The University of New South Wales plans to hire up to 1000 new researchers and PhD scholars in fields including AI, telecommunications and data security. [ + ]

Findings from the Telsyte Australian Enterprise Mobility Market Study 2017 predict that by 2020, the enterprise mobility market will consist of $1.9bn worth of devices (smartphones and tablets), $1.2bn worth of management tools (including MDM) and $2.3bn of integration and support services. [ + ]

Australia is the third most targeted market for the Odinaff malware, a Trojan designed to infect and compromise the networks of banks and other large financial industry companies. [ + ]

A new study indicates that seven out of 10 Australians would like access to self-driving cars. [ + ]

Nuix and KPMG Australia will form a partnership designed to improve cybersecurity defences for their clients. [ + ]

Research by Intel Security has demonstrated that two-thirds of Australians do not have any security software installed to protect their mobile phones, despite viewing them as 'priceless'. [ + ]

The .au administrator .auDA is calling for the deletion of 1025 .au domain names that use Australian company details without authorisation. [ + ]

The government plans to conduct an auction of valued 700 MHz mobile broadband spectrum, rather than granting Vodafone's request to be directly allocated 700 MHz airwaves. [ + ]

The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties is holding a public hearing into matters including further liberalising international trade in IT products, which the committee said could reduce prices for local consumers. [ + ]

Juniper Networks has partnered with BigTec as its newest value-added distributor (VAD) for Australia, targeting the data centre market. [ + ]

At the 37th Governor of Victoria Export Awards (GOVEA), a fast-growing social media start-up won the top award for business services. [ + ]

Vodafone has upgraded 84 cell sites across Canberra to increase the capacity of its 4G network fourfold and boost speeds by up to six times. [ + ]

Amid mounting tensions between Russia and the US, the government's Lower House is mounting a Bill that would require the use of open source software over proprietary Oracle, Microsoft and IBM platforms. [ + ]

Samsung Australia, Deakin University and Unisono will jointly explore opportunities for applying technology including IoT, analytics and AI in the assisted living segment. [ + ]

The federal government has announced an expression of interest (EOI) process for the provision of the Triple Zero emergency call service. [ + ]