Elon Musk’s electric car and battery firm Tesla will build a massive virtual power plant in South Australia by installing solar arrays and its Powerwall batteries in 50,000 homes.

It's only set up to work with US airlines American, Delta and United, but Google's Flights app can now predict flight delays in advance, all in the quest to make travel better and cheaper.

Telstra is preparing to write down by $273 million the value of Ooyala, its US-based intelligent video business, to zero. The telco announced the writedown following what it says were substantial efforts over the past 18 months to improve the business performance.

The number of students enrolling for a cyber security course devised by the industry-based organisation IT Masters in collaboration with Charles Sturt University has almost tripled, it is claimed.

Japanese ICT firm Fujitsu has extended the availability of its global biometrics-as-a-service platform to Australia. The service is provided in collaboration with ImageWare Systems, a provider of mobile and cloud-based identity management software.

Australian scientists have announced they have found a new way to use the telecommunications network to synchronise radio telescopes, which help scientists peer into deep space.

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