Data consumption by users of the national broadband network has risen to an average of 213GB per month, the NBN Co's chief technology officer Ray Owen claims.

Research conducted by a group including scientists at RMIT’s School of Science and the University of Wollongong has developed groundbreaking new technology which could allow 100-times-faster internet by harnessing twisted light beams to carry more data and process it faster.

eBay is more than holding its own, so far, against the concerted push from online retail giant Amazon to build its business in the Australian market, with a new report revealing that just 24% of Australians made a purchase on Amazon in the last six months compared to 63% purchasing goods and services on eBay over the same period.

Rolling out fibre to the home is an expensive exercise and alternative methods need to be found to provide people with broadband that can yield speeds above 100Mbps, the marketing and communications director of NetComm, Els Baert, claims.

British Airways has updated its advice on a breach of customer data, saying the payments cards of another 77,000 people could be affected, in addition to the 380,000 first mentioned.

Asian tech giants NEC and Samsung Electronics have formed a partnership aimed at strengthening their next-generation technology portfolios, including 5G.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has been in "Moses-on-the-Mount" mode overnight, calling out what he terms the "data industrial complex" — read Google and Facebook — for its surveillance and using user data for monetary gain. Sam Varghese contends that this is an exercise in hypocrisy.

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