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• Security researchers warn of online voting risks

  Australia should reject any form of online voting that doesn’t support a rigorous method of verifying that fraudulent ballots haven’t been cast, a group of high-profile security researchers has argued.

• City of Sydney seeks operator for Circular Quay ‘innovation space’

  The City of Sydney is seeking an operator for a planned ‘innovation space’ for startups that will be located in the under-construction skyscraper at 180 George Street in Circular Quay.

• Cenitex paid price for years of uncertainty

  A three-year period of uncertainty for Victorian shared ICT agency Cenitex between 2011 and 2014 prevented it to make future plans, resulting in no investment in technology during the period.

• Tech issues see CBA close some branches, NetBank problems

  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has had to temporarily close some of its branches due to a tech issue that hit CBA earlier today.

• NSW government helps drivers avoid parking fines

  The NSW government has launched Park'nPay app, an application that allows drivers use their phones to pay for parking and top up as well.

• Data drives up Bank of Queensland IT expenses

  Data collection activities have resulted in an increase in IT costs by $6 million for the Bank of Queensland (BOQ).

• Former Cisco engineers raise US$278M for startup

  ​A cloud startup founded by a group of four ex-Cisco engineers has raised US$278 million to fund products that aim to help the data centres of customers like investment banks function more like those of cloud computing providers.

• Cryptojacking worm infects exposed Docker deployments

  Graboid is the first known instance of a cryptomining worm used to create botnets spread using containers.

• Can Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency survive the exodus?

  Seven of the founding members of the Libra Association, Facebook's non-profit governing council for its planned cryptocurrency, have jumped ship amid increasing scrutiny by U.S. and European regulators.

• Cisco pushes 5G to hasten advent of industrial IoT

  While 5G​ deployments are nascent, Cisco expects rapid future development of the mobile technology will be the expansion of industrial IoT use cases.

• Telstra seeks to boost tech skills pipeline

  Telstra has revealed details of new partnership with Australian universities that it said will help boost the skills pipeline in high-demand areas such as network and software engineering, information security and analytics.

• AGL makes $27.5 million offer for Southern Phone Company

  AGL has revealed it plans to acquire Southern Phone Company Limited (SPC) for $27.5 million.

• NZ government consults on algorithm usage

  New Zealand’s minister for statistics, James Shaw, has released a draft Algorithm Charter on government use of algorithms and initiated a public consultation on the issue.

• Government pushes mandatory 2FA to prevent number porting fraud

  The government has directed the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to develop new rules mandating the use of two-factor authentication to help prevent fraudulent mobile phone number porting.

• Microsoft has invested $1 billion in research lab OpenAI – here’s why

  Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI shows the Redmond giant has its sights set on being ready for the complex world of artificial general intelligence.