Like so many bright, young entrepreneurs these days, Isaac Choi arrived here last year, set up shop and promised employees that he would lead them to the Silicon Valley dream. That dream is turning out mostly to be a mirage.

The phone is already available in Australia, but global shipments have been delayed after faulty USB-C cables apparently caused multiple units to explode.

Dropbox has confirmed that a data breach discovered and disclosed in 2012 was bigger than previously known, and according to one report could involve almost 69 million accounts.

Samsung has unveiled two new smartwatches which boast a range of digital features while also promising up to four days of battery life, seeking to outshine the Apple Watch 2 a week before the iPhone-maker is expected to reveal it.

It's been the stuff of science fiction since it was deemed theoretically possible in the 1970s. But Sharath Sriram and his research team at RMIT have finally cracked it. They have built an artificial memory cell which could one day function as the grey matter in a bionic brain.

Madman Entertainment last year launched AnimeLab - a service that works like Netflix but comes in free and premium tiers like Spotify - and the Australian company says it's bringing the Japanese entertainment style to brand new audiences.

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When your PC refuses to start there are still ways to retrieve your family photos, office documents and other precious files.

Just days after policy change, Facebook's algorithm chose a very bad, factually incorrect headline to explain to its news-hungry users why "Megyn Kelly" was trending.

Cyberpunk dystopia evolves across the board with more choice, more surprises and more superhuman abilities to play with.

Fitbit's newest line of fitness trackers includes a waterproof device that recognises when you start to swim and measures your laps.

A new Apple Watch and a disappointingly familiar iPhone are tipped to appear at Apple's next big event, which has been confirmed for September 7.

Not only did Microsoft's map service show the Victorian capital in the wrong spot, it was in the wrong hemisphere.

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Netflix's efforts to keep foreigners out of its US video library have claimed another victory, with Australian-based geododging service UFlix throwing in the towel.

Government wants a way to make sure people are who they say they are while using online services, but the Australian Privacy Foundation says trust has to go both ways.

Artificial intelligence used to be something that featured in science fiction films. Now, it's writing the scripts.

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Unless pay TV cables already run down the street, homes in HFC-enabled suburbs are likely to end up on fibre-to-the-node as up to 1.5 million premises are slashed from the cable rollout plan.

In a move that is rankling some of the company's more than a billion users, WhatsApp will soon begin to share some member information with parent Facebook.

The NBN rollout continues to accidentally rip through phone lines, leaving homes and business without internet or dial tone for up to weeks at a time, as the broadband network extends across the country.

Apple rushes out an iPhone software upgrade after three apparent flaws may have allowed eavesdropping on conversations.