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• AI fake text generator hobbled over fear of ‘malicious applications’

  OpenAI, a non-profit artificial intelligence research company, has hobbled the publicly available version of a new AI-based text generator due to “concerns about malicious applications of the technology”.

• LandMark White data posted on darkweb forum

  Property valuation firm LandMark White says its decision to yesterday request the ASX pause trading of its shares came as it sought “clarity” around the impact of a data breach on its services.

• Cyber espionage research group Citizen Lab emboldened by ‘entrapment attempt’

  ​For the first time, the University of Sydney hired a security guard to man the door at a public lecture this week, given by the director of digital espionage research centre Citizen Lab, Ron Deibert.

• Operator of Greek movie website opposes attempt to have it blocked in Australia

  The operator of an online service dedicated to Greek-language movies and TV series has opposed an attempt by a group of entertainment companies to compel Australian ISPs block access to his site.

• 5G is "not the atom bomb" says Huawei rotating CEO Eric Xu

  Tech giant addressed Donald Trump, 5G security concerns and how discussions with Britain's GCHQ led to a near total rewrite of its software.

• Mozilla to harden Firefox defenses with site isolation, a la Chrome

  With 'Project Fission,' the developer hopes to wall off malicious sites and attack code so websites don't bring down the whole browser.

• Next.js 8 now supports serverless apps

  The JavaScript and React framework also reduces build-time memory usage and speeds static export

• IBM marries on-premises, private- and public-cloud data

  IBM is introducing Cloud Integration Platform so customers can better integrate data securely no matter where it resides in on-premises, private, hybrid or public cloud.

• Obscurity looms for Australia after driverless index slip, claims peak body

  Australia has dropped a place in a global ranking of nations’ readiness for autonomous vehicles, an outcome industry body the Australia and New Zealand Driverless Vehicle Initiative (ADVI) says “should sound warning bells”.

• Revitalising citizen engagement

  Citizens depend on their governments to provide essential services and to make decisions with their best interests at heart.

• EU clinches copyright overhaul deal, tech giants in focus

  The European Union is set to rewrite its two-decades-old copyright rules which will force Google and Facebook to share revenue with the creative industries and remove copyright-protected content on YouTube or Instagram.

• ASX eyes growth from new data analytics platform offering

  ASX Limited, which operates the Australian Securities Exchange, is rolling out a data analytics platform to give its customers “access to data science and machine learning capabilities”.

• Defence export review knocks back call for looser crypto research rules

  A review of Australia’s defence export regime says the government should consider reintroducing a less-restrictive cryptography research permit scheme. However, it falls short of recommending the kinds of changes to defence export controls sought by researchers.

• Telstra blames NBN as profit drops by more than a quarter

  Telstra has blamed on the ongoing impact of the NBN rollout for a 27 per cent drop in net profit after tax for the first six months of its financial year.

• Don’t waste your money on Office 2019 (says Microsoft)

  Office 2019 has been out just a few months, so naturally Microsoft has a big marketing push urging you to … NOT buy it?