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A total of 7,966 deals (mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture financing deals) were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during January-July 2024, according to the latest report from data and analytics firm GlobalData.

GUEST OPINION:  “Traveling for business or leisure?”This is a question commonly heard in the hospitality industry. People either travel for work-related purposes – to meet with remote collaborators in person, attend conferences, visit suppliers, sign deals, and conduct other professional activities – or they do it to explore the world's many wonders, relax, and have fun. At least, that’s how travel was once categorised. 

GUEST OPINION:  As one of the biggest online sales weeks in Australia kicks off, there is one legitimate Australian website to shop on, but many to avoid.

The US will ban the sale of anti-virus products made by Russian vendor Kaspersky to American customers from July onwards, a report says.

Oppo is launching the next model in its Reno line, with the Reno12 Pro and Reno12 to be offered for sale in Australia from 11 July. Both phones will be available for pre-sale from 27 June.

Transcosmos has announced that it has acquired Kubota Systems' IT system subsidiary in China which is says expands and enhances its system development business targeting Japan and China markets.

On 3 May, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella issued a long statement, saying in effect that security would be the most important thing for the company from now on.

Security firm Tenable says its Cloud Security Research Team recently discovered that the Kinsing malware, which is known to target Linux-based cloud infrastructure, is exploiting Apache Tomcat servers using what it claims are "new advanced stealth techniques".

Members of Australia's parliament have been advised to carry burner phones when they visit India, Seven's The Nightly website reports.

Global tablet shipments grew by 1% year-on-year in the first three months of 2024, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, with another tech analyst company, IDC, reporting a rise of 0.5%.

Serving British soldiers have had their names and bank details exposed in a breach which has been blamed on a "malign actor" by British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps.

Patriotism, they say, is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Judged that way, there seem to be a large number of scoundrels around within the Australia media and also the Canberra political elite.

The US asked communications providers to rip out and replace equipment made by Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation years ago, but is yet to provide all the funding needed for this task.

It's not often that you find someone writing about open source software and not bothering to make mention of the licences being used. But that's precisely what Albert Zhang of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a lobby group for big tech and foreign agencies, has done.

GUEST RESEARCH: Infoblox, a leader in cloud networking and security services, today announced that its threat intel researchers, in collaboration with external researchers, have uncovered “Muddling Meerkat”, a likely People's Republic of China (PRC) state actor with the ability to control the Great Firewall (GFW) of China, a system that censors and manipulates traffic entering and exiting China’s internet.

After 13 quarters, smartphone vendor Huawei has returned to the top of the list for the mainland China market, shipping 11.7 million units in the first three months of 2024 and capturing a 17% market share, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, attributing this to the performance of its Mate and nova series.

The United States is attempting to further tighten the screws on China by asking some of its allies to reduce exports of chip-related technology and tools to the country.

The United States has passed a US$95 billion security bill that includes a provision to ban the Chinese short-video app TikTok - but only after the next presidential election.

iPhone sales in China, the world's biggest smartphone market, fell 19.1% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.

The director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a lobby group for big tech and foreign agencies, claims that China's alleged targeting of the agency "should be of concern to all Australians".