Technology

Tim Biggs

Tim is the editor of Fairfax's technology sections, as well as a writer and reviewer specialising in video game coverage.

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Tetris returns to form, with a Japanese twist

A party-ready puzzle game with heaps of modes and content to keep you busy, Puyo Puyo Tetris introduces Western gamers to an incredibly popular Japanese franchise, while also providing familiarity via its Tetris twist.

Code

WannaCrypt: what you need to know

In a matter of days, a new form of ransomware known as WannaCry (or WannaCrypt) has crippled thousands of computers and locked up essential services including hospitals in Britain, FedEx in the US and Telefonica in Spain.

<i>Mario Kart</i> is even bigger and better on the Switch.

New Mario Kart is series' greatest ever

When it arrived for Wii U in 2014, Mario Kart 8 was arguably the best, most full-featured entry in the beloved series. With the release of this new Deluxe version, there's no longer room for argument.

Fans get ready for the final IEM 2016 event in Katowice, Poland.

$260k global esports event announced for Sydney

Esports company ESL has announced that the incredibly popular Intel Extreme Masters series will be making a stop in Australia for the very first time this year, with the first event in the annual global circuit to take place in Sydney.

Moving from portable to home console and back again is as easy as dropping the Switfch into its dock, or lifting it out.

The Nintendo Switch is simple, but smart

Unlike any other game console on the market, the Switch lets you transition seamlessly between playing at home on your big TV and playing the exact same games on the go, Game Boy style.

The AWS outage lasted slightly more than four hours.

AWS outage causes issues across the internet

Cloud-based businesses including Xero and Expensify, as well sites and services including Slack, Trello and Medium, were disrupted on Wednesday morning due to a partial failure at one of Amazon's data centres.