The head of Australia's second biggest telecommunications company has told staff that they would be fired if they upset customers, a report claims.

A Chinese Government company and a private Taiwan firm have been accused of trying to steal trade secrets from US tech firm Micron Technology.

While the top telcos in China are in the bad books of the US Government and its allies in the West, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has re-elected China’s Houlin Zhao as Secretary-General.

Microsoft has been regularly sharing the financial details of Indian bank customers with American intelligence agencies, a report by the website DNA Money claims.

Apple has reported better earnings than expected for its fiscal fourth quarter, but the company's shares fell 7% on Thursday after chief executive Tim Cook warned that the next quarter, that covers the holiday season, could see less sales than predicted.

Thousands of Google employees at offices in Asia, Europe and North America have staged a brief walkout on Thursday US time, to protest against sexism, racism and the lack of checks on executive power in the company.

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