A defensive NBN Co chief Bill Morrow has admitted that the National Broadband Network cannot deliver an affordably priced superfast broadband product to Australians. However, he claims we don't need it anyway.

Meanwhile, broadband provider Spirit Telecom has added its voice to the fray, rubbishing the claims made by the NBN Co chief Bill Morrow that Australians are not interested in taking up fast internet connections.

Activist group SumOfUs is depending on the power of YouTube to create opposition to Westpac's decision to fund the Carmichael coal mine despite fears expressed by environmental groups that it will affect the Great Barrier Reef.

Another large activist group GetUp claims Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's government is using technology to shake down ordinary people, often for debts they neither owe nor can effectively challenge, while giving rich multinational companies a free pass.

The messaging app Signal, which has a good record on the privacy front, has added encrypted video calls as a new feature in its latest beta release.

Special prosecutors in South Korea are renewing their efforts to obtain an arrest warrant for the defacto leader of the Samsung Group on alleged bribery charges in an influence-peddling scandal.

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