As the trade spat between the US and China continues to escalate, Apple chief executive Tim Cook says he does not anticipate that China will target Apple as a means of retaliating for US actions in the ongoing trade war.

After performing due diligence, Swedish private equity firm EQT Infrastructure has ended talks with Vocus Communications over a possible takeover which valued the company at A$3.3 billion, the Australian firm says.

Security firm Lookout has found what it describes as a "well-obfuscated advertising plugin" that renders a device nearly unusable nestling within a number of Android applications on the Google Play store.

The outage that Google experienced on Monday AEST was caused by a configuration change that was pushed out to more servers than intended, the company says in a blog post.

Global spending on augmented reality and virtual reality will reach US$160 billion by 2023, up from the US$16.8 billion forecast for 2019, the research firm IDC says, adding that the five-year compound annual growth rate for AR/VR spending will be 78.3%.

Australian-based international edtech company Cohort Go has partnered with UniLodge Australia to roll out custom-built payments software designed to make it easier for students to pay for their accommodation.

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