Report: Bill Gates Was Office Bully Who Spurned Diversity Talks
A new report on Bill Gates’ past behaviour at Microsoft has uncovered a litany of power abuses, including office bullying, erratic behaviour,... Read More
COVID Lockdowns: WA Premier Says CE Retailers Not “Essential” Businesses
Consumer electronics retailers like Harvey Norman may not be “essential” businesses under Western Australia’s lockdown, according to Premier Mark McGowan. In a... Read More
Intel Delays Server Chip Until 2022, Stocks Plummet
Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger has vowed to make Intel the number one company in semiconductor manufacturing, after the global chip shortage saw... Read More
Amazon Discussing Kindle That Opens Like A Book
Kindles are still big business, despite not wiping out the printed book, as many pundits predicted it would when the product launched... Read More
Alexa Can Now Read Books With Your Kids
Amazon has introduced a new feature which reads books to children, prompting them to participate and helping them with difficult words. The... Read More
Samsung Develops Largest-Storage Capacitor For 5G Phones
Samsung has announced the development of a capacitor with the largest storage capacity for 5G smartphones. The multi-layer ceramic component is as... Read More
Telstra Sells Half Its Towers Business For $2.8B
Telstra has sold half of its mobile infrastructure business InfraCo Towers in a deal worth $2.8 billion. News of the transaction saw... Read More
IT Journalism Gongs Postponed
MediaConnect has announced that the 2021 Samsung IT Journalism Awards scheduled for July 16th have been postponed. The decision was due to the current... Read More
IT Workers Demand Higher Wages As Shortage Grips Sector
A survey of IT company executives by the Australian Financial Review has found the cost of hiring skilled software developers, security specialists... Read More
Elon Musk’s Starlink To Challenge Oz Internet Providers Within Weeks
Elon Musk says his satellite network Starlink in on track to provide broadband internet to everywhere on Earth aside from the polar... Read More
New MacBooks And AirPods Coming This Year
Apple will be releasing new MacBooks and AirPods later this year, according to a report by Taiwanese website Economic Daily News. The... Read More
Sydney Stores Staying Open During Lockdown
The latest Sydney lockdown is poised to be much less damaging for retail than the previous one, as relaxed rules have resulted... Read More
Study Links Screen Time And Childhood Obesity
A study published in Pediatric Obesity suggests a link between screen time and weight gain in American pre-teens. Data from studying 11,066... Read More
Insider Preview For Windows 11
Microsoft has released its first Windows 11 Insider Preview. You can now install an early preview on Windows 11 (be sure to... Read More
Harvey Norman Subject Of Scammer Texts
If you received a text claiming to be from Harvey Norman offering you a free prize, don’t click on it. Scamwatch, Australia’s... Read More
NSW Rolls Out Business Lockdown Support As Retail Calls For Consistency
The NSW Government will defer payroll tax for employers in the state, as well as offer grants to small businesses that suffer... Read More
LG Firmware Update Gives Gamers Dolby Vision HDR At 4K 120Hz
LG Electronics wants to be your go-to gaming television, becoming the first TV manufacturer to offer the ability to support coveted Dolby... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: The Good Guys Snares Hisense Exec For Major Role
The Good Guys has appointed Hisense Australia GM Tania Garonzi as its new Merchandise Director, replacing Biag Capasso as he moves into... Read More
Why Aren’t Harvey Norman Workers Unionising?
