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Uber drivers have found ways to trick the algorithms that are used to regulate them to cause "surge pricing" by organising mass switch-offs and giving the system the impression that less cars are in operation that actually are operating.

Two men and two women have been arrested by the London police over Windows computer software service fraud with losses worldwide totalling hundreds of millions of pounds.

A lobby group for IT workers has slammed the Coalition government over its proposal to introduce laws to gain access to encrypted communications, saying such moves were completely unworkable.

In March, following a terror attack in London, The Age came out with the incredible claim that WhatsApp had something to do with it. This time, The Age, whose parent company Fairfax Media boasts that it practises quality journalism, has got a new theory: the instant messaging app Telegram had something to with it.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has used Saturday's terrorist attack to again push for a ban on encryption.

A split has arisen between WikiLeaks and one of its prominent supporters, with four lawyers of the whistle-blower organisation accusing filmmaker Laura Poitras of jeopardising its interests through her recently released film, Risk.

Every time an act of terrorism is committed, there is an outcry about encryption. This time, following the UK incident last week, is no different with some publications bringing WhatsApp into the picture.

Global communications services giant Ericsson has secured an exclusive media delivery services contract with the SBS television network to aggregate and deliver content from multiple international content owners and distributors to the broadcaster’s Sydney headquarters via its London broadcast and media services hub.

An Israeli, Washington-based cybersecurity start-up, which uses big data, behavioural analytics and machine learning to automatically hunt down complex cyberattacks in real time, has been judged by Juniper Research as the world’s top disruptive tech innovator.

5G technology has delivered a surgeon that has "the sense of touch during remote surgery" and it will be demonstrated at 5G World 2016 in London on 29 and 30 June.

New Zealand-based healthcare tech solutions provider Orion Health has secured two new contracts that it says will significantly extend its presence in the UK market.

The Commonwealth Bank has launched an innovation lab in Hong Kong and already has plans to open an innovation lab in London later this year.

The world’s biggest music acts including Pharrell Williams, One Direction, Florence + The Machine, Disclosure and more will be headlining the 2015 Apple Music Festival in London this September.

Global IT services company CSC has appointed former Equinix and Google senior manager Sam Johnston as chief technology officer for the Australian, New Zealand region.

Telstra has launched a new, faster network linking the Australian and Singapore stock exchanges which it says strengthens its offerings for the financial services sector.

An experienced financial services Barclays executive in London and former Australian project engineer has returned to Australia to take up a position as the first CEO of new Sydney fintech hub for startups, Stone & Chalk.

Former Yahoo! executive Matt West has joined Australian-based social content platform provider, Local Measure, in its newly opened London offices as the company looks to expand operations in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

Melbourne-based telco and cloud software and services company DGIT has appointed Ian Noble, the former CEO of prominent Australian fibre network operation, UeComm, to its board.

Google’s ‘first’ Google Store within Currys PC World London is massively upgrading its previous ‘first’ store in the same location, the 2011 Chrome Zone, with 2015 technology.

Global data centre provider Equinix is set to bring five new International Business Exchange data centres online, including one in Melbourne, over the coming weeks.