Industry News
Postman Digit? Agility Robotics releases new delivery robot
Agility Robotics' humanoid robot, Digit, is stepping out of the lab and into the world, and some day, it might just end up at your door. [ + ]
Modis recognised at international Microsoft awards
Modis has been named Microsoft's 2019 "Australian Partner of the Year" and "Data Analytics Partner of the Year". [ + ]
AGL mounts $3bn takeover bid for Vocus
AGL Energy has been granted exclusive due diligence rights on a potential takeover of Vocus Group after submitting a non-binding $3bn offer. [ + ]
EU mobile traffic routed to China for two hours
Large amounts of mobile traffic bound for European mobile networks was inadvertently routed through China for more than two hours recently. [ + ]
ACSC urges Windows users to patch against BlueKeep
Users of outdated and obsolete versions of Windows have been urged to patch against the critical BlueKeep vulnerability, with “potentially millions of networks” at risk. [ + ]
Cinia, MegaFon enter Arctic telecom cable agreement
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Cinia and MegaFon to prepare the build of a submarine telecommunications cable across the Arctic Sea. [ + ]
Bug found impacting more than half of email servers
Cloud security company Qualys has discovered a new vulnerability in the Exim mail transfer agent that allows root-level local and remote command execution. [ + ]
Infosys Melbourne 5G Living Lab opens
The Melbourne 5G Living Lab has just been launched by Infosys, designed to help service providers monetise 5G network deployment. [ + ]
Misapplied config change caused Google service outage
Google has attributed an outage impacting access to Google services to a configuration change that was inadvertently applied more broadly than planned. [ + ]
Multinational tax alliance targets cryptocurrencies
Tax enforcement officials from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the UK and the US have commenced over 50 joint investigations during the first year of the 'J5 alliance'. [ + ]
New open-source portal puts e-waste on the map
An international research group is putting e-waste on the map with its new open-source platform, to better inform environmental laws and recycling practices. [ + ]
Grant funding bridges the gap between research and business
Australian researchers and SMEs can receive up to $50,000 to take their products international, thanks to the Global Connections Fund Bridging Grants. [ + ]
Cybercrime may be underreported, new study shows
Half of survey respondents believe most enterprises underreport cybercrime, even when it's legally required, according to a new study. [ + ]
90% of blockchain platforms replaced by 2021
According to a new Gartner report, 90% of current enterprise blockchain platform implementations will require replacement by 2021. [ + ]
More AustCyber Projects funding announced
The second round of AustCyber Projects funding has been announced by the federal government. [ + ]