another 25 years to come.

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