Amazon Forced To Close Sydney Centre After COVID Outbreak
Amazon’s chief fulfilment centre in Sydney has been forced to shut down this morning, after a COVID outbreak Two workers at the... Read More
Worldwide PC Shipments Slow In Second Quarter
Worldwide PC shipments rose 4.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2021 year-on-year, to a total of 71.6 million units. This... Read More
Microsoft Teams Feature Turns Your Phone Into A Walkie-Talkie
Microsoft is introducing a Walkie Talkie function into Teams that will allow users to chat to each other with an instant push-to-talk... Read More
STUDY: OLED TVs Help You Sleep Better, Lose Weight
It seems straight out of science fiction, but a study from researchers at the University of Tsukuba, Japan has shown the benefits... Read More
Amazon Granted Permission To Monitor Your Sleep
Amazon has been granted US permission by the Federal Communications Commission to use radar in order to monitor consumers’ sleeping habits –... Read More
MacBook Pro 2021 Expected To Feature 1080p Webcam
The MacBook Pro 2021 is expected to have numerous impressive spec updates, including Apple’s new M1X silicon processor, a Mini LED display,... Read More
Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Coming In Under A Month, Multiple Colours
One of the most reliable tech leakers Evan Blass has revealed that Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 will likely arrive on August 11,... Read More
TV Ratings Finally Catch Up To Catch-Up TV Culture
OzTAM’s television ratings system will soon include seven-day viewers figures, for the first time taking into account the fact that many viewers... Read More
Large Sydney Retailers Feeling The Pinch, Reject Calls To Close
Yesterday, the owner of Westfield’s shopping centres assured smaller retailers that they would be afforded rent relief during the Sydney COVID lockdowns,... Read More
Click Frenzy Owner Prepares For IPO
Global Marketplace, owner of online-sale hub Click Frenzy, and e-commerce platform Power Retail, is eyeing an initial public offering next year. Before... Read More
Westfield Owner Offers Rent Relief To Sydney Tenants
Scentre Group, owners of Westfield shopping centres in Australia, has assured its tenants that rent deferrals will again be available to struggling... Read More
Wesfarmers Makes $687M Offer For Priceline Owner API
Wesfarmers is making moves into the pharmaceuticals world, making a $687 million offer for Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, owner of Priceline Pharmacies. The... Read More
Study: Smartphone Users Love Preinstalled Apps
It seems that, despite the vast array of choices available to smartphone users, most of us end up falling back on those... Read More
Swedish Crypto Scammer Sentenced To 15 Years Jail
A Swedish man wanted by the US for defrauding over 3,500 victims of more than US$16 million has been sentenced to 15... Read More
Beijing Widens Crackdown On Chinese IPOs And Mergers
China’s cyberspace regulator is clamping down on companies with data for more than one million users saying they must undergo a security... Read More
A Cloud Guru Closes $2bn Deal With Pluralsight
US online education company Pluralsight has closed its US$2 billion deal to acquire Australian cloud computing online training company A Cloud Guru.... Read More
IT Leasing Company Exposed
Investors in fintech Humm Group are shaking their heads after the company revealed it has up to $12 million in historical exposure... Read More
Police Warn Millions Could Be Stolen By Online Fraudsters
The Australian Federal Police is urging businesses and staff working from home to be alert to the threat of Business Email Compromise... Read More
Epic v Apple Might Go To High Court In Australia
The battle between Epic and Apple might be fought out in Australia’s High Court. An appeal decision by the full bench of... Read More
Samsung To Bring In Vapour Chamber Cooling For Next Year’s Phones
The smarter the phone, the more heat that is generated. Samsung have tasked its suppliers with developing vapour chamber cooling for its... Read More
Microsoft Teams Is Bringing Back Clippy
Microsoft has brought back perhaps the most annoying virtual assistant of all time, Clippy, the punchable paperclip who offers up non-helpful tips... Read More
LG Ditches Plan To Sell iPhones Instore, Following Backlash
LG’s decision to sell iPhones at its physical stores in Korea has sparked backlash, being opposed by smaller distributors who claim LG’s... Read More
Apple’s Own Silicon Chips Key To Higher Sales
Apple’s own silicon chips saw an increase of 54 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, according to figures obtained... Read More
Trump Writes Op-Ed: “Why I’m Suing Big Tech”
After filing a class action lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook and Google, with himself as the main plaintiff, Donald Trump has penned an... Read More
Samsung and Apple Working On Phones With ‘Underwater Mode’
Samsung and Apple have both recently filed patents involving smartphones that can operate, and shoot photos, underwater “Electronic device and method for... Read More
