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• Undersea robot ‘crop duster’ replenishes Great Barrier Reef coral

  An undersea robot ‘crop duster’ has been put to work on the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to repopulate areas scorched by coral bleaching.

• Telstra and Lexus team up for connected vehicle trial on Victorian roads

  Telstra and Lexus Australia have won a $3.5 million grant from the Victorian government to run a field trial of 4G-based connected vehicle technology.

• CBA capitulates, will support Apple Pay next year

  The ​Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will offer customers Apple Pay in January, it announced today.

• Screenplays key as anti-piracy effort targets subtitle download services

  A group of entertainment companies is relying on the literary copyright of screenplays as it seeks to block four sites that offer downloads of subtitle files.

• New institute wants ‘world where systems behave ethically’

  The institute will undertake research in the emerging field of quantitative fairness and work with the public and private sectors to put the research into practice. It will release open source ethical AI tools that can be adopted and adapted, says director Bill Simpson-Young.

• Vocus’ newest subsea cable hit by fault

  Vocus has confirmed a fault on its Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) system.

• ATO report reveals tech companies that paid zero tax in 2016-17

  The ATO has released its latest corporate tax transparency report which lists companies and how much tax they paid for the previous financial year.

• Cryptocurrency project Basis to shut down and return funding to investors

  ​Basis, a cryptocurrency project that in April announced it had raised US$133 million from a slew of high profile investors, has announced that it is shutting down and returning the funds to its backers because of regulatory concerns.

• Coalition of ‘challenger’ telcos campaigns against TPG-Vodafone merger

  Telecommunications coalition Commpete has welcomed a decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to seek further input before greenlighting the merger of TPG and Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA).

• Dense Air 5G infrastructure to deliver coverage infill, private networks

  UK-headquartered Dense Air plans to use its recently acquired licences for 5G spectrum in Australia to primarily deliver services to complement the networks of Australia’s existing mobile operators, with the company viewing carriers as its key customers rather than competitors.

• NetComm launches NBN-ready modem with 4G backup

  ASX-listed networking company NetComm Wireless has unveiled a new dual-mode gateway device that can be used to connect to the NBN or to New Zealand’s Ultra-Fast Broadband network.

• How to end a romance scam

  Use this two-part test to convince romance scam victims that their “true love” is a fraud.

• Google’s cloud gets greenlight for hosting government data

  Google Cloud Platform has been added to the Certified Cloud Services List (CCSL) maintained by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).

• Deadset distributed ledger legends: Aussie inventors’ blockchain patent strength

  ​Patent applications for blockchain related innovations are booming worldwide and Australia is ‘punching above its weight’ according to a report from the ACS and IP Australia’s Patent Analytics Hub.

• New strategy to push digital building blocks for government services

  A new strategy released by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) aims to guide the development of “building blocks” that deliver “simple, common, non-business specific services” that can be used across government.