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• Australia Post joins government’s digital identity program

  Australia Post has become the first industry service provider to join the government’s digital identity program.

• Coles taps Accenture to drive tech mega-projects, help deliver $1b savings

  Accenture will help Coles implement a range of large-scale tech projects, with the retailer aiming to realise savings of around $1 billion over four years.

• Facebook to create privacy panel, pay $5 billion to US to settle allegations

  The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce on Wednesday that Facebook Inc has agreed to a sweeping settlement of significant allegations it mishandled user privacy and pay $5 billion, two people briefed on the matter said.

• Big Tech faces broad US Justice Department antitrust probe

  The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it was opening a broad investigation of major digital technology firms into whether they engage in anticompetitive practices, the strongest sign the Trump administration is stepping up its scrutiny of Big Tech.

• Japan's Marubeni backs blockchain crowd-sourcing platform for solar, wind farms

  Japan's Marubeni Corp has agreed to back a blockchain power purchasing platform, WePower, that is looking to establish itself in Australia to tap rapid growth in solar and wind power, the two firms said on Tuesday.

• Quark taps JavaScript to build ‘native’ desktop apps

  Tool combines the Electron framework and a shared JavaScript runtime to create lightweight “sketches” with native app capabilities

• Mozilla to add password manager, hack alert to Firefox 70

  The browser upgrade, expected to launch in October, will warn users when their saved passwords have been revealed by a data breach.

• Data retention: Law enforcement accessed ‘metadata’ more than 296k times in FY18

  A government report reveals that law enforcement agencies sought access to information covered by Australia’s data retention regime on more than 296,000 occasions in FY18.

• Telstra takes step towards 5G core network

  Telstra has made an end-to-end 5G Standalone call, the telco has revealed.

• How digital bank Up built for speed and scale

  A legacy-free, mobile-first platform, building for scale, and a focus on openness helped digital bank Up reach its first hundred thousand customers eight months after its launch, according to co-founder Dominic Pym.

• Microsoft reveals US$1B investment in OpenAI

  ​Microsoft is investing US$1 billion in San Francisco-based OpenAI and that the two had formed a multi-year partnership to develop artificial intelligence super-computing technologies on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service.​

• Equifax's $700 million data breach settlement spurs criticism, calls for new rules

  Credit-reporting company Equifax will pay up to US$700 million to settle claims it broke the law during a massive 2017 data breach and to repay harmed consumers, in a landmark settlement that was nonetheless criticized by consumer advocates and some lawmakers who called for stricter regulation.

• Apple in advanced talks to buy Intel's smartphone-modem chip business: Report

  Apple is in advanced talks to buy chipmaker Intel's smartphone-modem chip business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

• IBM wins $95.5m Defence ERP contract

  IBM has won a $95.5 million contract to deliver the initial design for the Department of Defence’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) program.

• Slack tweaks desktop app to be faster, more efficient

  Slack is getting an overhaul designed to cut memory utilisation in half, speed up launch times and make connecting with colleagues faster.