Following in the footsteps of Telstra, number two telco Singtel Optus has been hit with a $10 million fine by the Federal Court for its treatment of customers who unwittingly bought content through the telco's third-party billing service.

A report states an Australian man trying to pay with cash at the Apple Store in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood was pushed to pay with Apple Pay, resulting in the man buying at a third party Apple dealer instead.

There has been a call for Australia’s telecommunications companies to raise the bar for consumer identity verification and increase consumer safeguards.

On 4 February, Huawei unveiled, in what it claims was a first, the final two movements of Schubert's famous Symphony No. 8 with the combined power of AI and human expertise.

A recent survey conducted by Oracle NetSuite, Wakefield Research and The Retail Doctor found a mismatch between what retail executives think their customers want and what those customers say they want.

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