Business email compromise (BEC) was the most prevalent security threat in Australia in 2019, accounting for 23.6% of global attempts and placing Australia in the top two countries with the most attempted attacks - and with the healthcare sector globally remaining the most targeted industry.

Nokia has launched new end-to-end slicing network functionality for 4G and 5G New Radio (NR) which it says will support connectivity from 4G and 5G devices over the sliced network to applications running in private and public clouds.

Australian startup The Block Ledger is one of the top five winners of the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund/HSBC JUMPSTARTER 2020 Global Pitch Competition, competing in the event against 40 finalists for the top five slots.

UK based consultancy Waterstons has set up shop in Australia. A growing client base in Australia including shipping giant James Fisher Group and architecture practice John McAslan & Partners, led to Waterstons' decision to open offices in Sydney and Perth.

Competition issues with the upcoming 5G spectrum allocation process are under the spotlight from Australia’s competition regulator, the ACCC, which has issued a consultation paper seeking public feedback.

Shipments of so-called traditional PCs in the Europe, Middle East and African markets in 2020 will be 72.2 million, a decline of 1% year-on-year, the global market intelligence firm IDC says, adding that the first half of 2020 would be better than the second, with growth of 1.6% year-on-year for the first quarter and no change in the second quarter year-on-year.

The Mozilla Foundation has begun rolling out encrypted DNS over HTTPS for its Firefox browser by default for users in the US, but has no plans in place for other global regions.

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