Optus has switched on 5G at Perth’s Optus stadium, giving sports and concert viewing fans 5G connectivity throughout key areas of the stadium.



Spending on cyber security in 2021 is forecast to grow by 10% in the worst-case scenario, the technology research firm Canalys says.

ANALYSIS Google's recent move to limit the use of its APIs in Chrome, such as Chrome sync and Click to Call, appears to be driven by the launch of Microsoft's Edge browser based on the open-source version of Chrome, known as Chromium.

The company behind Elasticsearch has changed its licensing in order to prevent "cloud service providers from offering our products as a service without sharing their modifications and the source code of their service management layers".

The global refurbished smartphone market saw a drop of 9% year-on-year in 2020, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that the first half of the year saw a 16% fall before a rebound occurred in the latter half.

Guest Opinion: It's not often that the telecommunications and IT industry take their lead from medical experts, but we would do well to take careful note of the prediction made recently by Australian Federal Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly.

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Alex Zaharov-Reutt, Afternoon Newsletter Editor, iTWire

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