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• Vocus calls for backhaul component to mobile black spot program

  Network operator Vocus says that the government should consider funding carrier-neutral backhaul as part of its mobile black spot program.

• Australia needs ambassador to Silicon Valley, Chinese tech giants, says former diplomat

  ​Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) should create new ambassador positions to serve Silicon Valley and China’s tech giants, says Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma in a report released today.

• Facebook unintentionally uploaded email contacts of 1.5 million new users

  Facebook says it may have unintentionally uploaded email contacts of 1.5 million new users on the social media site since May 2016.

• Microsoft injects funding into Aussie AI projects

  Microsoft has offered support to six Australian artificial intelligence projects, taking its AI for Earth funding initiatives to US$50M around the world.

• Sydney start-up Q-CTRL launches open source quantum error suppression library

  ​Sydney start-up Q-CTRL is releasing an open source library of error suppression controls for quantum computers.

• How 5G drove moves by Apple, Qualcomm and Intel

  Apple and Qualcomm on Tuesday settled an acrimonious two-year legal dispute. Shortly afterward, Intel Corp said it will exit the smartphone modem chip business.

• What lies beneath: A new approach to big data for Australian businesses

  Jump back a few years, and database management would have been top of the list in the ‘best leave that one to the techies’ category.

• Former Firefox exec alleges Google torpedoed Firefox with 'oops' excuses

  Johnathan Nightingale – a one-time Firefox V.P. – weighed in on working with Google in a series of tweets, prompted by a controversial "smart city" plan from Alphabet for Nightingale's hometown of Toronto.

• Red Hat to maintain OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11

  Red Hat will be providing bug fixes and security patches for the two older releases of the Java Development Kit, taking over from Oracle

• Cisco Talos details exceptionally dangerous DNS hijacking attack

  Cisco Talos says state-sponsored attackers are battering DNS to gain access to sensitive networks and systems

• Inside the quantum challenge at Airbus: applying quantum computing to enterprise problems

  Airbus is seeking to pool together the best minds in quantum computing to push forward aviation design, optimisation and modelling with a competition that will run throughout the year.

• Telco group launches broadside against NBN Co board

  Commpete, a group that describes itself as representing Australia’s “challenger” telcos, has called on NBN Co’s board to resign.

• Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human rights concerns

  Microsoft recently rejected a California law enforcement agency’s request to install facial recognition technology in officers’ cars and body cameras due to human rights concerns, company president Brad Smith said on Tuesday.

• Fines Victoria IT woes tax Ombudsman’s patience

  The Victorian Ombudsman says her office has been flooded with complaints about Fines Victoria, after the agency launched on 31 December 2017 with only partial IT functionality.

• Location, location, location: How Australia is getting precise about positioning

  Businesses in sectors ranging from agriculture to aviation, construction, mining, shipping and road transport are expected to benefit from a major project that will deliver highly accurate positioning capabilities across the Australian continent and surrounding maritime zones.