| Hi John, The calamitous collapse of Telstra's mobile network on Monday was triggered by a software fault which led to multiple elements across the network failing, the company said on Tuesday, offering an apology for the disruptions suffered by its customers.
A coalition of eight advocacy groups is asking the US Federal Trade Commission take steps to break up Facebook, with Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger spun off into competing networks.
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has acknowledged that the Justice Department needs to take a close look at technology companies like Google that may be monopolies.
And talking of Google, the search giant appears to have visions of controlling people in the future through the information that it slurps up every day, judging by a leaked 2016 video titled The Selfish Ledger.
Cloud and operating systems behemoth Microsoft has improved its chances of winning a US$10 billion defence contract by winning a contract to supply cloud services to 17 intelligence agencies.
Paypal has acquired small-business friendly commerce platform iZettle for what it says will enable the online financial services provider to deliver a ’significantly expanded global omnichannel platform’.
CSIRO's digital innovation group Data61 has announced the formation of an alliance to develop a national robotics R&D strategy and create the critical mass required to address large-scale Australian and international challenges using robotics technologies.
Watch out, Uber! An exuberant Ola now has 6 major metropolitan cities in Australia with a "credible rideshare alternative", with more cities on track and 30,000 registered ride shared driver partners. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com.
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