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• Slack or Teams? Many businesses opt for both

  Most organizations have at least two team chat apps, according to survey results from Mio, a situation that could lead to communication silos and problems for IT.

• EY teams up with Wire to enable end-to-end encrypted messaging with clients

  As the threat landscape continues to grow, EY has collaborated with encrypted messaging service Wire to improve its security strategy and move away from email

• How Google Cloud and Stella McCartney aim to make fashion more sustainable

  Google Cloud has started working with the major fashion house Stella McCartney, as it aims to use machine learning and data analytics to improve its sustainability efforts, and the vendor is eyeing the rest of the fashion industry next.

• What is a Trojan horse? How this tricky malware works

  A Trojan horse is a type of malware that can wreak havoc on computer networks — but only with your unwitting help.

• 'Vaccine' for machine learning models developed by CSIRO's Data61

  ​Researchers from CSIRO’s Data61 have formalised a technique to ‘vaccinate’ machine learning models against adversarial attacks and make them more robust.

• Telstra rolls out private 4G network for Newcrest’s Lihir goldmine

  Telstra’s mining services arm has installed a private 4G LTE mobile network at Newcrest’s Lihir goldmine in Papua New Guinea. According to Telstra Mining Services, it is the first private 4G network to be rolled out in PNG.

• BaptistCare cuts manual data handling, paper processes

  BaptistCare is increasingly shifting away from paper-based processes and manual handling of data, with MuleSoft’s integration platform helping provide the scaffolding for its embrace of customer-facing web apps that can feed directly into line of business systems.

• Seeing the signs (and locating them) with Google Street View and deep learning

  ​Street signs are everywhere, but where they are precisely is not always known by the local government authorities that manage them.

• Cisco connects with IBM to simplify hybrid cloud deployment

  Cisco and IBM are melding data centre​ and cloud technologies to help customers build and support on-premises and hybrid cloud​ applications.

• NAB unveils $2bn capital boost for startups

  NAB has launched a team focused on high-growth technology companies, with the bank today revealing it aims to help facilitate emerging Australian tech-enabled firms access $2 billion in financing through loans or access to capital markets over the next half decade.

• WA path lab system project management slammed by auditor

  Two years late and $23.7 million over budget, the roll-out of a pathology lab information system by the Western Australia government has been slammed by the state’s auditor general.

• Cubesat training and research centre launches

  ​A new centre which will ready a generation of skilled workers to enter Australia’s burgeoning space industry has officially launched in Sydney.

• Apple explores moving 15-30% of production capacity from China, report says

  Apple has asked its major suppliers to assess the cost implications of moving 15%-30% of their production capacity from China to Southeast Asia as it prepares for a restructuring of its supply chain, according to a Nikkei Asian Review report on Wednesday.

• Google asks Chrome users for help in spotting deceptive sites

  Google has asked for help in identifying suspicious websites, offering users of its Chrome browser an add-on that lets them rat out URLs.

• New MongoDB field-level encryption can help prevent data breaches

  MongoDB aims to prevent exposed data stores by encrypting data in a way that makes it useless if compromised.