Network Ten And Paramount+ Sign A-League Broadcast Deal
In a strategic move, ViacomCBS, the owners of Network Ten, has snared the broadcast rights to the A-League, with the US group... Read More
Global PC Market Tipped To Keep Growing In 2021, And Crash In 2022
The global PC market is expected to keep growing this year, with an expected rise of 18.1 per cent year-on-year, according to... Read More
Chemist Warehouse Rolling Out Australia’s Largest E-Script Service
Chemist Warehouse has teamed with software-as-a-service company Whispir Limited to roll out Australia’s largest e-prescription network. Customers can forward a prescription from... Read More
Valve Working On “Switch-like Console”
The US-based video game company behind the insanely popular Half-Life series have a Switch-esque portable gaming PC in the works. Valve’s new... Read More
ATO To Crack Down On Bogus Claims
The Australian Taxation Office is on the lookout for anyone trying to scam working-from-home expenses while also maintaining or increasing claims for... Read More
CBA Invests $30m To Help Little Birdie Fly
Commonwealth Bank has poured $30 million into a new online shopping start-up, Little Birdie, giving the company a $130 million valuation and... Read More
Sustainable IT Not A Focus For Most Companies
While around half of companies have defined an enterprise-wide sustainability approach, less than one in five (18pc) has a comprehensive sustainable IT... Read More
Microsoft, Linux, And Others Form Green Software Foundation
Microsoft has teamed with Accenture, GitHub, ThoughtWorks and the Linux Foundation to launch the Green Software Foundation, with the aim of making... Read More
Epson Launches New Cartridge-Free Printers Aimed At Photographers
Epson has launched two new heat-free, cartridge-free premium EcoTank Photo printers aimed at photographers who want high-quality prints without having to refill... Read More
House Of Marley’s New Positive Vibration Headphones Offer 3X Battery Life
House of Marley has released the Positive Vibration XL ANC over-ear wireless headphones, the latest addition to its impressive headphone series. The... Read More
Sony Releases Coke Can-Sized Bluetooth Speaker
Following on from Sony’s recent X-Series portable speakers, comes an even more compact Bluetooth speaker: the SRS-XB13, a tiny dust and water... Read More
Amazon Accused Of Unfair Pricing Practices In Lawsuit
Amazon has been hit with an antitrust lawsuit which claims the company prevents sellers from offering their goods for lower prices on... Read More
Aussie Streaming Service Files Patent Infringement Claim Against Spotify
Defunct Australian streaming service Guvera has filed a patent infringement suit against Spotify, claiming the Swedish giants stole its contextual advertising feature.... Read More
Jeff Bezos Is No Longer Earth’s Richest Human
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is no longer the world’s richest person, following a Forbes estimation that sees Bernard Arnault, CEO and majority owner... Read More
Lenovo Hires Former IBM Director For Asia Pacific Role
Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group has hired former IBM director for hardware systems, industrial market, North America, Sinisa Nikolic to head up its... Read More
Finally, A 24-Bit Music Era Is Happening
Apple is quick to call a revolution. Its latest comes in the form of an “unparalleled listening experience” that it is dubbing... Read More
Holy Smoke! Francis Chooses EV Popemobile
Electric vehicle start-up Fisker has been tapped by the hand of God on Earth to build the latest in papal transport –... Read More
ACT Begins Free Rego Trial For Zero-Emission Vehicles
Drivers in the ACT who buy zero-emission vehicles will receive free registration for two years from this week as part of a... Read More
Tech Mergers And Acquisitions To Peak In 2022: Gartner
Not surprisingly, COVID-19 shook up the tech industry, forcing many mergers and acquisitions within the field. A new report from Gartner predicts... Read More
Searches Favour Bottom Line
Google research into Australians’ search habits last year has brought some surprising finds. You may think the year of the lockdown would... Read More
New Digital Travel Pass To Include Vax Data
Home Affairs boss Michael Pezzullo has told a Senate estimates committee the Federal Government’s digital passenger declaration or DPD, could be trialled... Read More
Zip Expands To EU, Middle East
BNPL Zip Co is expanding into the EU and the Middle East through the acquisition of two buy now, pay later providers,... Read More
Russia Gives Google 24 Hour Deadline To Delete Content
Russia’s communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has given Google an ultimatum: delete so-called “prohibited content” within a 24-hour window, or see its service slowed... Read More
LG Will Produce A Very Limited Edition Rollable Phone
LG Electronics is out of the phone game, but why waste a perfectly good product? The very first rollable smartphone in the... Read More
Apple Music Lossless Is Coming To HomePod And HomePod Mini
Apple seems to have backflipped on early declarations that the HomePod would not support its new Lossless Audio format. An updated support... Read More
