Australian Government legislation to combat the practice of revenge porn has passed the House of Representatives on Thursday and is set to go to the Senate where it is likely to be approved.

Internal protests are growing at Google, with employees questioning the company's leaders over a move to launch a censored version of its search engine in China.

Many statistics in the NBN Co's results for the full-year 2018, announced on Thursday, show an improvement, but one area where things appear to be either worse or static is the cost of installation per premises.

A claimed "revolutionary, world-first" connectivity module from Powertec, dubbed myinsight, promises to shake-up the IoT/E (Internet of Things/Everything) space, and it has been done by an Australian company.

Chinese state-sponsored attackers appear to be carrying out network reconnaissance of several organisations in Alaska, Nairobi, Kenya and Germany, using the assets of an elite university, the security firm Recorded Future claims.

Nokia is thrilled that its "Nokia 7 plus" smartphone has been selected as the "Consumer Smartphone of the Year" for 2018 by EISA, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association.

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