In 2021, the Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) will trek to Sydney for its first event outside the Northern Hemisphere. [ + ]

Microsoft has launched a public preview of its Microsoft Teams collaboration app for Linux. [ + ]

Optus has established an end-to-end 5G data call over its 2300 MHz spectrum, in what the company is calling a world first. [ + ]

Australians are forgoing cybersecurity because it's "inconvenient, they're not worried about the risks or don't know how to protect themselves online", ESET's survey has found. [ + ]

Intel's new cryogenic control chip could bring us closer to a practical, commercially viable quantum computer. [ + ]

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Sydney-based Harrison.ai has completed its first capital raising to further the development of its healthcare AI business. [ + ]

A NextGen Cyber Defence Centre has launched in Melbourne to help businesses and organisations bolster their cybersecurity capabilities. [ + ]

Telecommunications industry association TelSoc has welcomed the government's decision to combine the communications and infrastructure ministries. [ + ]

Adelaide provides the best mobile experience of Australia and New Zealand's largest cities, according to a new study by Tutela. [ + ]

Nearly four out of every 10 cameras are vulnerable to a cyber attack, according to research by Genetec. [ + ]

The federal government has established a Digital Technology Taskforce to explore ways to maximise the benefits of digital technology and minimise the harms. [ + ]

A new Amazon Web Services-backed Cloud Innovation Centre is set to open at RMIT University to help tackle global cyber challenges and close skills gaps. [ + ]

A strategically pointed laser can be used to hijack voice assistants such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant, researchers have shown. [ + ]

Macquarie Data Centres has broken ground on the first stage of a project to increase the capacity of its Macquarie Park Data Centre Campus to 43 MW. [ + ]