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• Cuscal investigates spike in PayID lookups

  Payment processor Cuscal says it is working with one of its clients to investigate a “spike” in PayID enquiries and resolutions.

• Who's tracking you? Facebook users to get more control over data

  The social media site said if a user clears their off-Facebook activity, Facebook would remove the user's identifying information from the data that apps and websites choose to send.

• Woodside Energy to roll out cloud-based E&P environment

  Schlumberger has revealed details of a seven-year contract with resources company Woodside Energy for an enterprise-wide deployment of its exploration and production (E&P) platform DELFI.

• New rules allow Google to bring ‘Project Soli’ motion sensing tech to Australia

  New spectrum rules introduced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) allow Google to bring its touchless interaction technology ‘Project Soli’ to Australia.

• Megaport pursues ‘aggressive global expansion’

  Megaport says in FY20 it is focusing on an “aggressive global expansion strategy”, with the interconnection-as-a-service company today reporting 78 per cent growth in revenue for the 12 months to 30 June.

• Microsoft Edge in Chromium goes beta, and Microsoft says it's ready for everyday use

  Microsoft unveils a beta channel for everyday users to try Microsoft Edge, built on its new Chromium foundation.

• US Justice Department teams up with states on probe of Big Tech firms

  The US Justice Department is working with a group of more than a dozen state attorneys general as it moves forward with a broad investigation into major technology companies, the department's antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, said on Tuesday.

• Open banking: Security to drive financial revolution

  If you think 2018 was a transformative year for the Australian financial services sector, this year has been just as eventful.

• Safari to ape Firefox, go all-in on anti-tracking

  The WebKit team has unveiled a new Tracking Prevention Policy that could help bolster privacy for users of Apple's Safari browser.

• 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.