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• Telstra to raise $700m by selling, leasing back 37 exchanges

  Telstra has established a property trust to own 37 of its exchanges, with the telco selling a 49 per cent stake in the trust to a Charter Hall-led consortium.

• Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information

  Instagram is adding an option for users to report posts they think are false, the company announced on Thursday, as the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site tries to stem misinformation and other abuses on its platform.

• Coates Hire eyes opportunities in ML, IoT after cloud move

  Coates Hire’s chief information officer, Ben Waterhouse, says the company’s Azure migration has not only cut costs but allowed the company to explore new opportunities involving IoT and machine learning services.

• PHP plus: P++ proposal would create a stricter dialect

  It's not a fork, but a stricter version that could leave compatibility baggage behind and add new features more easily

• Public Transport Victoria breached privacy rules with Myki data release

  Public Transport Victoria (PTV), now part of the state’s Department of Transport, breached the law when it released supposedly de-identified data relating to the use of Melbourne’s Myki card.

• ASX launches ‘DLT Solutions’ team to bring blockchain to customers

  ASX Limited, the operator of the Australian Securities Exchange, has established a ‘DLT Solutions’ team that it says will help use its experience of implementing blockchain-inspired distributed ledger technology to helps its customers.

• More critical Remote Desktop flaws expose Windows systems to hacking

  Microsoft finds and fixes multiple RDS and RDP vulnerabilities in Windows, but new research on BlueKeep patch rates suggests many machines could remain exposed.

• Telstra full year profit plunges, but CEO sees ‘turning point’ on horizon

  Telstra’s net profit after tax dropped 39.6 per cent in FY19, the telco revealed today. The company reported NPAT of $2.1 billion, with earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) down 21.7 per cent to $8 billion.

• Australian Signals Directorate open sources data analysis tool

  The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has open sourced one of its in-house data visualisation and analysis tools. The ASD announced today that it had posted the source code for Constellation on GitHub.

• Microsoft's latest privacy policy says vendors listen to voice data

  ​Microsoft said on Wednesday it updated its privacy policy to let customers know that it had been collecting voice data of its users with the help of employees and contractors.

• Slack touts ‘announcement channels’ for team update broadcasts

  The company also rolled out new APIs to make it easier for admins to manage and automate some functions in larger deployments.

• NBN Co still in the red, but climbs towards profit

  In the 12 months to 30 June NBN Co enjoyed earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $608 million – if the $2 billion or so in subscriber payments to Telstra and Optus are discounted.

• 7 sweet Python IDEs you might have missed

  From simple toolkits for beginners to full-featured workbenches for experts, there’s an IDE here for most every Pythonista

• WaterNSW taps Business Aspect to replace legacy systems with Microsoft

  WaterNSW awarded a contract to Data#3's Business Aspect to replace its legacy systems with Microsoft's cloud trinity: Azure, Dynamics 365 and Office 365.

• TV companies ditch effort to sabotage set-top box

  A coalition of three international distributors of TV shows has, at least for now, ditched its efforts to block online services used by the Reelplay set-top box.