Back in business: How pubs, gyms and holiday parks have been preparing to welcome back guestsLeisure and hospitality businesses have been working tirelessly to get customers back through their doors since lockdown restrictions eased in the UK - with technology the driving force.August 21, 2020 by Owen Hughes in Digital Transformation
AI may not predict the next pandemic, but big data and machine learning can fight this oneIn Spain, a new observatory processes epidemiological, mobility and environmental data to manage COVID.August 21, 2020 by Anna Solana in AI & Robotics
Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe's: How their digital strategies paid offRetailing's big guns, Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe's, reported stellar sales growth as a COVID-19 playbook for omnichannel digital strategy emerges.August 21, 2020 by Larry Dignan in Digital Transformation
Few Singaporeans able to identify all phishing email: surveySome 66% of consumers in Singapore are aware of phishing attacks, but just 4% can correctly identify all phishing email in an online survey conducted for Cyber Security of Singapore.August 21, 2020 by Eileen Yu in Security
Emergency order keeps Uber, Lyft running in CaliforniaThe courts have offered some breathing space in the driver employee classification battle.August 21, 2020 by Charlie Osborne in Innovation
DARPA, Arm agree partnership for research access to processor designs, IPThe three-year deal revolves around the creation of a new access framework.August 21, 2020 by Charlie Osborne in Innovation
Play VideoATM makers Diebold and NCR deploy fixes for 'deposit forgery' attacksATMs from the two companies had bugs that could have allowed card fraudsters to modify the amount of money they deposited on their card, and then abuse the new account balance for illegal cash withdrawals.August 20, 2020 by ZDNet Editors in Security
Company formerly known as Vodafone Australia ends first half once again in the redOn a standalone basis, profits from the former Vodafone Hutchinson Australia were once again wiped out by financing costs.August 20, 2020 by Chris Duckett in Mobility
Play VideoSingapore parks $182M for fintech innovation, with special focus on AICountry rolls out new three-year plan with SG$250 million ($182.1 million) investment to drive technology innovation in the financial services industry, which saw 40 innovation labs and 1,000 fintech companies set up in the last five years.August 20, 2020 by ZDNet Editors in Finance
KT to expand South Korea's free public Wi-Fi availabilityThe government plans to install 41,000 free public Wi-Fi access points by 2022.August 20, 2020 by Cho Mu-Hyun in Networking
14 Aussie tech firms rally against government's lack of focus on startupsThe companies aren't giving up their fight to have their concerns with the R&D Bill heard.August 20, 2020 by Asha Barbaschow in Innovation
COVID-19 pushed Suncorp to accelerate digital as ongoing business profit dropsInsurance and banking business units down by over a third while New Zealand remained steady.August 20, 2020 by Asha Barbaschow in Finance
New Zealand Fibre Max plans seeing 10% drop in speedsSouth Island continues to get the raw end of the deal, with almost twice the drop in speeds to those seen in the North Island.August 20, 2020 by Chris Duckett in Networking
Play VideoScott Morrison backs IBM and Soldier On to upskill Aussie veterans in techSkillsBuild hopes to help former defence personnel and veterans secure their future post-service career faster.August 20, 2020 by ZDNet Editors in Innovation
Modernisation and upping cyber compliance on the agenda for Geoscience AustraliaThe government agency plans to make security upgrades that are in line with the Essential Eight and keep digital transformation a priority.August 20, 2020 by Aimee Chanthadavong in Digital Transformation
ASIC takes former ANZ-owned RI Advice to court over inadequate cybersecurityPreviously owned by ANZ Bank, RI Advice Group has been hauled to court by the financial services watchdog over failure to have adequate cybersecurity systems in place.August 20, 2020 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
University of Utah pays $457,000 to ransomware gangUniversity officials restored from backups, but they had to pay the ransomware gang to prevent them from leaking student data.August 20, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Security
Microsoft brings Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 to Windows 10 1903 and 1909Microsoft is easing the requirement for WSL2. Instead of only working on Windows 10 2004 or higher, WSL also is now available for Windows 10 1903 and 1909 users.August 20, 2020 by Mary Jo Foley in Linux