There are now 20 retail service providers sourcing wholesale services over the nbn, with at least five customers at 118 of the network's 121 points of interconnect, according to the ACCC. [ + ]

Digital interaction is the preferred method for Australians dealing with banks, according to a new survey commissioned by Avaya. [ + ]

The government has accepted all the recommendations from a parliamentary committee on changes to its proposed telecoms infrastructure security reform legislation. [ + ]

Almost 90% of Australian CFOs say that workplace automation will not cause a loss of jobs, and almost half are planning to add to their workforce in the next 12 months. [ + ]

ASIC has advised users of its registry service to watch out for a wave of scam emails purporting to be from the securities regulator, attempting to trick victims into clicking a malicious link. [ + ]

Australia has ranked a woeful 55th in the world's league table of broadband download speeds. [ + ]

Telecoms analyst Paul Budde believes government must shoulder the blame for the underperformance of the nbn, despite the insistence on nbn co and RSPs blaming each other. [ + ]

During his first speech as CEO of the Digital Transformation Agency, Gavin Slater outlined the agency's key priorities in digitally transforming government service delivery. [ + ]

Businesses can make more efficient and better proactive decisions by involving more people outside the C-suite. [ + ]

Alibaba Cloud and Haymarket HQ have partnered up on a cloud contest. [ + ]

The use of electric cars is on the rise, with the Queensland government launching its first Electric Super Highway. [ + ]

A recent analysis of more than 45 million emails cleared by participating organisations' existing email security controls found that nearly a quarter were spam, dangerous file types, malware or impersonation attacks. [ + ]

A computerised analysis of the tweets of 106 well-known entrepreneurs and CEOs — including Donald Trump — has found that the US president is an emotionally unstable 'creative destructor'. [ + ]

The UK's House of Lords has convened a committee to evaluate the potential economic and social impact of future advances in the field of artificial intelligence. [ + ]

If there is a cybersecurity skills shortage in Australia, is it because skilled professionals are not given the chance to shine? [ + ]