Australia Tech Today: AusAlert Goes Live, Super Cybersecurity Urged, and Shopify's New Play

AusAlert's nationwide test fires off at 2pm AEST today, sending a siren to every compatible phone in Australia. The government's first-ever test of the new emergency warning system is designed to ensure the network can blast critical alerts to the entire population in a crisis. For tech professionals, it's a live demo of massive-scale, zero-latency push infrastructure.

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The government is cracking down on superannuation cybersecurity fragmentation. Assistant...