Are Harvey Norman workers in fear of being sacked if they complain about their pay? Let’s do some maths. The average worker... Read More
Bezos Hounds Future Brother-In-Law For $250K In Legal Fees
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — who is the richest human on planet Earth, worth just shy for $200 billion — is chasing... Read More
Facebook Dodges Antitrust Suit – But Faces Sex Trafficking Case
Okay, first the good news – for Facebook at least. A federal judge tossed out a number of antitrust suits from 46... Read More
Samsung Electronics’ Taxes Up 14.4% In 2020
Samsung Electronics paid AUD$12.95 billion in taxes and dues during the 2020 financial year, up 14.4 per cent from the previous year,... Read More
Samsung On Track To Sell 10 Million QLED TVs In 2021
Samsung Electronics is on pace to sell 10 million quantum dot light-emitting diode televisions in 2021 – the first time they will... Read More
McAfee And Samsung Extend Partnership
McAfee has extended its longstanding partnership with Samsung to provide cross-device security to Samsung PC users through McAfee’s LiveSafe program, which kicks... Read More
Amazon Acquires Encryption App Amidst $10B Fight With Pentagon
Amazon’s cloud services giant Amazon Web Services has acquired encrypted messaging app Wickr. Wickr claims that it is the only messaging service... Read More
Tesla Recalls 285,000 Vehicles Over Safety Issues
Tesla has been forced to fix 285,000 passenger vehicles over issues with the cruise-control system. The recall includes 249,855 Model 3 sedans... Read More
Samsung’s New Robovac Has World-First 3D Sensor
Samsung Electronics has announced the release of its new robot vacuum cleaner, Jet Bot AI+, which was first unveiled at CES 2021.... Read More
Unico Pro Three-In-One AC System Now 20% Off At The Good Guys
The Good Guys is offering 20 per cent off an Italian-designed Unico Pro AC system which, unlike split system, incorporates a revolutionary... Read More
Sydney Lockdown To Cost Retail Billions
The two-week lockdown in Greater Sydney will be a $2 billion hammer blow to local retail, the Australian Retailers Association has warned.... Read More
Adobe Discontinues Popular Photoshop Sketch, Illustrator Draw Apps
Adobe will be pulling its popular Photoshop Sketch and Illustrator Draw apps from both iOS and Android app stores on July 19.... Read More
Amazon And Google Under Investigation For Fake Reviews
Amazon and Google are both under investigation over their perceived failure to crack down on fake reviews. The Competition and Markets Authority... Read More
Apple Watch S3 Prototype Reveals Smart Connector
A prototype image of the Apple Watch Series 3 reveals a possible Smart Connector on the device. In past incarnations, the connection... Read More
Google Search Will Warn Of ‘Fake News’ Results
Google’s recently employed fact-checking mechanism is a step forward in the fight to combat the era of fake news, but during breaking... Read More
Ley Orders Solar Industry To Clean Up Its Act
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has given the solar industry less than 12 months to finalise a nationwide solar panel recycling scheme.... Read More
Panasonic Sells Its Tesla Shares
Panasonic has unloaded all its share in Tesla, worth around AUD$4.75 billion. It’s not exactly a vote of confidence in Musk’s future-forward... Read More
Google Delays Blocking Of Cookies Until 2023
Google has delays its plans to block third-party cookies on Chrome, writing in a blog post that “it’s become clear that more... Read More
Bang & Olufsen Collab With Saint Laurent On Wireless Speaker
Danish luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen have collaborated with Saint Laurent Rive Droite to create a limited-edition speaker, Beosound Edge. Designed... Read More
Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon May Be Broken Up As Bill Approved
The days of four major tech companies controlling the entire world may be limited, as The House Judiciary Committee approved controversial antitrust... Read More
NBN Co Pushes Back Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial Start Date, Again
NBN Co has again pushed back the date from when it will take further HFC orders, this time blaming the global chip... Read More
Microsoft Hopes To Snuff Out Slack With Windows 11
The first new version of Windows in six years has been touted as one of the “most significant updates” the system has... Read More
Windows 10 To Be Retired In 2025
Windows 10 users have been put on notice: they only have four years to upgrade their operation systems, after Microsoft unveiled Windows... Read More
TCL Unveils Two New Alcatel 1 Smartphones
TCL is continuing its mighty march into the affordable smartphone market with the Alcatel 1L Pro and Alcatel 1, which offer up... Read More
Huge Stateside Expansion Boosts Afterpay
Afterpay shares have shot up this morning as the buy-now-pay-later giant brings its service to a lineup of popular US online retailers.... Read More
The Age Of Sustainability: Bodyguardz Takes New Approach With Mobile Cases
It’s baffling that the majority of mobile phone users will happily shell out the price of a second-hand car for the latest... Read More
Battery Production Key To Australian Economic Growth
Australia is the world leader when it comes to the mining of battery metals like lithium and nickel, accounting for roughly half... Read More
Aust Scientists Outline Plan To Build STEM Superpower
The peak body representing more than 88,000 scientists, Science & Technology Australia, says Australia must double total R&D investment due to an... Read More
Aust IT Workers Will Still Work From Home In 2022
Research organisation Gartner says more than half the world’s knowledge workers, those who use problem solving skills such as IT programmers, developers,... Read More
Samsung Galaxy S22 Camera Specs Leaked
Another day, another leak. This time it’s involving the camera specs for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S22, which is due next January... Read More
Stadia Finally Arrives On Google TV
After teasing it months ago, Google has finally brought Stadia to Google TV. You can also use Stadia on “any other Google... Read More
Times Square Hoverboard Rider Revealed, Built Board By Hand
“It’s everybody’s childhood dream to fly.” This is according to 28-year-old engineer Hunter Kowald, who has outed himself as the hoverboard rider,... Read More