"I could have broken this guy's deal wide open" ... "Lots of issues there Telstra"

Japan's pre-eminent auteur game designer wasn't widely known in the West until the explosive success of his 1998 PlayStation game Metal Gear Solid, but he's only become more prominent and controversial since.

With Mobile World Congress 2017 just around the corner, we thought it was a good time to remind you of all the good stuff we know (and think) is on the way.

(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc.'s fourth-quarter revenue climbed more than forecast, driven by advertisers' continued push to reach consumers on mobile phones.

Apple has overthrown Samsung as the world's biggest smartphone manufacturer for the first time in five years after reporting record sales.

No matter what these tech giants do, people's use of software to block digital advertising keeps gaining traction worldwide.

With Microsoft trying to cut its grass with Teams, Slack has upped its game in trying to secure the favour of large organisations.

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It can be a steep learning curve if your child needs a notebook or tablet in the classroom, especially if their school offers little guidance.

More iPhone 7 units sold than expected, but customers currently holding back in anticipation of 10th-anniversary iPhone this year.

On hearing the news of ABC cutting its long-running television program on video games, Australian gamers reacted in the best way they know how.

These days, everything is political: even the ride-sharing app you use.

Something futuristic is brewing in a shopping complex.

Masaya Nakamura can be credited as one of the people responsible for building the Japanese video game industry.

A tech company has developed a system that photographs pizzas as they emerge from the oven at fast food chains so customers can see that their order is picture perfect.

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It has been estimated that the Internet of Things (IoT) will consist of approximately 50 billion devices by 2020. What could possibly go wrong?

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How can Twitter seriously claim to want to clean up its act when it makes so much money from online abusers?

The robotics whiz who helped give the world Google Glass and self-driving cars is back designing more gadgets for Alphabet.

The FBI appeared to go beyond the scope of existing legal guidance in seeking certain kinds of internet records from Twitter as recently as last year, according to legal experts.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The work-in-progress teams are still works in progress. Chiefs still win every time.