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• Movie studios unswayed by ‘search engine’ argument in anti-piracy case

  Legal counsel for a group of movie studios has dismissed an argument that an overseas-hosted site that links to videos but doesn’t host them does not fall afoul of Australia’s anti-piracy laws.

• APTs actively exploiting 2017 Telerik vulnerabilities , ACSC warns

  Vulnerabilities in unpatched versions Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX are being actively exploited, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has warned.

• Microsoft, Sony partner on streaming games, chips and AI

  Microsoft and Sony say they have struck a strategic partnership in which Sony will use Microsoft's cloud for streaming games and media and the two will work together to develop new image sensors.

• Banks to join forces for blockchain-based settlement project

  Several of the world's largest banks are in the process of investing around US$50 million to create a digital cash system using blockchain technology to settle financial transactions, according to people familiar with the plans.

• Fujitsu developing 'real quantum computer'

  Fujitsu is developing a "real quantum computer" the head of the company's research lab has revealed.

• Microsoft unveils full-stack web templates for Visual Studio Code

  Wizard-driven Web Template Studio extension for VS Code speeds creation of web apps with React, Node, and Azure services

• Microsoft sets post-retirement patching record with Windows XP fix, 5 years after support ended

  The update – aimed at stopping the spread of WannaCry-like malware – must be manually downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog.

• Appian announces Google AI and RPA integration for 'no-code' platform

  Low-code enterprise vendor Appian has integrated Google AI services into its app-building platform, with the goal of making AI capabilities "drag and drop" for its customers.

• Qlik touts 'industry's only' end-to-end data platform after Attunity buy

  Qlik is rebranding itself as a cloud-first, software-as-a-service (SaaS) analytics platform following a spate of acquisitions topped by last week's US$560 million purchase of Attunity, which added data integration capabilities to Qlik's self-service business intelligence (BI) product.

• Telcos block stream ripping sites

  A group of music labels and the Australasian Performing Right Association have been successful in their efforts to obtain court orders ordering ISPs to block access to so-called stream ripping sites.

• ACCC patches CMS after early release of TPG-Vodafone decision

  The Australian Competition and Consumer says that it has applied a patch to its content management system (CMS) to address a flaw that led to its decision about Vodafone and TPG’s proposed merger being published a day early.

• 3 ways serverless is a game changer

  The dream of serverless is to enable companies to focus on making their application work, rather than getting tied up with managing infrastructure.

• Japanese firm using AI to solve nation's sinkhole problem

  ​Every year more than 3000 sinkholes swallow up huge chunks of road and pavement across Japan.

• Huawei says Trump’s ban order to leave US lagging on 5G

  Chinese telecommunications equipment-maker Huawei says a White House move to ban telcos from using its equipment will leave the “US lagging behind in 5G deployment” and harm US companies and consumers.

• San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology

  ​San Francisco officials voted 8 to 1 to ban the purchase and use of facial recognition technology by city personnel, in a move to regulate tools that local Silicon Valley companies helped develop.