A group of 17 companies and organisations has signed an open letter asking the Australian Government not to promulgate a law forcing technology companies to decrypt secure communications for the purposes of law enforcement.

The NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, the NBN, has bought enough new copper wire that can go around Australia one and a half times, the Australian Labor Party claims.

The European Union has hit Google with a second fine in as many years, demanding that the search behemoth pay €4.34 billion (US$5.05 billion, A$6.82 billion) for breaching anti-trust rules over its Android mobile operating system.

With only Trend Micro and Acronis promising real ransomware protection until now, Bitdefender is the latest to promise a real dealing up of aggression against online crime with its 2019 suite.

The My Health Record system may well end up as one of the many Australian Government tech wrecks, the former head of the country's Digital Transformation Agency, Paul Shetler, says, adding that if he were Australian he would probably opt out himself.

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