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• TV companies told to have their ducks in a row for set-top box case

  Two international distributors of TV channels have been told to expect scrutiny of their attempt to block online services associated with an IPTV set-top box even if they are relying on what “may be a predictable non-appearance” by the company that distributes the device.

• MNF Group ditches residential broadband

  MNF Group, whose brands include MyNetFone, Symbio Networks, Telcoinabox and PenntyTel, has announced it will sell its fixed-line residential broadband customer base to Southern Phone Company Ltd.

• Facebook fixes glitch that exposed millions of user passwords to employees

  ​Facebook says it it has resolved a glitch that exposed passwords of millions of users stored in readable format within its internal systems to its employees.

• Cisco directs high priority patches for IP phone security exposures

  Cisco has advised customers using its 7800 and 8800 series IP phones they should patch a variety of high-priority vulnerabilities.

• Inside the new Cloudera Data Platform: vision, migration and roadmap

  Cloudera has laid out its plans for a new combined data platform since merging with fellow open source big data vendor Hortonworks.

• Trello, in major update, hands admins more control over public boards

  The task management app gets a range of new enterprise admin tools, with automation related to Trello’s purchase of Butler being rolled out for all users.

• ‘Fresh blood’ seeking employers welcome revived mainframe course

  A cohort of students are preparing to start a revived mainframe degree course this winter, a program welcomed by employers faced with a looming skills crisis within their organisations.

• Quantum computing will break encryption in a few years

  Quantum technology’s set to make public-key infrastructure obsolete before too long, but it might also keep your data secure.

• $160M more goes into mobile blackspot program

  The Government's Mobile Blackspot Program will get an extra $320 million funding that will be divided in two equal funding rounds.

• Volvo vehicles to pull themselves over if being driven drunk

  ​New model Volvo vehicles will automatically pull over and call for assistance if a driver is driving erratically or not focusing on the road, the manufacturer has announced.

• Google fined €1.49 billion for search ad blocks in third EU sanction

  ​Google has been fined 1.49 billion euros (US$1.7 billion), its third large European Union antitrust penalty in two years marking the company's decade-long regulatory battle in Europe.

• NZ super funds call for action from Facebook, Google and Twitter

  The CEOs of five of New Zealand’s largest superannuation funds have added their voices to those of the CEOs of Vodafone, Spark and 2degrees calling for Facebook, Google and Twitter to do more to prevent the spread of content such as that live streamed by the Christchurch mosque shooter.

• LLVM 8 shines on WebAssembly, machine learning workloads

  The open source compiler framework adds full support for WebAssembly and speedups for AMD GPUs and Intel neural network instructions

• Social media, ISP execs to face PM grilling over role in spreading hate

  ​Executives from Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter will meet with Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday, to discuss measures to curb ‘hate content’ on their platforms, it has been reported.

• What next for SAP HANA?

  Once hailed by SAP CEO Bill McDermott as the vendor's "biggest launch in 23 years, if not in the entire history of the company" - what now for HANA?