Juniper Research expects there to be significant growth in the total value of transactions made over contactless POS equipment over the next few years. [ + ]

Sportsbet is offering odds of $1.50 that the Census website will crash on Census night, with $2.50 odds for it to remain online for the duration. [ + ]

The second #TechDiversity Gala Dinner saw the Victorian digital technology industry come together to recognise those behind important diversity initiatives. [ + ]

There has been a steep rise in disclosed vulnerabilities in the industrial control systems that manage critical infrastructure including electric grids and water supplies, and a full third of these have no patches available. [ + ]

IT industry body CompTIA is offering a proforma managed service provider agreement for Australian premium members as part of a rollout of free legal resources. [ + ]

Equinix has completed a $37 million expansion of its Melbourne International Business Exchange, bringing capacity to 1125 cabinets with a co-location area of 3300 square metres. [ + ]

Spark Festival Sydney, a week-long event designed for aspiring entrepreneurs in the global tech start-up market, is expected to attract more than 10,000 local and international industry leaders in October. [ + ]

Big Switch Networks, a provider of hyperscale networking for data centres, has announced the company's launch in Australia. [ + ]

A major Australian bank has handed Secure Code Warrior a $1m training contract to strengthen the security coding skills of 4000 software developers. [ + ]

Kaspersky Lab recently launched a bug bounty program with HackerOne. [ + ]

The ACS, the professional association for Australia's ICT sector, is taking submissions for the 2016 Digital Disruptor Awards until 4 August. [ + ]

NEC Australia has been selected to deliver South Australia Police's (SAPOL) facial recognition system. [ + ]

The right to sell '.web' domain names recently sold for a record US$135m in an auction. [ + ]

The Complaints in Context report by the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) and Communications Alliance has revealed a decrease in the overall number of telco complaints. [ + ]

The best way to deploy cloud to meet business needs will be the focus of the Future IT Infrastructure Forum, to be held in Melbourne in August. [ + ]