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• First section of INDIGO West cable laid

  The first section new subsea cable that will connect Australia’s west coast to Singapore has landed at Floreat Beach in Perth.

• Renault-Nissan adopts Android in coup for Google

  The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi carmaking alliance says it will adopt Alphabet's Google Android operating system, handing a victory to the U.S. tech giant as it pushes for a bigger share of the infotainment market.

• ICANN sets plan to reinforce Internet DNS security

  the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to go ahead with the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the Internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS).

• Telstra eyes 5G ‘smart cities’ play

  Telstra’s network engineering chief says that the company is preparing to test the potential of 5G to enable smart cities, as the telco continues its program of rolling out support for the new standard across its existing mobile base stations.

• Telstra expects accelerated adoption of 5G

  The initial set of 5G standards have only just been finalised, but Telstra CEO Andy Penn said he expects adoption of the next-generation wireless technology to be even swifter than its predecessor.

• Data61 partners with German vendor to protect global defence systems

  CSIRO's Data61 has partnered with Hensoldt Cyber to develop a hardware-software stack to protect against cyber attacks on defence systems, smart factories, autonomous vehicles and critical infrastructure.

• Telstra’s IoT network helps stop drips, drops and leaks

  ​A new service from Telstra has been helping utilities reduce water wastage, the telco said today.

• 2Gpbs mobile speeds draw closer after Telstra live network test

  Telstra has partnered with Qualcomm and Ericsson for a test on the telco’s mobile network of technology capable of delivering 2 gigabits per second downloads to end users.

• Microsoft introduces HoloLens to businesses via Dynamics 365

  ​Microsoft has announced new AI and mixed-reality applications for its Dynamics 365 online business software.

• 10 hot hybrid-cloud startups to watch

  With few enterprises using purely private or purely public cloud infrastructure, a range of startups has emerged to meet unique hybrid-cloud needs for management, storage and virtualization. Here are 10 hot hybrid cloud startups to keep an eye on.

• ANZ adds support for digital wallet ATM withdrawals

  Customers of ANZ will be able to use a mobile device equipped with Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, Garmin Pay and Fitbit Pay to withdraw cash from some ATMs, the bank announced today.

• Government’s telco security legislation takes effect

  The Telecommunications Sector Security Reform (TSSR) — the legislative framework that the government has used to ban Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from participating in the rollout of 5G — have today come into force.

• Australia's $315BN digital opportunity is slipping away

  'Digital innovation' – encompassing innovation-led productivity improvements of existing businesses and the rise of new digital industries – can deliver $315 billion in gross economic value to Australia over the next decade.

• Upping data literacy: The challenge for Australia and why it’s important

  Data is a growing part of the business-as-usual landscape. It's both a science and art, and - if our data-driven decision making ambitions are to be realised - must become part of the organisation's fabric and workplace culture.

• Synthetic identity fraud: Exposing the modern-day Frankenstein monster

  Who are these Frankenstein monsters walking silently in our midst? Like Mary Shelley’s original character, they are made up of parts of real people.