Two women have been recognised for their outstanding work in the tech industry at the 2017 WiT Awards in Brisbane. [ + ]

Women have received support from the Queensland government to continue with their science and technology research while on maternity leave. [ + ]

The 2017 LinkedIn Power Profiles list has now been released. [ + ]

Android took back the title of Australia's top smartphone OS during the second quarter as Samsung recovered from its market share hit and iPhone sales slowed, according to IDC. [ + ]

The fourth round of funding has been opened by LaunchVic to help attract start-up accelerator programs to Melbourne. [ + ]

A global bootcamp will be held in Brisbane for start-up companies as part of the state government's Advance Queensland initiative. [ + ]

With three tech start-ups with a valuation of more than $1 billion, Victoria has produced more unicorns than any other state, according to LaunchVic. [ + ]

An organisational restructure has been carried out at the Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA). [ + ]

The spending habits and economic power of the millennial generation will be explored at this inaugural event. [ + ]

Just 11% of the global cybersecurity workplace comprises women, leading the federal government to explore the reasons why. [ + ]

A Sydney-based company that produces short-form TV content for young people is hoping to break into the US market. [ + ]

ISACA has released new CISM and CRISC online review courses, enabling participants to learn at their own pace. [ + ]

The Australian Information Industry Association has welcomed the government's reforms to its ICT procurement arrangements, including the $100m cap on individual IT contracts. [ + ]

Start-up Hyper Anna has closed a $16m Series A funding round to help expand its AI-powered data analytics services into international markets. [ + ]

After three consecutive quarters of declines, DDoS attack activity increased 28% year-on-year during Q2, research from Akamai indicates. [ + ]