Although Google has come to a deal to pay French publishers for news. Google Australia is threatening to withdraw Google Search and services from Australia, with Reset Australia's Chris Cooper suggesting regulation is the answer.



Listed tech provider Spirit Technology Solutions has reported a lift of 243% year-on-year in its revenue for the first half of the financial year 2021, with total revenue coming in at $42.7 million, according to unaudited results.

Shareholders of amaysim have given the green light for the company to be taken over by Optus, a deal that was announced in November last year.

Global cyber security vendor Sophos claims a cryptominer known as MrbMiner that infects database servers is being managed from a small software company in Iran.

COVID-19 has wreaked horror and havoc but has also accelerated remote working to the fore. Electronic signature software, DocuSign, finds the majority of Aussies now prefer to sign for a new job electronically, even with 28% doing so in bed.

French authorities have signed an agreement with Google for the search company to pay publishers for the use of news snippets in search results.

Global organisations are struggling to maintain consistent application security across multiple platforms, and they are also losing visibility with the emergence of new architectures and the adoption of application program interfaces (APIs), according to one security solutions vendor.

Company News: Heathtech company MyFiziq Limited has developed a proprietary body dimensioning technology that enables its users to check, track and assess their dimensions using a smartphone, from the comfort of their home.

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Alex Zaharov-Reutt, Afternoon Newsletter Editor, iTWire

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