Software company GapMaps launches GapMap Essentials, a free online tool for communities in New South Wales and metropolitan Melbourne that can quickly find supermarkets, pharmacies, hospitals, fast food, takeaway, liquor, and petrol stations within the permitted 5km radius.

GovHack is collaborating with information technology company Infosys and software app Slack during its two-day hackathon competition, which will be held from today (20 August) to 22 August 2021.

For the second year running, PAX Aus has had to be cancelled, but like a great game player with several lives up their sleeve, PAX is dusting itself off and restoring to an online spawn point.

Security vendor BlackBerry has gone where no other firm in its space has, by providing links to ransomware leaks on the dark web, something that is studiously avoided by both infosec outfits and journalists.

GUEST OPINION: WhatsApp is among the most widely used platforms in the world, and most users stick to it because of its supposed strong security protocols and a strong focus on user privacy. However, is WhatsApp really as secure and privacy-friendly as they claim?

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