Optus's acquisition of cybersecurity consultant Hivint will help the company grow its security business in Australia and potentially the wider APAC region. [ + ]

Seagate has entered a collaboration with IBM aimed at using the IBM Blockchain Platform to crack down on sales of counterfeit hard disk drive products. [ + ]

Thales has opened its Australian World Trade Centre offices in Melbourne, as part of the OneSKY project. [ + ]

Enterprises are on average discovering 870 unique vulnerabilities per day, with more than 100 of these listed as critical, according to Tenable. [ + ]

The Tesla 'summon' feature has proved very helpful for one Wisconsin man. [ + ]

PayPal is now accepted as a payment option by Service NSW and will progressively roll out across all NSW Government agencies that use this website and app. [ + ]

Retail energy providers Origin Energy and Sumo Power have arranged to resell Optus nbn and wireless broadband services as part of power and telecoms bundles. [ + ]

A new digital platform designed to support Australian businesses engaging with China has just been launched by Austrade. [ + ]

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office is consulting on its proposal to introduce a statutory code governing the use of personal data in political campaigns. [ + ]

Entries are currently open for the inaugural ANZ-UK Tech Rocketship Awards. [ + ]

Spending on IT product services in Australia is projected to grow 3.5% in 2019, beating the global average of 3.2%, according to Gartner. [ + ]

SA has Australia's highest proportion of malware infected devices, with an estimated 26.4% of devices infected with an average of 20 malware strains. [ + ]

Nextdoor has decided to establish its Asia–Pacific headquarters in Sydney as part of an expansion into the region. [ + ]

Broadband markets will be significantly impacted by the rollout of 5G networks in Australia. [ + ]

The Optus CEO has been criticised for threatening that staff would be sacked if customers were unhappy. [ + ]