The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken court action against computers and electronic goods retailer MSY Technology over allegations the company has misrepresented consumers’ rights to remedies for faulty products.

Both Telstra and Optus have announced moves to improve mobile coverage and alleviate mobile blackspots in rural and regional Australia as part of the Federal Government’s mobile blackspot programme. Optus is investing more than $36 million while Telstra is promising superfast mobile broadband.

Ride-sharing service Uber is partnering with safe drinking campaign DrinkWise to give away $1 million in ride discounts over the Christmas-New Year festive season as part of a campaign to help reduce deaths on the road.

Virgin Australia has stopped making travel insurance a default option on its online booking website after discussions with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

A federal court in the northern district of California has authorised the US Internal Revenue Service to obtain details of the users of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase for the three years 2013 to 2015.

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