The US Justice Department's indictment of 12 Russians for alleged hacking offences connected to the 2016 US presidential election on Friday has got at least one ex-NSA hacker fearing a reprisal.

British security researcher Marcus Hutchins, who was arrested by the FBI last August over alleged charges of creating and distributing a banking trojan, has made a fresh bid to go free, claiming that the US has no territorial jurisdiction to file charges against him for alleged crimes committed elsewhere.

Semiconductor and hardware company Broadcom wants to buy out enterprise software maker CA Technologies for US$18.9 billion, and while some synergies are there, some online commentators seem surprised.

Samsung has commenced its VR pilot with Uniting aged care homes to encourage social integration and to help tick off a bucket list kick-off.

Investments in cloud technology and resources are on the rise as enterprises increasingly focus on migrating mission-critical applications to the cloud, according to a new global report.

The CSIRO has succeeded in bringing about a significant reduction in the population of a species of mosquito that spreads diseases like dengue and Zika by sterilising males and releasing them in a test region between November 2017 and June this year.

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