A robotic policeman which can help identify wanted criminals and collect evidence has joined Dubai's police force and will patrol busy areas in the city, as part of a government programme aimed at replacing some human crime-fighters with machines.

Hackers reportedly threatened to publish tech company's data online unless Bitcoin were paid.

When you enter a gaming tournament, you usually know what you're in for. Unless you're entering a mystery game tournament. Do that, as dozens of people did at the Combo Breaker event in the US state of Illinois last weekend, and you're playing the notorious Dong Dong Never Die.

Reports have zinged around the internet this week about a sudden and mysterious surge in President Donald Trump's Twitter following, along with dark musings that something nefarious may be afoot.

Australian tech clothing company WearableX has created smart yoga pants that give you the feedback you need to make any adjustments yourself.

The UE Wonderboom is the latest in Logitech's Ultimate Ears range of Bluetooth speakers.

Zeiss's Sonnar lens has a distinct retro character, but how does it hold up to modern photographic demands?

Consumer watchdog may drag several providers to court for dudding customers with slow internet.

The man 'liked' a post accusing another man of anti-Semitism and racism has been convicted of defamation.

Customers have been left without basic banking services as the major bank suffers what appears to be a nationwide outage.

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More than half of the five million Australian premises with NBN access have ignored the new network, but the story isn't quite so grim once you dive into the numbers.

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As the global games industry grows, the government seems willing to be left behind in the last century, and is not doing its part to support Australian creators.

What do you really need out of a smartphone? Developer Andy Rubin — the creator of Android — has tried to answer that question with a new phone aimed at delivering the basics of a high-end smartphone in a simple package.

Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, the star engineer at the centre of its high-stakes legal fight over driverless cars.

Soren Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany and seemed set to continue his work in Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence was pioneered and established. Instead, he went to China.

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Forgiveness is a wonderful thing, though in reality what Samsung may be enjoying is the power of habit.

Set in an eerie retro future space station, the role-playing game fails to live up to the initial excitement.

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You can nuke an infected computer and start from scratch without losing anything, but only if your backups aren't also held to ransom.

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Five years ago, I threw away a hard drive. It had a data file containing 1400 Bitcoin on it. No big deal, at the time. Today, those few kilobytes are worth more than four million dollars.