In a fanfare announcement, Indian IT outsourcing firm Infosys has said it will create 1200 jobs in Australia, with about 40% to be for Australian university graduates, and set up three innovation hubs in the country.

A number of reports based on a Wall Street Journal story have surfaced that faced with disappointing sales of its newest iPhone product, Apple is discounting the “budget” iPhone XR in Japan. The same WSJ story also claims that Apple is restarting production of last year’s iPhone X.

A group of industry associations are calling for the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security not to scuttle the Parliamentary process and bow to government pressure to “wave through” the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 commonly known as the encryption bill.

Communications satellite provider Inmarsat has signed agreements with five major Air Navigation Services Providers in support of the Iris program to modernise air traffic management across Europe.

Australia's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Independent Reserve, has launched a blockchain innovation hub and co-working space in Sydney.

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