The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have launched an investigation into Microsoft over possible bribery and corruption in connection with software sales in Hungary.

Whenever a prime minister departs for good, there is talk of his or her legacy. And this time it is no different; in the case of Malcolm Turnbull, who was scythed down last week by right-wing ideologues in his own party, that talk has already begun. But Turnbull has little to show on the tech front, even though he has often been lauded as a politician who "gets tech".

The conditions that vendors have to satisfy to bid for a massive US$10 billion US Defence Department contract appear to be sharply skewed to favour the online retail giant Amazon, the American magazine Vanity Fair claims.

Only one in three online publishers have achieved an increase in traffic by switching to Google's accelerated mobile pages format, the content intelligence platform Chartbeat says, basing its conclusion on a study of 159 mostly American websites, that covered 10 unnamed countries.

Nokia 2.1 has come to Australia with 4000 mAh '2-day battery life’. On sale for $199 outright or $149 via Telstra Prepaid, Nokia has adding 50% more processing power to its new Nokia 2.1 model, along with 5.5-inch screen and stereo speakers.

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