LG Moves From Smartphones To Electric Vehicles
After six years of losses, LG is ending its smartphone business next month, and pivoting into the electric-vehicle market. Next month, LG... Read More
John McAfee Found Dead In Spanish Prison
John McAfee, the troubled creator of the world’s first antivirus software, was found dead in a Spanish prison, just hours after a... Read More
D-Link Reveals Latest Connectivity Innovations
D-Link will unveil its latest networking technologies at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. D-Link’s 5G Private Network, Nuclias Connect, Nuclias Cloud, and... Read More
Promising Start For New Best & Less Float
Best & Less Group – under former Dick Smith executive Rodney Orrock – has notched up positive results for its resurrected IPO... Read More
Amazon’s MGM Takeover Could Be Blocked By FTC
Amazons’ takeover of movie studio MGM may be under threat, as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reviews the deal. The antitrust investigation... Read More
Amazon Under Fire For Binning Mountains Of Stock
An Amazon warehouse has been destroying millions of pieces of unsold stock per year, much of it still unused and its original... Read More
Bluesound Launches New Streaming Speaker
Bluesound Professional has launched the BSP200 network streaming speaker, distributed locally by Connected Media Australia. The BSP200 is powered by Power over... Read More
LG’s Wine Cellar Now Available At Harvey Norman And The Good Guys
LG Electronics Australia has announced its Signature Wine Cellar is now available in Australian, via select Harvey Norman and The Good Guys... Read More
EU Launches Antitrust Probe Into Google Ads
The European Commission has launched a new investigation into Google to ascertain whether the company favours its own online advertising services over... Read More
Samsung Unveils Three New 5G Chips And An Antenna Radio
Samsung unveiled three new 5G chips and an antenna radio at its ‘Samsung Networks: Redefined’ virtual event. The company presented a third-generation... Read More
Peloton Moves Into Wearables Market With Heart-Rate Armband
Peloton is planning to make its first move into the wearables market with a digital heart-rate armband. Details of the forthcoming product... Read More
Microsoft Hits $2 Trillion Market Value
Microsoft has followed Apple as the second U.S public company to reach a $2 trillion market value. The tipping point was a... Read More
Amazon Could Be Forced To Sell Logistics Business
Amazon may be forced to sell its logistics arm, the mass of warehouses and delivery centres that are responsible for the company’s... Read More
Origin Energy Say EVs Will Cause Mass Blackouts In Australia
A new Australian-only study powered by Origin Energy found that the uptake of electric vehicles could overload the grid and plunge our... Read More
NZXT Australia Recalls Computer Cases Due To Fire Hazard
PC casing and accessories brand NZXT Australia is recalling some of its H1 computer cases due to a fire hazard risk. The... Read More
Former Ingram Micro Boss Felix Wong Joins Microsoft Partner
Sydney-based Microsoft partner Lakeba has hired former Ingram Micro boss Felix Wong as a non-executive board director. Wong was at Ingram Micro... Read More
Holgate’s Aus Post Mediation In Shadow Of Four Corners Interview
Christine Holgate’s mediation with Australia Post has yet to start. This is despite Australia Post agreeing to the talks six weeks ago... Read More
Man Flies Through Times Square On A Hoverboard
In terms of viral marketing stunts, it really doesn’t get any better than a man, in Times Square, floating some ten foot... Read More
Patent Troll Targets Apple, After Suing Belkin, Netgear, ASUS, And Others
XR Communications is what is known in the industry as a patent troll. These companies search for and purchase patents filed years... Read More
5G Smartphone Shipments To Overtake 4G In 2022
5G smartphones are set to overtake 4G ones in the marketplace by next year, according to new figures from Canalys. Worldwide shipments... Read More
Samsung To Hold Virtual MWC Event Next Week
Not surprisingly, most manufacturers won’t be attending this year’s Mobile World Congress physically, instead opting to make its announcements virtually. Samsung has... Read More
Vocus Group Takeover Poised To Pass Penultimate Hurdle
The $3.5 billion takeover of telecom Vocus is expected to pass its penultimate hurdle today after the Foreign Investment Review Board cleared... Read More
Victorian Lockdown Kills Retail Trade
The recent Victorian lockdown caused a statewide retail slump that impacted the nation’s COVID recovery. Retail trade was expected to enjoy a... Read More
News Corp Boss: Google’s Cookie-Ban Biggest Tech Change Of 2021
Michael Miller, the Executive Chairman of News Corp has warned that Google’s blocking of third-party cookies in Chrome will result in all... Read More
Dublin Wants Tax Compromise
Ireland, the European home of tech giants like Apple and Google, is looking to reach a compromise over the push by G7... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Denis Handlin Removed From Sony Music Australia
