British security researcher Kevin Beaumont has listed details about a backdoor that is claimed to infect Linux systems, with the consulting firm PwC having documented it as well. Both claim the threat emanates from China.



UNSW Sydney has received the largest known cryptocurrency donation to a higher education institution  – US$4 million ($5.3 million) – from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. The funds will support an open-source tool providing early warning of pandemics.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning solution business Max Kelsen is providing a residency for gene researcher Professor Sudha Rao in a quest to develop an easy-to-use test to help predict why some patients will catch severe symptoms of COVID-19.

A research partnership between RMIT University and Australian startup Tide Foundation has validated the latter's multi-party-cryptographic technology for true zero trust security.

Day care centre The Gap Cubbyhouse Montessori in Brisbane has devised an indoor air quality monitoring devices that measure carbon dioxide levels, a proxy for indoor COVID-19 transmission risk, in collaboration with IoT companies Thinxtra and Zeplin.

Epson and National Geographic’s Turn Down the Heat campaign has won the Webby People's Voice Award in the Social - Sustainability and Environment category at the 26th Annual Webby Awards.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire



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