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• Optus keen to access government’s face-matching service

  Optus has endorsed the creation of a national biometrics system that will offer services based on a range of facial images held by federal, state and territory bodies.

• Achieving productivity through alignment and collaboration

  As a nation we have had 28 years of uninterrupted economic growth. Compared to other Western economies, this puts us in a very rare and fortunate position.

• Australia concluded China was behind hack on parliament, political parties

  Australian intelligence determined China was responsible for a cyber-attack on its national parliament and three largest political parties before the general election in May, five people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

• Make an innovation lab the centre of your transformation

  Nearly every tech giant today boasts their own innovation lab – Google X, Amazon Lab126, Microsoft Research, IBM Garage and Facebook Reality Labs – where ideas blossom and new products are born. Digital transformation initiatives are given a boost by streamlining the process from idea generation to implementation.

• Vodafone: Australians should strive for higher-speed broadband

  How telecomunications providers can give Australians the fastest broadband speed possible is the key issue said Matthew Lobb, Vodafone general manager for fixed broadband.

• Is the European Commission ramping up the pressure on Big Tech?

  The European Commission has been the scourge of Silicon Valley in recent years and it shows no signs of relenting under incoming President Ursula von der Leyen.

• Gartner sees blockchain as ‘transformational’ across industries, in 5-10 years

  CIOs must educate leaders about blockchain opportunities and challenges and continue to develop proofs of concept to test business worthiness.

• France, Germany blast Facebook's Libra, back public cryptocurrency

  France and Germany said on Friday that Facebook's Libra currency posed risks to the financial sector that could block its authorization in Europe, and backed the development of an alternative public cryptocurrency.

• Apple has sour reaction to Goldman Sachs' analyst note

  Apple struck out at a Goldman Sachs analyst on Friday in a relatively rare public dust-up between a blue chip Wall Street firm and its client.

• 'One big happy family': How Pivotal will fit back into VMware

  ​In August, VMware announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire its fellow Dell EMC family member Pivotal, the platform-as-a-service vendor it helped spin out back in 2012.

• NSW Government iCare claim platform cost $360M

  A bespoke platform to power the NSW Government's recently-merged insurance provider has cost $360 million dollars, a recent committee revealed.

• What is the EU's revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and its impact?

  The upcoming PSD2 requirements, which include multifactor authentication for online European payment card transactions, will have a ripple effect on the payments processing industry in the U.S. and elsewhere.

• New tech inside iPhone 11 is the future of everything

  Apple has ultra-high ambitions for its new ultra-wideband chip. It’s more than just tag tracking and AirDrop. So much more.

• JavaFX 13 adds support for native rendering

  Upgrade to the rich client platform for Java allows developers to integrate technologies such as OpenGL and WebGL for powerful visualizations

• Google to pay $1 billion in France to settle fiscal fraud probe

  Google agreed to pay close to 1 billion euros (US$1.10 billion) to French authorities to settle a fiscal fraud probe that began four years ago in a deal that may create a legal precedent for other large tech companies present in the country.