Growth At Coles, But No Data On Weekly Specials
Coles, which last year moved into weekly specials to take on Aldi, has seen both sales and profits grow for the 2021... Read More
Surging Demand Buoys Super Retail Group’s Record Sales
Super Retail Group, owner of Supercheap Auto, Rebel Sport, BCF, and Macpac, has seen sales soar to $3.45 billion for the 2020-21... Read More
NARTA Launches Initiative Against Modern Slavery
NARTA, Australia’s biggest retail services group, has introduced a new initiative to combat modern slavery and promote ethical buying. The group’s Modern... Read More
Xbox Bug Won’t Impact Newer Denon And Marantz Receivers
A HDMI error that was built into the majority of Sound United’s Denon and Marantz’s 2020 AV receivers, has been eradicated. All... Read More
Huawei Accused Of Stealing Data From Pakistan Government
US cloud software company has filed a lawsuit against Chinese company Huawei, alleging it stole its IP by attempting to reverse engineer... Read More
Apple Now Requires Twice-A-Week COVID Testing For Workers
Apple has sent out a memo that requires its corporate and retail employees who work amongst people or other staffers to get... Read More
Peloton Offers Fix For Recalled Tread Models
Peloton has announced that owners of the regular Tread will finally be offered a fix, which involves a Peloton technician coming to... Read More
M1X MacBook Pro Due November
The hotly-anticipated new MacBook Pro models with Apple’s own M1X silicon will hit stores by November, according to tech writer Mark Gurman,... Read More
Breville Hits $1B Sales, Buoyed By Coffee Machine Demand
Australian kitchen king Breville has broken the $1 billion barrier in sales for the first time year, with sales for the year... Read More
LEAK: Google’s Pixel 5A Has A Huge Battery
Google’s Pixel 5a is expected to be announced this week, with a release date following in a week or two. Not surprisingly,... Read More
Microsoft Protests Amazon’s New $10B Government Contract
Microsoft Corporation has filed a protest against a Department of Defense contract that was awarded to Amazon. The contract is codenamed ‘WildandStormy’... Read More
Rent Relief Reinstated For NSW Retail
NSW retailers will see some heat taken off rent pressures as the state government reintroduces the National Cabinet’s Mandatory Code of Conduct... Read More
Colour Screen Coming To Leaked Fitbit Charge 5
The next iteration of the Fitbit Charge fitness tracker will have a colour screen, if fresh leaks are to be believed. The... Read More
Image Sensor Market Heats Up As Samsung Closes In On Sony
The gap between first and second in CMOS image sensors (CIS) market share has narrowed, with Samsung closing in on Sony’s seemingly... Read More
JB Hi-Fi Smashes Records With $8.9bn Sales In FY21
JB Hi-Fi has hailed a record-breaking year in 2020-21, with sales up across both its Australian and New Zealand arms as well... Read More
Australian Video-On-Demand Ad Revenue Skyrockets
Advertisers are finally beginning to take on-demand TV services seriously, with advertising revenue for the sector skyrocketing in Australia. Industry body ThinkTV... Read More
Samsung Begin QD-OLED Production Next Quarter
Samsung Display looks to start manufacturing for quantum dot OLED panels in the fourth quarter this year, according to UBI Research. According... Read More
Samsung Heir Released From Prison
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been released from prison, after serving just 207 days of his two-and-a-half year sentence for bribery and... Read More
Service NSW App Plan To Verify Vaccinations
The NSW Government is pushing for a person’s Covid vaccination records to be available through its Service NSW app. The state’s Digital... Read More
Fake Software Warning As Canberra Enters Lockdown
As the ACT enters lockdown, there are reports that conspiracy theorists are using a fake check-in app to bypass Covid-19 health regulations... Read More
Aust/NZ Staff At Odds With Bosses Over Hybrid Work
A/NZ workers are at odds with employers over how to implement future work strategies, including decisions around hybrid work and increased flexibility.... Read More
Digicel Not On Telstra’s Radar Before Govt Stepped In
Telstra CEO Andy Penn has insisted Telstra will only take a minority stake in Digicel Pacific, and that it would be a... Read More
Foxtel Expands Relationship With A+E Networks
The Foxtel Group has announced a newly expanded multi-year partnership with A+E Networks. A+E is responsible for some of the most captivating... Read More
Cellnet Scores Poly In Big Distribution Deal
Cellnet has inked a major deal with Poly, and will distribute its range of audio and video solutions across Australia and New... Read More
Windows 10 PrintNightmare Returns
Another zero-day Windows 10 print spooler vulnerability has been discovered, meaning your system may still be open to attackers exploiting this vulnerability... Read More
iOS 15 Update: AirPods Monitor Respiratory Rates, Have ‘Find’ Feature
