The NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, will stop providing new connections on its HFC network within a matter of days due to an acute shortage of network termination devices, reliable sources have told iTWire.



For years now, companies have teased the ability to charge devices truly wirelessly, receiving power through the air like your device receives Wi-Fi, but despite new demos from Xiaomi and Lenovo's Motorola last week, you can't buy an air charger yet.

Australian Scientia Professor Martin Green has been made a laureate of the Japan Prize in the field of Resources, Energy, the Environment, and Social Infrastructure for his “revolutionary” work in the field of photovoltaics.

Global cyber security firm Kaspersky has appointed an insider, Chris Connell, as managing director for its Asia-Pacific operations.

A network of regional hydrogen technology clusters has been unveiled across Australia, as part of a drive to establish a nationwide hydrogen cluster.

Chinese smartphone vendor realme has launched two wearables in the Australian market, a set of buds and a watch, both of which will go on sale from 4 February, the former on pre-order and the latter for purchase.

Optus has completed its purchase of amaysim’s mobile business with its 1.2 million subscribers for $250 million.

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