Singapore has pledged to continue investing in innovation and technology as part of its attempt to revive the country’s COVID-19 hit economy by creating new business and employment opportunities.



POS and retail management software provider Vend and National Australia Bank (NAB) have announced full integration of Vend's software with NAB payment systems.

Nvidia's GTC conference may be virtual this year, but that hasn't stopped the company making several real announcements.

Backup and data management specialist Veeam Software has acquired Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery vendor Kasten for US$150 million in cash and equity.

In what appears to be a bid to try and pretend that it is making no big contribution to the abysmal security environment in the tech sector, Microsoft has put out one of those reports, titled Microsoft Digital Defence Report, that aims to quell criticism of its role, at the same time trying to insinuate that security is in a bad state because of every single player.

Online ticket reseller Viagogo has been fined $7 million by the Federal Court for misleading Australian consumers with Google advertisements, added fees and claims about the scarcity of tickets.

A survey of cyber security professionals in NSW has found that 96.5% were working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic and the income of 12.6% had been affected due to the outbreak.

Australian startup SunDrive has boosted its coffers with $3 million in new funding to advance the commercial development of its low cost, high efficiency solar cells manufacturing process.

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