Huawei’s Harmony OS 2 Already Dominating Chinese Tech
Just over a month since Harmony OS 2 launched, over 25 million Huawei users have already upgraded to the beta version of... Read More
Gladys Won’t Close Department Stores In Sydney
The NSW Government has today urged consumers to shop online for “appliances, fridges and electric blankets.” This comes as the state-wide case... Read More
The Law Says: You Cannot Void A Warranty With Third-Party Repairs
The current Right To Repair debate involves many factors, one of which involves the copyright around things like repair manuals, the IP... Read More
Microsoft Gives Every Employee A $1,500 Pandemic Bonus
Microsoft has given each of it 150,000-plus employees a $1,500 bonus, to acknowledge the “unique and challenging fiscal year that Microsoft just... Read More
Ring and ADT Settle Legal Dispute Over Blue Octagons
When Amazon-owned Ring launched its new outdoor siren, with a stylish blue octagonal design, security specialist ADT saw red. The company launched... Read More
Solomon Lew Rejects Myer Board Offer, Wants Directors Sacked
Solomon Lew has rejected an offer from Myer to give Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments a seat on the board, after the company... Read More
Samsung Increases Notebook OLED Shipment Target
Samsung Display has adjusted it shipment target for notebook OLED panels this year. The new target of between 5.5 million to six... Read More
Sydney Lockdown Extension An Extra $1bn Hit To Retail
The Australian Retailers Association has warned that the extension of Sydney’s stay-at-home orders will add another billion dollars to the price tag... Read More
Inbuilt Obsolescence In Products Targeted By Productivity Commission Report
Products these days are built to break. It’s a common gripe you hear, mostly by someone who remembers having their old fridge... Read More
Google Accused Of Squashing Play Store Competition
Google is staring down yet another antitrust lawsuit in the US, with 36 states plus Washington DC suing the tech giant for... Read More
$5 Billion Spent On Pokémon GO In Just 5 Years
Pokémon GO has surpassed the $5 billion mark in player spending, just as the game celebrates its fifth anniversary. In the first... Read More
Why Apple Stock Climbed To All-Time High Yesterday
Apple stock rose 1.8 per cent yesterday to hit a record high of $144.57 at close, giving the company a market value... Read More
Microsoft Fixes Critical PrintNightmare Bug
Microsoft has released a fix for a critical vulnerability dubbed PrintNightmare. It impacts the Windows Print Spooler service, the queuing software that... Read More
Donald Trump Suing Facebook, Google, Twitter To Recover Accounts
Donald Trump has sued Facebook, Google and Twitter in a bid to recover his online accounts, after suspensions from the three tech... Read More
Roksan Announces Attessa Next-Gen Audio Range
UK audio manufacturer Roksan has announcement its Attessa range of next-generation audio equipment, which will be out in Australia this September. The... Read More
LG Just Had Highest Quarterly Revenue In History
LG just announced its preliminary earnings results for the second quarter of 2021 – and it is the best ever result from... Read More
Facial Recognition Software Stops Kids Gaming At Night
Chinese gaming company Tencent has introduced facial recognition technology that is designed to stop children from playing video games late into the... Read More
Amazon Stock Jumps To All-Time High As Bezos Steps Down
Amazon stock jumped to an all-time high as Jeff Bezos handed over the company to new CEO Andy Jassy. The stock peaked... Read More
McAfee’s Widow Doesn’t Believe He Died By Suicide
The widow of John McAfee, the controversial anti-virus inventor who was found dead in a prison cell last month, posted a letter... Read More
TSE Boss Says Toshiba Needs Disclosure
The Tokyo Stock Exchange wants troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba to make prompt and appropriate disclosure about its widening governance scandal. In particular,... Read More
Apple Working On Digital Car Keys
Apple has been granted a patent for digital car keys, a keyless system that will allow entry to a vehicle. The company... Read More
Beijing Probes More US-Listed Chinese Companies
The Beijing Government’s cyberspace watchdog is investigating online recruiter Zhipin.com, and truck-hailing apps and Yunmanman, in a crackdown on Chinese tech companies, amid... Read More
China’s Antitrust Regulator To Block Tencent Gaming Merger
China’s antitrust regulator will formally block Tencent Holding’s plan to merge the nation’s top two videogame streaming sites, Huya and DouYu. Tencent... Read More
Australia Post Latest Target Of Phishing Scam
Like most people in lockdown, I am awaiting quite a few parcels from Australia Post. And, like any scammer worth his/her salt,... Read More
Apple’s M2 Chip Expected For 2022 MacBook Air
Rumours are flying around that Apple is planning to release its new M2 chip with a new version of the MacBook Air... Read More