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• NSW digital licence rollout driven by blockchain

  A blockchain-based platform is helping ensure the security of the New South Wales government’s rollout of digital driver’s licences, according to Sydney-based Secure Logic.

• Telstra's cyber security leaders exit

  Telstra director of security solutions Neil Campbell and head of cyber security services Jacqui McNamara have both left the company.

• Atlassian’s tips on embracing open work practices

  'Collaboration' has reached buzzword-status in many offices today, with an increasing number of organisations pondering how to break down the knowledge silos stagnating within different departments, and boost innovation and productivity in the process.

• What is a smart city? How to define a smart city

  'Smart city' has become more than just a buzzword in recent years. In fact, with the increase in Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices, more cities around the world are becoming smarter than ever before.

• Alibaba's Jack Ma prepares to unveil succession plan

  BEIJING - Alibaba's billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being.

• Microsoft plans to sell post-2020 support for Windows 7

  The developer agreed to offer 'Windows 7 Extended Security Updates' for three years beyond the operating system's January 2020 retirement date.

• Breakthrough: Python reaches Tiobe index Top 3

  Python displaces C++ in the popularity ranking, and places high in the PyPL and RedMonk rankings too

• Beta release nears for BeOS-inspired open source OS Haiku

  Just over 17 years since the project launched, and more than 18 years since the last release of the operating system that inspired it, the open source Haiku OS is nearing a beta release.

• Aussie Broadband nixes ‘congestion-free’ claim

  NBN retail service provider Aussie Broadband has removed claims from marketing material that it offers a “congestion-free” service.

• A ‘Google Maps’ for Geoscience’s Digital Earth data

  ​Earth observation satellites generate a lot of data, and the volume is growing at an exponential rate.

• DB Schenker ANZ CIO shipped to China

  ​The Australia and New Zealand arm of logistics giant DB Schenker is seeking a new chief information officer.

• US charges man over WannaCry ransomware

  The U.S. government has charged and sanctioned a North Korean man over the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony, U.S. officials said.

• Machine learning cuts surgical infections by 74 percent

  By applying predictive analytics and machine learning techniques to patient data and real-time data from operating theatres the University of Iowa Hospital in the US managed to reduce the incidence of wound infections acquired during surgery by 74 percent.

• Subsea cable to land at Sunshine Coast

  The Sunshine Coast will be home to a landing station for the under-construction Japan-Guam-Australia South (JGA-S) subsea cable, the Queensland region’s council announced today.

• British Airways website suffers data breach; 380,000 payments affected

  Financial data has been stolen from potentially hundreds of thousands of British Airways customers who made online bookings in recent weeks, extending a run of embarrassing technological mishaps suffered by the UK flag carrier.