Apple’s AirPods will get several new updated with the general release of iOS 15. First of all, you’ll be able to register... Read More
Amazon Withdraws Claim To Games Made By Moonlighting Employees
Amazon has withdrawn a policy that claimed ownership over any video games made by its employees after work hours. The policy issued... Read More
Vevo Partners With Samsung TV+ For Aussie Music TV Station
Vevo and Samsung TV+ have teamed up to launch Vevo Pop, a 24-hour music channel coming to all Australian Samsung TV+ owners.... Read More
Telstra’s ‘Free’ Payphones Are Funded By Taxpayers
Telstra’s decision to make all its existing pay phones free to make calls from has been hailed as an act of altruism.... Read More
Telstra May Require Workers To Get Jab
Telstra boss Andy Penn told The Australian today that customer-facing workers as well as those who are required to enter customers’ homes... Read More
Egg On Lew’s Face As Myer Does Better Than Expected
In an embarrassing knock to Solomon Lew, Myer has released a trading update as the billionaire investor has been demanding – which... Read More
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 Powers Samsung’s New Foldables
In all the Samsung Unfolded release madness, many may have missed the fact that Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform is... Read More
SoftBank Dumps MS, Facebook, Alphabet And Netflix Shares
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has offloaded shares of US tech giants, including Facebook, Microsoft, Alphabet and Netflix. SoftBank invests in publicly listed shares... Read More
Seisma Acquires Smartapps
Australian IT professional services group Seisma has acquired Smartapps, an Australian provider of Salesforce application development, consulting and managed services. Seisma says... Read More
Australian Investment In Start-Ups Hits Record High
KPMG has released a report on venture capital investment in Australia showing that companies hit a record $3.4 billion in Q1, up... Read More
Severe Fibre Shortage May Hit Australia
On top of the continuing global semiconductor shortage, there is now a severe shortage in fibre supply. AT&T, the largest fibre purchaser... Read More
Panasonic Reduces Appliance Smart Features Following Feedback
Panasonic’s new range of rice cookers and microwave ovens will eschew the common practice of cramming appliances with as many options as... Read More
Samsung Heir Under Parole Conditions
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong will be released later tomorrow, but the justice ministry said yesterday that he will be under strict parole... Read More
Bill Passes To Make App Stores More Competitive
A bipartisan bill aimed at boosting competition by restricting how the tech giants run and police their app stores has been passed... Read More
Samsung Reveals Its Smallest, Lightest Buds Yet
Samsung has revealed its latest set of Galaxy Buds, alongside its new Galaxy Z Series and Galaxy Watch Series. The Galaxy Buds2... Read More
TCL Brings Google TV To New Models
TCL has announced a huge move that will shake up the television landscape – it is moving beyond its adherence to the... Read More
Nintendo To Announce New Switch Titles Tomorrow
Nintendo’s next Indie World Showcase happens early tomorrow morning (2am AEST), and the company has promised a twenty-minute video presentation that will... Read More
Aussie Consumer Confidence Higher Than Expected
Consumer confidence has dropped to an eleven-month low, in the midst of continuing COVID-19 lockdowns and heavy retail restrictions. However, the fall... Read More
New Tech Council Of Australia Aims To Build A Global Tech Hub
Australia’s leading tech companies have banded together to form the Tech Council Of Australia, in a move to position Australia as a... Read More
NortonLifeLock And Avast To Merge In $11 Billion Deal
NortonLifeLock has announced an agreement to merge with Czech security software company Avast in a cash and stock-based deal, worth north of... Read More
Fujitsu Offers Paid Vaccination Leave To Aussie Staff
Fujitsu will offer its 3,600 employees in Australia and New Zealand a day’s paid leave to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. “As two... Read More
COVID Claims Another Expo, PAX Aus Cancelled
COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of massive gaming convention PAX Aus for the second year running. Originally slated for October 8-10 in... Read More
ASX To Release Outage Report
The ASX will soon release a report into last year’s trading outage. The report which is being prepared by IBM in consultation... Read More
ACMA Crackdown On Illegal Online Gambling
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has stepped up its efforts to combat illegal online gambling by blocking websites that promote... Read More
$5m Bullying Case Overturned: Tech One Faces Re-Trial
The Federal Court has overturned a judgement against software company TechnologyOne over its handling of the dismissal of an executive, following multiple... Read More