The days of TV journalists and photographers using helicopters to get a bird's eye view are fast fading. Drones, big and small, are increasingly being used to get stunning aerial images most of us thought were out of reach.

Parts of Australia's farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones, robots and automated sensors.

Free Wi-Fi is a windfall, but you do have to care about security when you're out and about. Here's how to surf safely, on any device.

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If you need to make a bunch of people sound like they're in the same room, even though they're spread far and wide, then Zencastr might be the service you're looking for.

The companies that make the fastest computers are the same ones that put things under our Christmas trees, which has grave implications for warfare.

Launching Alibaba's Australian headquarters, billionaire founder Jack Ma said the Chinese e-commerce giant would help Australian and New Zealand businesses share their products with the world.

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Snap is aiming to adopt the most shareholder-unfriendly governance in an initial public offering, ever.

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Aussies will soon be able to smile at their smartphones to confirm payments as credit card giant MasterCard prepares to bring its biometric authentication app to Australia.

Snapchat may have been built on disappearing messages, but as the social media darling hovers on the cusp of becoming a public company its parent is trying to show how durable its business is.

The virtual reality headset maker that Facebook bought in 2014 for US$2 billion used stolen computer code, a jury said in awarding $500 million to ZeniMax Media.

Many in the technology industry have expressed outrage over the executive order, but Microsoft has chimed in with a proposed solution.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has quit President Donald Trump's business advisory group after pressure from activists.

Personal SMS messages of Telstra customers are being received by phone users of other networks across Australia after a fire disrupted services at an exchange in Sydney.

"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.