About 700,000 apartments in 50,000 strata buildings across Australia will be able to get the fastest NBN connections in the next six months, the NBN Co, the company rolling out the network, says.



Cisco's adaptive security SSL VPN appliances have been under increased attacks for nearly six months, the security firm Rapid7 says, adding that its staff have observed both credential stuffing and targeted brute-force attacks.

Global shipments of smartwatches increased by 11% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, after two quarters of decreases, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint research says, adding that India's shipments, which soared by 70%, being the primary driver for the market rebound.

"I truly believe we are embarking on a golden age of innovation,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai this morning, before the cloud giant delivered a series of announcements, all around the expansion and inclusion of AI within Google’s products.

Around 50,000 messages have been received by Telstra's scam SMS and MMS reporting number, Australia's largest telco reports..

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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