Twenty news agencies in Europe have issued a joint statement calling on Internet giants Google and Facebook to share more of their revenue with the media given the two platforms do not create any content of their own.

A survey of 2000 Australian consumers has shown that Australian banks enjoy a level of trust above that granted by other organisations, with the result that open banking, when it arrives next year, is set to see data sharing between banks, rather than between banks and third parties.

Small business growth in Australia is being stifled by a funding gap, as businesses struggle to secure loans, according to new research which also suggests small businesses could borrow as much as $80 billion over the next 12 months, if they could get the funding.

A crowd-sourced coding start-up named Koder that helps businesses build software using a network of people has launched the beta version of its platform.

auDA, the organisation that administers the Australian domain namespace, will hold an extraordinary general meeting on 27 September to vote on a new constitution.

The Australian Computer Society has instituted an endowed scholarship at Charles Darwin University to support Indigenous achievement in IT studies.

Australian-listed satellite company Sky and Space Global has signed a binding memorandum of understanding agreement with Cendrawasih Teknologi Nusantara (CTN) to provide the Indonesian company with nanosatellite connectivity services.

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