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San Francisco-based private social network for neighbourhoods, Nextdoor, has launched in Australia, with the establishment of its Asia Pacific headquarters in Sydney as part of an expansion into the region.

Whenever a new wireless technology is announced, there's always someone out there who suggests it is going to cause health problems, but is it true?

Ten NSW space start-up companies have a chance to take part in an intensive bootcamp learning experience in the United States.

Facilities owned by American telecommunications giant AT&T in eight US cities are being used by the NSA to monitor billions of emails, phone calls and online chats that pass through US territory.

The CSIRO will use drones in its bid to measure and monitor the seas around Australia and also the Southern Ocean.

A judge in San Francisco has granted a motion by noted open source advocate Bruce Perens to dismiss a defamation suit filed against him by Grsecurity, a group that supplies a patch for hardening the Linux kernel.

WP Engine, the leading provider for managed WordPress hosting, has opened an office in Brisbane to support what it claims is a growing customer base in Australia and New Zealand.

More than a month after a ransomware attack on their Windows computers, journalists at San Francisco's public TV and radio station KQED are still reduced to doing most of their work manually.

The Internet Engineering Task Force has moved its 2018 meeting from San Francisco to Montreal due to fears that the travel bans introduced in the US may make it impossible for overseas members to attend.

Australian-founded document productivity solutions company Nitro is pushing further international expansion after completing a US$15 million capital raising led by global investment firm Battery Ventures.

Telstra has appointed a new head of its start-up accelerator muru-D.

Australian recruitment company Talent has formed a joint venture with San Francisco-based recruitment process outsourcing provider the Coit Group to deliver recruitment solutions to the US tech and digital sector.

Uber has been ordered to stop a self-driving service in San Francisco after two of its vehicle were reportedly spotted going through red lights.

Australian safety and quality inspections company SafetyCulture has raised $30 million to fund expansion into global markets and to support the hiring of new staff in its San Francisco, Sydney and Manchester offices.

The Telstra-backed start-up accelerator muru-D has brought in Australian start-up entrepreneur, Ben Sand, to take up the role of entrepreneur in residence.

Bitcoin has popularised the concept of the ‘Block Chain’, with the Feb 2016 Block Chain conference in San Francisco scoring IBM as keynote presenter.

Global mobile analytics and attribution company, adjust, has boosted its presence in the Asia Pacific region, with the opening of a new Australian office in Sydney.

PayPal has extended its instant checkout service One Touch to merchants using the Bigcommerce e commerce platform.

Apple’s yearly Worldwide Developer Conference for 2015 has been announced, with sought-after tickets to be issued to developers through a random selection process.

New Zealand global accounting software company Xero has appointed a US-based executive VP and CFO to help spearhead its next stage of growth in the North American market and other international markets.