Peloton To Open Its First US Factory
Despite a horror start to the year, Peloton has announced plans to build its first factory on US soil, with construction beginning... Read More
Kogan.com Shares Up 11 Per Cent After Dramatic Crash
Kogan shares are up 11.4 per cent on the ASX today, after a 12 per cent crash last Friday, following the release... Read More
Facebook Will Only Pay $20.2 Million In Aussie Taxes, Despite $700 Million Ad Revenue
Facebook is once again dodging an Australian tax bill – albeit, completely legally. Despite earning more than $700 million in advertising revenue... Read More
TPG Hit By Cyber Attack
TPG has been hit by a cyber attack, with its legacy cloud hosting service, TrustedCloud, the target. The company told investors that... Read More
Steve Wozniak Being Sued For Stealing The Idea Of Woz University
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is being sued for stealing the idea to launch Woz University, a tech school that was allegedly dreamed... Read More
Europe Approves SK Hynix Intel NAND Flash Deal
The European Commission has approved SK Hynix’s acquisition of Intel’s NAND flash and solid-state drive businesses. The approval brings the South Korean... Read More
Govt Opens Talks With Airlines On Oz Digital Vax Pass
The Morrison Government says it is continuing talks with airlines for a digital global coronavirus vaccination passport, similar to one proposed by... Read More
Watchdog Warns Telstra, Optus, Medion About Number Porting ID Issues
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued a stern warning to Telstra, Optus and Medion Mobile, after finding they failed to... Read More
Telstra Pissed Off Over Optus’ mmWave 5G Announcement
Yesterday, Optus announced that it had switched on its first six mmWave 5G sites in Australia: four Sydney sites at Kings Cross,... Read More
Scaling Problems See Kogan.com Shares Tumble On ASX
Kogan.com shares have fallen, after the online retailer blamed a combination of warehouse logistics issues, excess inventory, shipping fees, rising tech good... Read More
Google Is Opening Its First Physical Retail Store
Google has announced plans to open its first ever physical retail store. The first Google Store will be situated in the Chelsea... Read More
NBN Co Sacked 50 Employees Over Zoom This Week
NBN Co has taken advantage of its ultra-fast NBN connection speeds, by holding a series of five-minute Zoom calls in which they... Read More
Apple Confirms It Stores Customer Data In China
After a New York Times investigation, Apple has confirmed it is storing Chinese customers’ personal information inside Chinese data centre, but ensures... Read More
Apple Suggests Epic Is “Serving As A Stalking Horse For Microsoft”
Apple has thrown a curveball in the ongoing Epic v Apple trial, accusing Epic as being a smokescreen for Microsoft’s intentions. The... Read More
Apple Made $100 Million+ From Fortnite Sales
Apple made at least US$100 million off Fortnite commissions during the two-and-a-half year period the game was available on the App Store.... Read More
$130,000 Rollable LG OLED TV Available In July – But Not In Stores
LG’s highly-anticipated Signature R1 Rollable OLED TV will finally be available in Australia from July. The R1 is the world’s only rollable... Read More
LG To Roll Out QNED Mini LED TV Range From July
LG is rolling out its new range of QNED Mini LED TVs this July. The QNED televisions combine Mini LED light sources... Read More
Facebook To Help Fund Ad Standards In Australia
Facebook has joined The Australian Association of National Advertisers, helping to fund the country’s self-regulatory advertising system. The AANA, which also controls... Read More
Qualcomm Gears Up For The 5G Revolution With New Snapdragon Chipset And 10-Gigabit Modem
Qualcomm has made a slew of announcements, including the release of a new 700-series chipset for mobile devices, 5G M.2 reference designs,... Read More
No Hit To Employment As JobKeeper Winds Up, Says ABS
The ABS has found no discernible impact from the end of JobKeeper on employment, with the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate dropping to 5.5... Read More
Microsoft Mounts Surface Direct Sell Campaign With Trade-Ins
The end of the financial year is creeping up slowly, and, in an interesting move, Microsoft has slashed pricing across their Surface... Read More
Samsung Releases Neo QLED 8K
Samsung Electronics has announced its Neo QLED 8K premium TVs are now available in Australia. The flagship 8K (QN900A) and 4K (QN90A)... Read More
Real Estate Listings Portal Domain Hit By Cyber Attack
Real estate listings portal Domain has been hit with a phishing attack that saw a third party accessing personal information, and contacting... Read More
Microsoft Will Kill Off Internet Explorer In June 2022
The death of Internet Explorer has been slow, but inevitable. Recently, Microsoft ended IE support by Microsoft 365 online services and have now... Read More
Apple Watch Series 7 Leak Shows A Design Refresh
A new leak shows that Apple may finally be redesigning the Apple Watch, albeit rather modestly. Apple last hit refresh on the... Read More