| Hi John,
BREAKING NEWS: Melbourne, Australia in a new 5 day snap lockdown! Check your favourite online newspaper for all the details.
Also - apologies for the lack of iTWire's PM Update. We are having some issues with our mail server so some readers aren't receiving the updates, we are working on this to fix it as quickly as we can.
Losses by Australians to dating and romance scams are expected to be much higher this year as scammers turn to a new technique - romance baiting - using dating apps to lure victims into investment scams, according to the consumer watchdog, the ACCC.
Ratings agency S&P Global Ratings says there are positive signs that Telstra's underlying earnings may have reached an inflection point, support by receding NBN headwinds, momentum in its restructuring strategy and its mobile leadership in Australia.
Microsoft would support the implementation of a law similar to the Australian news media code in other countries, including the US, the company's president, Brad Smith, says.
In just a few days time on February 15, it will be 75 years since the deployment of the first all-electronic, programmable computer at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, called ENIAC, which stands for an "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer".
Optus is offering new regional customers 25% off its $59 SIM plan for the first 12 months, the telco says in a statement, adding that this deal, and others, are available until 31 March.
Securing your ERP system properly is something that must be keeping CISOs awake, given the endless stories of organisations being hacked on an ongoing basis, and with a ton of sensitive data contained within, it has never been more important to enforce and test the security of everything in your company.
India, the world's second biggest smartphone market, has seen traffic grow more than 60 times over the past five years and mobile users now consume about 13.5GB of data each month, a study of the subcontinent's mobile market by Finnish telecommunications equipment vendor Nokia has found.
Bring out the ale, because anyone whose name starts with ALE can be in the running to win one of 100 smart-home tech products from Alexa by visiting its dedicated Facebook page.
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