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Apple and Google have announced that the latest version of their contact tracing technology will be integrated into their smartphone’s operating system, reports the Financial Times. Although contact tracing apps have been available for some months, concerns over privacy and the need to download an app has meant that the technology has struggled to have an impact. … [Read More]

US reliance on low band spectrum results in minimal improvements over 4G Ars Technica reports on statistics from OpenSignal demonstrating the variation in 5G download speeds across 11 countries. While South Korea, Taiwan and Australia come out at the top, the US was bottom, with speeds lower than its neighbour Canada achieved using 4G. OpenSignal’s report… [Read More]

New groups are embracing ‘professionalism’ in a search for growth The rise of new-style corporate ransomware hackers is explored in an article by Wired. Groups like DarkSide and REvil offer services to hackers including specialist tools, affiliate (profit-sharing) models and chat support. They even make ‘corporate responsibility’ commitments, pledging not to attack hospitals, schools and non-profits. The… [Read More]

In this podcast, previous winners of the IIC Future Leaders’ Competition, Tim Hogg from the UK and Angel Fu from Australia speak about how they prepared for the competition and their experiences on winning the competition. To listen to the IIC’s podcast, click here.

On Monday 17 August, the IIC Australian Chapter hosted a webinar discussing countering Misinformation. This webinar looks at Australia’s proposed voluntary code of practice for online misinformation, its key elements, role and resource demands, explores Taiwan’s outcomes-based misinformation code, its background and effectiveness, discusses Google’s public policy approach to misinformation in the Asia Pacific region… [Read More]