Want to know if your flight is on time, or when your friends and family are expected to land? Sydney Airport now connects you to this info directly via Twitter.

Sweeping ban orders on the entry of certain categories of legal US residents and the ban on citizens of seven Arab and African nations from entering the US for residence, could mean that the organisers of several big technology and other conferences will have to rethink whether they will change their hosting locations.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming the new user interface, underpinning the way people transact and interact with systems, according to a new global study which found that 79% of survey respondents agree that AI will “revolutionise” the way they gain information from and interact with customers.

Google’s ecosystem is the world’s largest online advertising vehicle. It took down 1.7 billion advertisements in the past year – a mere drop in the bucket.

Telstra has partnered with youth-led movement against bullying, PROJECT ROCKIT, to launch a digital classroom aimed at empowering young people to take action on cyber bullying and online safety.

Microsoft presented its best quarterly results since 2000 with the company rising above a US$500 billion market cap, its first since 2000, and posting a 55% return over the past two financial years.

One of Europe's luxury hotels plans to get rid of its electronic key card room entry system and install old-fashioned locks with keys after it was hit by a ransomware attack that resulted in guests being locked out from their rooms.

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