Denis Handlin, chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Australia, is no longer with the company. In an all-staff email sent this... Read More
NBN Provider Upgrades Voice Platform
NBN provider, More Telecom, has announced a new business-grade voice platform that will greatly expand its business solutions offerings. The new system... Read More
DMCA Takedown Notice Confirms Windows 11 Leak Is Real
A takedown notice issued by Microsoft against Indian tech site Beebom.com confirms that the leaked version of Windows 11 is, indeed, the... Read More
Google And Samsung Teaming Up For Foldable Smartphone
Samsung Display will begin production of foldable OLED panels for Google in October, which confirms long-standing rumours that Google will be releasing... Read More
Beam Sound To Your Ears Without Headphones
Berlin company Holoplot is working on technology that may just make the entire world of headphones completely redundant. As explored in a... Read More
Ackman-Led SPAC To Buy Into Universal Music Group For $4B
A special purpose acquisition company will acquire 10 per cent of Universal Music Group for around US$4 billion from French company Vivendi,... Read More
Intel’s CPU Market Share To Hit New Lows In 2022
Apple’s plans to make its own chips for the Mac series will see Intel’s Notebook CPU market share tumble to new lows... Read More
Augmented Reality Market To Hit $233B By 2026
According to research by tech advisory firm ABI Research, the augmented and mixed reality market will surpass AUD$233 billion by 2026 –... Read More
Amazon Reduces Its App Store Cut, Joining Google, Apple
First Google undercut Apple’s 30 per cent revenue cut by charging just 15, then Apple matched this figure. Now Amazon are playing... Read More
Big W Owner Faces $390 Million Backpay Bill
The Fair Work Ombudsman has officially began legal proceedings against Woolworths for underpaying management, an error which could see the Big W... Read More
Adobe Posts Strong Q2 Results, Forecasts Better Q3
Adobe has forecast sales in the ballpark of US$3.88 billion for the quarter ending in August, outstripping Wall Street analysts’ forecasts for... Read More
US Lawmakers Are Taking A Massive Swipe At Big Tech. If It Lands, The Impact Will Be Felt Globally
Five antitrust laws proposed in the United States aim to aggressively rein in the market power of “big tech” companies and change... Read More
Akamai Apologises For Global Internet Outage
Internet infrastructure provider Akamai has accepted blame for a global outage that began yesterday at 2:20pm, and impacted hundreds of major businesses,... Read More
US Chipmakers Offered 25% Investment Tax Credit
In a bid to shore up local chip production in the midst of a global shortage, semiconductor companies are being offer a... Read More
Carnival Cruises Hacked, Customer Data Accessed
Carnival Cruises has admitted that its computer systems were breached three months ago, with sensitive information about its customers at risk. The... Read More
Victoria In Energy Emergency On Morwell River Repair Diversion
The Victorian Government has declared an energy emergency to allow the Morwell River to be diverted away from the Yallourn coal mine... Read More
Union Warns Govt IT Services To Fail On Skills Shortage
An organisation covering science, IT and engineering professionals has warned high-profile federal government service failures will continue unless the skills shortage in... Read More
JB Hi-Fi, K-Mart, Myer CBD Stores Added To COVID-19 Exposure Sites
A number of major retailers in Melbourne’s CBD have been added to the growing number of COVID-19 exposure sites. Below are the... Read More
All Major Banks In Australia, Telstra, AusPost, Hit By Major Outage
UPDATE: (4:30pm) Akamai’s Prolexic service appears to be the issue. Prolexic is used by companies to protect against DDoS attacks. UPDATE: (4:25pm) CommBank,... Read More
Samsung Releases Multi-Chip Package For 5G Smartphones
Samsung Electronics has released a multi-chip package for use in 5G smartphones, in which Korea Herald called a bid to “better target... Read More
Samsung Staff To Stage First Ever Company Strike
Samsung Display’s Korean labour union members have announced they plan to go on strike next week, as wage talks between the union... Read More
LG Develops Transparent OLED Panels
LG Display is showcasing its new transparent OLED panels this week, at the Korea Railways & Logistics Fair 2021. The 55-inch OLED... Read More
Facebook Is Now Serving Ads To VR Headsets
While most people are still struggling to get their heads around the concept of virtual reality as it applies to their actual... Read More
Are The Days Numbered For Apple’s Pre-Installed Apps?
Antitrust reforms introduced last week mean that Apple is no longer allowed to bake apps into its devices, making it impossible for... Read More
Shareholders Accuse Google Of Concealing Security Flaws
The Google+ social network is roundly considered one of the company’s biggest failure, but a federal appeals court won’t let the company... Read More