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• US law enforcement takes down site hosting Medicare data sale

  The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Dutch National Police, and Europol have cracked down on darknet markets, shutting down two of the major Tor-concealed marketplaces for illegal goods and services: Hansa and AlphaBay.

• Apple's macOS Sierra update hints successor is on schedule

  The current pace of releases indicates macOS High Sierra will likely arrive the third week in September.

• EU court must rule how forgetful Google should be

  Just how forgetful must Google be when applying the "right to be forgotten" created by a 2014 European Union court ruling?

• How to pick the right collaboration tools

  IT pros say collaboration is a high priority to their organization, so it's important to choose wisely

• Labor seeks access to NBN’s speed database

  Shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland has filed a freedom of information request seeking access to NBN’s database of estimated theoretical maximum speeds for households.

• EastLink switches to SICE back office tolling system

  The EastLink tollway has upgraded to a new state-of-the-art tolling back office system. The new mission critical IT system was provided by SICE, a global intelligent transport systems provider based out of Madrid, Spain.

• Overcoming the skeptics: Why organisations need to prepare for a digital workforce

  2017 has not been the year that robots take over, but it should be the year during which CEOs and CIOs take a closer look at their organisation’s digital labour strategy.

• Keeping secrets from cloud-based quantum computers

  Until recently, it was thought to be impossible to maintain private interactions with quantum computers, unless the user had their own quantum network.

• ACCC gears up for court action against ISPs over broadband speeds

  The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission expects to launch court action against Internet service providers over broadband speeds before the end of the year.

• 5G an ‘inflection point’ for Australian economy, Fifield says

  The arrival of 5G in Australia will represent “an inflection point not just for the telecoms sector but also for the entire Australian economy,” communications minister Senator Mitch Fifield said this morning.