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Sundar Pichai, the head of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced that the company will put up US$1 billion (A$1.39 billion) for an initiative called the Google News Showcase, which would "pay publishers to create and curate high-quality content for a different kind of online news experience".

A ranking of the cyber prowess of 30 nations, published by the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs, appears to be more of a political publication than a technical one, with Israel conspicuously missing from the top 10, and comments within the document clearly indicating its bias.

Canada has dropped a hint that it may be next in line to create a media code for digital platforms, with the Liberal Government making mention of this in the annual throne speech delivered by the governor-general.

Cyber criminals who breached the infrastructure of the American IT staffing company Artech Information Systems and then used the Windows REvil ransomware, which is also known as Sodinokibi, to encrypt files on-site, appear to have staged a second attack on the same firm using the Maze ransomware and released all the data that they stole in the second attack on a dark web site.

Competition agencies from five countries including Australia’s ACCC have signed a new cooperation agreement to better coordinate investigations across international borders and share intelligence, case theories and investigative techniques.

Australia's average 5G download speed is third among the leading 12 5G markets studied by analytics firm OpenSignal, with Saudi Arabia, unexpectedly, top and South Korea second.

Four years and nine releases on, the Google Pixel has yet to make an impression on the market as far as sales go; it is always buried in the category of "Others" in those lists of shipments released for various global regions by different technology analyst companies.

Payment provider Mastercard has begun technical preparations for global expansion of the Click to Play online checkout, along with American Express, Discover and Visa.

Privacy watchdogs in Australia and the UK are jointly looking at the personal information handling practices of Clearview AI, with a focus on the company's use of scraped data and biometrics of individuals.

New Zealand-based appliance retailer Fisher & Paykel has teamed up with digital commerce consultancy Tryzens to launch its new online platform in the UK market and to service its global market customers.

VENDOR NEWS:  New Cash Flow Planner to help predictive modelling and scenario planning during COVID-19 and beyond

 With thousands of small to medium businesses (SMBs) in Australia slowly resuming operations as the government lifts COVID-19 restrictions, Intuit QuickBooks Australia today announced the Cash Flow planner – a cash flow prediction tool using machine learning technology. 

VENDOR NEWS: New Cash Flow Planner to help predictive modelling and scenario planning during COVID-19 and beyond

With thousands of small to medium businesses (SMBs) in Australia slowly resuming operations as the government lifts COVID-19 restrictions, Intuit QuickBooks Australia today announced the Cash Flow planner – a cash flow prediction tool using machine learning technology. 

TAFE NSW has been awarded an internationally recognised Learning Impact Award for outstanding applications of technology that address the most significant challenges facing global education.

Two big Canadian telecommunications companies — Bell Canada and Telus Corporation — have chosen Swedish firm Ericsson and Finland's Nokia to provide then with 5G equipment, saving Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from having to make a difficult decision on whether or not to allow Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies a role.

Software developers are finding their productivity and wellbeing has been hit as a result of COVID-19, according to a new worldwide study led by the University of Adelaide’s School of Computer Science in collaboration with Dalhousie University in Canada.

Cisco and La Trobe University are claiming a world first with the joint appointment of the Cisco Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things at La Trobe, Professor Wei Xiang.

Back in February, when Huawei Australia said it would hold public forums across the country to "let ordinary Australians make up their own minds about the company" there was little indication that these would be reduced to Zoom meetings – and with no coffee in sight!

ASX VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Cannabis stocks have had a challenging year with huge selloffs seen across the sector. Yet this presents opportunities that are hard to ignore. Global cannabis investment group MMJ Group Holdings (ASX:MMJ) is one. The group is trading at a sharp discount to its intrinsic value, as featured in its March quarter business and investment update.

ASX VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT:  Cannabis stocks have had a challenging year with huge selloffs seen across the sector. Yet this presents opportunities that are hard to ignore. Global cannabis investment group MMJ Group Holdings (ASX:MMJ) is one. The group is trading at a sharp discount to its intrinsic value, as featured in its March quarter business and investment update.

Myriota Canada, a subsidiary of South Australia-based Myriota, a connectivity provider for nanosatellite Internet of Things devices, has entered into an agreement with exactEarth to purchase satellite communications assets.