Singapore has proposed a law to police social media, with those who spread lies online that harm the public interest to be jailed for 10 years, while companies that host the falsehoods would be fined up to S$1 million (A$1.03 million).

Global quarterly spending on cyber security rose above the US$10 billion mark for the first time in the last three months of 2018, the analyst firm Canalys says, adding that, according to its estimates, the total investment in cyber security for the year touched US$37 billion, a rise of 9% year-on-year.

A worryingly small proportion of innovation projects are reaching fruition, according to a recent survey.Australia has not yet made the systemic changes required to achieve diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to the findings of newly released research.

Organisations need to move to the cloud to take advantage of rapid technological change and to keep up with the speed of business changes. Oracle executive vice-president of applications and product development, Steve Miranda, said at Oracle OpenWorld Asia.

The chairman and chief executive of Siemens Australia, Jeff Connolly, has been named as an adjunct professor of Swinburne University of Technology in recognition of his extensive contributions to Industry 4.0 in Australia.

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