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• Vulnerabilities to hit 19,000 this year — time for Australia to get smart on security

  What do storms, volcanoes and cyber attacks have in common? All can have a devastating impact on society and all have claimed a spot on the World Economic Forum’s top global risks of 2018 list. Last year, the global cost of cybercrime was estimated to exceed $600 billion, equating to around 0.8 per cent of global GDP. An eye-watering amount.

• Macquarie Uni coupler enables super-fast fibre, a potential antidote to 'capacity crunch'

  ​A coupler developed by researchers at Macquarie University Photonics Research Centre has enabled transmission of more than a petabit of data per second down an optical fibre as fine as a human hair.

• Digital Realty opens new Sydney data centre, plans to build more

  Digital Realty has boosted its investment portfolio in Australia to more than $1 billion after opening its new data centre facility, Digital Erskine Park II.

• Salter Brothers challenges MyNetFone over Inabox takeover

  A subsidiary of SB&G Group has made an all-cash $21.4 million offer for Inabox, ahead of a 19 November Inabox ​shareholder meeting due to vote on a takeover bid by MyNetFone.

• Telco group concerned over push for ACMA to oversee TIO

  Telco industry group Communications Alliance says it is concerned over a government proposal for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to oversee the complaints body Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.

• Greens call for digital rights commissioner

  The Australian Greens have called for the establishment of a “digital rights commissioner” as part of a suite of new policies unveiled yesterday by the party.

• KPMG Australia launches cryptocurrency tax estimator API

  ​KPMG today launched a tool to help traders of cryptocurrencies better understand their tax liabilities.

• Former Yahoo7 CTO lands at Isentia

  ​Former Yahoo7 chief technology officer Paul Russell has been appointed CTO of media monitoring and data company Isentia.

• US FCC launches its first high-band 5G spectrum auction

  The US Federal Communications Commission has launched the agency's first high-band 5G spectrum auction as it works to clear space for next-generation faster networks.

• With Windows 10 1809 re-release, Microsoft decides not to cheat on promised support

  By acting as if the Windows 10 rollout delay had not happened, Microsoft ensured that users will generally get the support timeline they expect.

• Cisco’s Webex Teams gets BroadCloud Calling integration

  The move is designed to delivers an 'enterprise-grade' cloud-based PBX phone system for customers.

• Patch Tuesday problems include even more reported bugs with Win10 version 1809

  November Patch Tuesday largely looks like other Patch Tuesdays, but there are troubling reports of server problems, WSUS stumbles, new SSUs lurking in the manual-install background, and (even more!) bugs in the toxic Win10 version 1809.

• Microsoft puts AI in containers

  Microsoft has announced a preview of container support for a range of its Azure-based AI services.

• Queensland’s Office State Revenue chooses Nina for virtual assistant ‘Sam’

  Queensland Treasury’s Office State Revenue (OSR) has rolled out a virtual assistant to answer online enquiries from the public.

• Healthy future for ‘augmented intelligence’

  According to Murray Brozinsky, the future of patient-centred healthcare is not substituting artificial intelligence for people but “augmented intelligence”: Using AI technologies to enhance the work of healthcare professionals.