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• Data drives up Bank of Queensland IT expenses

  Data collection activities have resulted in an increase in IT costs by $6 million for the Bank of Queensland (BOQ).

• Former Cisco engineers raise US$278M for startup

  ​A cloud startup founded by a group of four ex-Cisco engineers has raised US$278 million to fund products that aim to help the data centres of customers like investment banks function more like those of cloud computing providers.

• Cryptojacking worm infects exposed Docker deployments

  Graboid is the first known instance of a cryptomining worm used to create botnets spread using containers.

• Can Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency survive the exodus?

  Seven of the founding members of the Libra Association, Facebook's non-profit governing council for its planned cryptocurrency, have jumped ship amid increasing scrutiny by U.S. and European regulators.

• Cisco pushes 5G to hasten advent of industrial IoT

  Cisco says it expects rapid future development of 5G mobile technology will be a boon for industrial IoT use cases

• Telstra seeks to boost tech skills pipeline

  Telstra has revealed details of new partnership with Australian universities that it said will help boost the skills pipeline in high-demand areas such as network and software engineering, information security and analytics.

• AGL makes $27.5 million offer for Southern Phone Company

  AGL has revealed it plans to acquire Southern Phone Company Limited (SPC) for $27.5 million.

• NZ government consults on algorithm usage

  New Zealand’s minister for statistics, James Shaw, has released a draft Algorithm Charter on government use of algorithms and initiated a public consultation on the issue.

• Government pushes mandatory 2FA to prevent number porting fraud

  The government has directed the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to develop new rules mandating the use of two-factor authentication to help prevent fraudulent mobile phone number porting.

• Microsoft has invested $1 billion in research lab OpenAI – here’s why

  Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI shows the Redmond giant has its sights set on being ready for the complex world of artificial general intelligence.

• Google unveils Pixel 4 phones with radar, more affordable laptop

  Google has unveiled new Pixel smartphones with higher quality cameras, a radar sensor to track hand gestures and faster virtual assistant, but the devices had no surprise features to set them apart from rivals and nix concerns about price.

• Sudo flaw discovered in "runas" restrictions

  A flaw in sudo was just announced yesterday. Users with the ability to run a command as another user may be able to get around this restriction and run commands as root.

• Beamforming explained: How it makes wireless communication faster

  Beamforming uses the science of electromagnetic interference to make Wi-Fi and 5G connections more precise.

• IBM and Vocus settle Census outage lawsuit

  IBM, Vocus and Vocus subsidiary Nextgen have settled a lawsuit relating to the high-profile failure of the Australian Census website in 2016.

• New German rules leave 5G telecoms door open to Huawei

  Germany has finalised rules for the build-out of 5G mobile networks that, in a snub to the United States, will not exclude China's Huawei Technologies.