Hi John, The Vocus Group is remaining mum about the state of its Sydney data centre in Alexandria, with a request for comment unanswered after a major outage on Tuesday.
Microsoft has launched its ScaleUp program for technology startups in Sydney, the eight location in the world to join the likes of Seattle, Beijing, Berlin and London. American news and opinion website Salon is resorting to using its readers' PCs to mine cryptocurrency in order to make up for the loss of revenue due to ad blockers. Kaspersky Lab has taken resort to the American legal system again, in its bid to get the ban on its products, promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security in September, rescinded. Cryptocurrency marketplaces, designed to facilitate trading on the full range of digital currencies, are experiencing a range of fraudulent activity, according to a new report from digital identity company ThreatMetrix. A bitcoin-stealing phishing campaign has been launched by the international cyber crime group Lazarus, the security firm McAfee claims. It is aimed Windows machines. New Zealand computer vision and artificial intelligence solutions provider IMAGR is claiming a world first trial of new artificial intelligence technology that “brings the checkout to the trolley” at an Auckland Foodstuffs store. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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