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• Optus strikes deal with Australian nanosat startup Myriota

  Optus Business will offer products and connectivity services from Adelaide-headquartered startup Myriota as part of its lineup of IoT solutions, the telco announced today.

• Data61 launches mixed reality lab

  A new facility operated by the CSIRO’s Data61 division will help provide Australian industry with access with the technology to create ‘digital twins’.

• NEXTDC opens Perth ‘microsite’ ahead of P2 data centre launch

  NEXTDC has launched what it describes as its first edge data centre, located within the site of its under-development 20-megawatt P2 facility.

• Court backs Netflix effort to stamp-out illicit Stranger Things streaming

  A group of entertainment companies including Netflix’s production arm, Netflix Studios, has successfully obtained a court injunction directing Telstra, Optus, Vocus, TPG and Vodafone to block their broadband customers from accessing almost 100 sites.

• Twitter, Facebook counter ‘information operation’ targeting HK protesters

  Twitter has suspended 936 user accounts that the social network operator says were part of a state-backed “information operation” targeting the Hong Kong protest movement.

• US tech industry takes aim at French digital service

  Major tech firms and U.S. tech industry groups said on Monday that France's new digital services tax undermines the global tax regime and multilateral efforts to reform it.

• Creating the correct DevOps culture: Failure is a part of the success

  At its core, DevOps is a practice rooted in culture and philosophy. It takes time to develop and master, and for all its benefits, it’s also prone to disaster.

• Microsoft buys jClarity to boost Java on Azure

  With its acquisition of Java support services company jClarity, Microsoft is making a play to optimise Java workloads on its Azure cloud platform.

• Plans detailed for first US mission to land on moon since Apollo

  The mission will ferry technology and experiments to the moon under a NASA program that will lay the groundwork for astronaut trips by 2024 under the optimistic schedule laid out by the Trump administration.

• Windows 10 Pro: More of a dead end than ever

  Microsoft has made it clear that it wants companies to embrace Windows 10 Enterprise, leaving the lesser Pro version in the dust.

• Scat-collecting drones to help preserve threatened species

  The University of Western Australia has been awarded a grant to help its work protecting threatened species.

• Alibaba and the $15 billion question: Amid Hong Kong's protests, when to list?

  Hong Kong's political unrest is posing a dilemma for Alibaba Group on the timing of its planned US$15 billion listing in the city, with sources saying China's biggest e-commerce company is now considering several timetables.

• ASX prepares for October launch of data analytics webstore

  Securities market operator ASX Limited is preparing to make initial services on its new data analytics platform, dubbed ASX DataSphere, available to customers in October. DataSphere brings together ASX and third party data to drive a range of tools that can be purchased through a web-based store.

• AFP, AustCyber back ‘hackathon’ to help find missing people

  The Australian Federal Police is supporting a hackathon intended to generate new leads that can help locate missing people.

• The impact of machine learning on security

  Machine learning (ML) is changing security in much the same way that it’s changing other fields. Although many tools are immature or overhyped, vendors are starting to offer legitimately effective solutions for a growing collection of security uses.