A Telstra outage struck ATMs and eftpos machines around the country on Thursday, with the problems beginning at about 3pm.

Meanwhile, the social media site Twitter has gone down around the world, with the outage beginning at 2.46 Eastern Standard Time (4.46am AEST Friday).

The Information and Communications Technology sector was the only industry sector showing a positive result in June for executive employment demand, according to the latest index from recruitment firm EL Consult.

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has announced a partnership with "one of Australia's most trusted mobile phone and tablet repairers, Happytel", which Huawei says has "reinforced its commitment to customer service".

Software giant Microsoft has used its Inspire partner event as the stage for multiple announcements, including a Teams update.

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