Software giant Microsoft has finally got the go-ahead for its proposed acquisition of games giant Activision Blizzard, with the UK regulatory authority giving clearance for the merger ahead of a deadline of 18 October.



It seems the biggest online tech platforms are falling short when it comes to tackling the proliferation of child sexual exploitation, sexual extortion, and the livestreaming of child sexual abuse, according to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner’s second report.

Finnish telco equipment vendor Nokia unveiled its 25G PON technology on the Lightspan SF-8M sealed fibre access node, which cable operators may deploy to respond to increased bandwidth demand by activating 10G or 25G on their existing PON network.

An estimated total of at least 5.3 billion phones are prematurely discarded every year, part of an estimated annual total of 50 million tonnes of e-waste—the equivalent weight of all the commercial aircraft ever made, according to mobile company Kingfisher.

Berkley Insurance Australia has deployed Nutanix’s technology to boost its IT infrastructure, providing digital performance to its 135 underwriters, claims managers, and supporting workforce and allowing its technical staff to focus on cybersecurity.

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