New laws that target social media platforms which allow live streaming and broadcast of violent crimes has been passed by the Australian Parliament.

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is likely to be expelled within "hours to days" from the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has taken refuge for nearly seven years.

The proposed merger between telecommunications company TPG Telecom and Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) will add mobile capabilities and greater scale to allow TPG to compete with Telstra and Optus more effectively, according to one analyst firm.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced that it has allocated $2.46 million to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to run a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) integration trial.

The GPS rollover that will take place this weekend is unlikely to affect many people as most modern GPS receivers are compliant with the latest system specifications, the founder and chief executive of LiveViewGPS, a company that sells tracking systems, says.

Predicting the future is generally a game for mugs but it is possible to say with a high degree of certainty that there will be no details of any American advanced persistent threats or APTs unveiled during Kaspersky Lab's annual Security Analyst Summit that kicks off in Singapore on Monday.

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