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Global Headset Shipments Surge

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TAIPEI: Digitimes Research is predicting good times ahead for AR/VR headsets, forecasting global shipments will surge 29 percent in 2020. The Taiwanese research outfit says this is being driven by…

Set To Reject Huawei, UK In 5G Talks With Japan, Korea

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LONDON: British officials have discussed supplies of 5G networking equipment with companies in South Korea and Japan as part of a bid to develop alternatives to China’s Huawei Technologies. The…

Telstra Loses Asia-Pac Exec.

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SYDNEY: Telstra has lost its Asia-Pacific chief information security officer Berin Lautenbach, with his departure following hard on the heels of senior exec, Grant McKechnie, who left in March. Lautenbach…

Australia 12th In 5G Deployment

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SYDNEY: Australia is ranked 12th out of the 22 countries that have deployed 5G technology by global research company OMDIA. In its first 5G Market Progress Assessment, OMDIA’s ranking of…

Low-Key Australian Techie Scores Queen’s Birthday Gong

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ADELAIDE: Technology – as usual – took pretty much a back seat in yesterday’s Order of Australia awards, but one recipient with sterling credentials did make the list. Neil Lyall…

It’s London-To-A-Brick On Payment Platform Merger Down Under

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SYDNEY: We’ve had the shrapnel (five-cent coin), the brick, (five-pound note) and even the “lobster” (the 20-dollar note), but nicknames like those appear to be going out the window, along…

Services Australia Used Face Scanning For Bushfire Payments

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SYDNEY: Services Australia has admitted it used face scanning technology to verify the identities of those applying for bushfire disaster relief. Michelle Lees, deputy CEO of Services Australia, told the…

Aussie Telcos Failing SMBs, Says Telecoms Ombudsman

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SYDNEY: Telecommunication problems are costing many Australian small businesses time and money, according to the latest report from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman. The Ombudsman says a lack of communication and…

Federal Court Cracks Down On Internet Piracy Web Sites

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SYDNEY: A Federal Court has ordered Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to 86 Web sites alleged to be pirating programs from the likes of Village Roadshow, Disney, Netflix…

Cryptocurrency Hit: Federal Coppers Pounce At City ATM

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SYDNEY: Australian Federal Police have charged a 45-year-old Sydney man with cryptocurrency laundering offences after he allegedly created fake online accounts, using the details of identity theft victims. The coppers…