A report from the Boston Consulting Group has warned that if the US increases restrictions on the semiconductor trade with China, it could endanger its own position as leader, which it has held for a long time with a 45% to 50% market share.

Chinese phone company OPPO has announced the release of its latest flagship device, the Find X2 Pro, which will be available for purchase in the second quarter of the year at a retail price of $1599.

Personal information of Facebook users in Australia was disclosed to the This Is Your Digital Life app for a different purpose to that which it was collected, a breach of the Privacy Act 1988, the Australian Information Commissioner has alleged in a case filed against the social media giant in the Australian Federal Court.

A former CIA employee who was on trial for allegedly leaking details of exploits developed by the CIA to WikiLeaks has escaped conviction on all but two counts, with a federal jury in Manhattan deadlocked after a four-week trial and six days of what were described as chaotic deliberations.

Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has released draft guidelines on how electricity retailers and generators should comply with three new laws designed to reduce the price of electricity for consumers.

Australian-listed cloud communications provider CommsChoice Group has expanded its key network infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region, the US and Europe, including “significant” expansion of its Direct Routing capability for Microsoft Teams Phone System, Global PBX and SIP trunk services.

Melbourne-based payments technology start-up Airwallex says it has integrated with Xero to help its small and medium-sized business customers reconcile international and domestic payments.

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