A world away from holding your smartphone up to your face, Google's new standalone VR headsets will go head-to-head with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

Bringing the classic fighter to the Nintendo Switch, Ultra Street Fighter II is a Frankenstein's monster of a package that doesn't bring much new of value to the table but is still an excellent way to play the game.

Upcoming video service will feature long and short-form content with ad breaks, according to several sources.

This small camera drone can take off from your palm and aims to capture a wider market with prices from $859.

Just in time for the release of Cars 3, Disney-Pixar has unveiled a talking, racing, robotic iteration of the franchise's main character, and it looks, acts and sounds eerily like the animated version.

As augmented reality technology improves, the holography of Iron Man and Avatar moves a step closer to entering our everyday lives.

Target has agreed to pay $US18.5 million ($24.78 million) to settle investigations by dozens of US states over a 2013 hack of its database, in which the personal information of millions of customers was stolen.

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Letting anyone accept Apple Pay, Android Pay and credit cards on-the-spot, Square's tiny contactless reader puts a pop-up store in your pocket.

Google will begin using data from billions of credit and debit card transactions — including card numbers, purchase amounts and time stamps — to solve the advertising juggernaut's long-standing quest to prove that online ads prompt consumers to make purchases in brick-and-mortar stores.

Microsoft has reintroduced its Surface Pro hybrid device, unveiling a brand new portable machine the company insists is no longer a tablet that can act as a laptop, but is instead "the most versatile laptop we've ever built".

Life could have been so different for Baxter the Robot. A product of US company, Rethink Robotics, Baxter was designed to perform any dull, repetitive tasks no human would ever want to undertake.

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The biggest threats to date came from other fast growing social apps, but these have been eliminated.

HP has used Cannes Film Festival, of all places, to spruik the latest updates to its consumer laptops and tablets the HP Envy and HP Spectre X2.

Porsche's new headphones are good for sound, but even better for diamond smuggling.

As the new toy takes the country by storm, an iOS app is cashing in on the craze.

Leaked Facebook documents show how the social media company moderates issues such as hate speech, terrorism, pornography and self-harm on its platform, The Guardian has reported, citing internal guidelines it has seen.

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The push to get Google Assistant on every device in your home has reached the lounge room as Android O helps Android TV finds its voice.

North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.

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This month, one of the most important intelligence documents about Russian interference in the US election emerged.