Samsung is the mobile phone sponsor of the Rio Games and sells its handsets exclusively to hundreds of thousands of visitors flocking to Olympic venues — but Apple is tempting some of them outside with its own unofficial Games merchandise.
That the site was attacked is not in the least bit surprising, but it's unexpected that an attack of this kind would result in the site going down.
A malicious flash mob supposedly knocked out the census, rather than an attempted break-in, but either way the ABS needs to restore Australia's confidence in the system.
Apple’s iPad Pro and Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 look a lot alike, but they’re really quite different, particularly when it comes to productivity
Figuring out how to make fire was no doubt an evolutionary boon to our ancestors. But it may have led to our smoking habit and the emergence of tuberculosis.
Three tiny craft built in Australia are the first locally made satellites to go into space in 15 years.
Known for its low-priced, no-frills smartphones, Australian retailer Kogan last week released its first 'high-end' phone, a machine that shares many bullet points with market-leading Android handsets but is sold at roughly a third of the price.
Will Apple's tampering with its most iconic feature mean less freedom for users, or will it mean a phone that's less likely to break?
If you're desperately looking for any reason to waste time at work today that doesn't involve watching the Olympics, then let me introduce you to Sesame Street Fighter. It's Street Fighter in your browser, but with Sesame Street characters, Russian cities and German scientists. No, really.
Nick Johnson, who claims to be the first person to capture all 145 creatures now available in the Pokemon GO mobile gaming phenomenon, says he is not ready to put away his smartphone just yet and hopes for new features.
Gaming can boost students' school performance and should be incorporated into classroom activities.
New phones will be similar to the 6S and 6S Plus, sources say, but will feature a redesigned pressure-sensitive home button. The larger phone will also reportedly feature dual cameras.
When people in Brazil and Canada tapped on the Facebook app during the Olympics' opening ceremony, a camera appeared on top of the News Feed, making it easy to snap photos and videos and add Olympics-themed filters, frames and masks.
Those who just type in an address and go should know that there's so much more you can do than just that.
English Premier League has a new home on Optus Sport, forcing Australian fans to find a new way to watch their favourite team this season.
Smashing atoms right in the centre of Sydney.
The Xbox One has improved so much on the software and functionality side in the past two years that it is almost unrecognisable. And now, it has hardware to match.
Apple plans to offer rewards of up to $261,280 to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that already offer payments for help uncovering flaws.
Rather than suffer through broadcasters butchering the schedule, this Olympiad Australian sports fans can watch whatever they like live from Rio.
Facebook says it plans to marginalise what it considers to be "clickbait" news stories from publishers in its news feed, in another step to keep its 1.71 billion members regularly coming back to its social network.