Google's new Pixel smartphone — the first to be developed entirely in-house by the company — aims to take on Samsung in the high-end Android device segment. [ + ]

ACCC Chairman Rod Sims has called on telecom operators to have their say as part of the regulator's market study into the telecommunications regulatory environment. [ + ]

The iPhone 7 scored lowest for both talk time and mobile browsing time during independent battery life tests of the latest crop of smartphones. [ + ]

After spending $800m on Optus's hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network assets, nbn has decided to abandon the technology in favour of fibre to the distribution point. [ + ]

With more frequent extreme temperature instances predicted for Australia, weather forecasts could offer data centre operators an effective way to ensure they avoid damage and downtime when faced with volatile climatic events. [ + ]

Yahoo's belated disclosure of the theft of private data on at least 500m users in 2014 is a prime example of why New Zealand needs breach notification regulation, the nation's privacy commissioner has argued. [ + ]

Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs has restored his website after it was forced offline for several days by a massive 620 Gbps DDoS attack.

At the International Privacy, Security & Trust Conference in Auckland later this year, experts will address the security implications of emerging new technologies such as autonomous vehicles and the IoT. [ + ]

Yahoo fell victim to what the company believes was a state-sponsored data breach in 2014, with the attackers stealing the personal information of at least 500m customers — including unencrypted security questions and answers. [ + ]

The Obama administration has developed a new policy aimed at promoting the safe commercial introduction of autonomous vehicles in the US. [ + ]

Attackers worldwide compromised over 550 million personal records through 974 data breaches during the first half of the year, research from Gemalto indicates. [ + ]

For the increasingly hyper-connected energy sector, hacking one piece of industrial equipment can now be the same as attacking one million. [ + ]

The Bank of England will work to ensure that the new generation of its interbank settlement service supports blockchain technology. [ + ]

The new Optus Smart Shop is designed to provide cloud applications and support services, including set-up and configuration services, for Australian SMBs. [ + ]

Faced with the ongoing decline of the traditional PC market, vendors will need to consider overhauling their product lines and/or business models to stay afloat or exiting the market completely, according to Gartner. [ + ]