Telstra chief Andy Penn has flagged the telco is facing a difficult trading period ahead due to the “challenging dynamics” of the rollout of the National Broadband Network and increasing pressure on its margins from competitors.

Oracle has upped its spat with Google, providing research to Australia's competition watchdog that claims the search behemoth is using the mobile data of Australians to spy on them.

Vodafone Australia will not have to take any ZTE devices off its shelves in the wake of the Chinese firm's announcement last week that it was halting its main business activities in the US. Telstra in contrast announced that it was removing ZTE products from its shelves last week.

US policy on China's ZTE Corporation appears to have been changed, with US President Donald Trump tweeting that he has asked the Commerce Department, which imposed a seven-year export ban on the company, to help it "get back into business, fast".

If you have an Apple TV, or an iPhone or iPad with the Apple TV app, then season one of Carpool Karaoke is ready to break into song for thee – freely!

Malicious attackers are targeting a patched vulnerability in Oracle's WebLogic server, targeting TCP port 7001 for the purpose of mining cryptocurrencies, the security firm Trend Micro has reported.

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