Travellers should be aware of the security risks of in-flight Wi-Fi and take precautions before connecting to the public Wi-Fi connections, according to NordVPN. [ + ]

A new Signal survey reveals that almost half of all consumers use two or more devices when booking and planning travel. [ + ]

Four Australian banks have submitted a follow-up to their application with the ACCC to require Apple to open negotiations over allowing third-party access to iOS's NFC payment function. [ + ]

The emergence of a new technology paradigm Gartner calls “civilisation infrastructure” will help lift global IT spending out of the doldrums next year, stimulating a projected 2.9% growth, the company said. [ + ]

Lab trials of the in-development XG.FAST copper acceleration technology conducted by nbn achieved peak aggregate speeds of 8 Gbps over 30 metres of twisted-pair cable. [ + ]

Victorian public sector organisations should be wary of the risks involved with using social media to search for information on potential new hires, according to the state's privacy commissioner. [ + ]

Arbor Networks' Sydney development team has helped implement upgrades to the Digital Attack Map, a real-time map of DDoS attacks developed by Arbor and Alphabet's Jigsaw incubator. [ + ]

G.fast high-speed networking technology, slated for use in the NBN, is on track to capture 3% of the global fixed broadband market by 2021. [ + ]

Government-focused contract lifecycle management software provider Open Windows has won software supply tenders with both mainland territories. [ + ]

With one million tons of external power supplies manufactured each year, a new standard for universal chargers is aiming to significantly reduce e-waste. [ + ]

Consumer group CHOICE says "shoddy" Samsung products have repeatedly put lives at risk. [ + ]

The Everything IoT Global Leadership Summit 2016 will share and showcase domain knowledge, identify latest IoT trends and offer expertise from IoT leaders. [ + ]

HP Inc's board has approved a restructure plan involving cutting 3000 to 4000 jobs worldwide over the next three years. [ + ]

At IA's annual general meeting, the internet industry body pledged to continue advocating for a return to a fibre NBN, and re-elected its chair as well as several directors. [ + ]

VMware has teamed up with AWS to make it easier for customers to run any application in a hybrid cloud environment using the vSphere virtualisation software. [ + ]