It was around the time I was flinging my pirate hat in order to possess a huge piece of meat that I realised Super Mario Odyssey is a bit weird, even by Super Mario standards.

The new watch's LTE connection is limited to a few small tasks, but they're exactly the tasks you'd want if you were taking the Watch on a run.

As diesel regulations bite, companies are looking to electric trucks for haulage solutions.

While the last major update to iOS redesigned and overhauled the iPhone experience, iOS 11 — which is rolling out starting today — is mostly about iPad-specific features that turn the tablet from an oversized phone to more of a laptop replacement.

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Two-factor authentication is designed to keep hackers out of your accounts, but it won't keep you safe if they can intercept your text messages.

Ride-sharing organisation Uber has apologised for running a promotion that encouraged husbands to buy takeaway food and "let your wife take a day off from the kitchen".

The announcement of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus was overshadowed at last week's event in Cupertino, as the world's media was far more interested in the radically redesigned iPhone X. But in any other year, these two new phones would be a worthy upgrade for the iPhone faithful.

The LG Dire Wolves will make esports history on September 23 when they will be the first Australian League of Legends team to compete in the League of Legends World Championship.

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The Handmaid's Tale paints a grim future for free-to-air television, as Hulu becomes the first streaming service to win an Emmy for best drama series.

Frequent visitors to popular torrent site The Pirate Bay are up in arms after the site secretly added a feature to the site that sapped users' CPU resources to mine cryptocurrency.

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Despite the streaming revolution we're still paying more than Americans for content, and getting less in return.

It's been a busy week for Apple. While its CEO Tim Cook showed off the 10th anniversary iPhone in California, he had his lieutenants work half a world away on what may become the company's largest deal ever.

Intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran is back and, while it's debatable whether she's better than ever, she's certainly doing what she does better than anybody else.

There are few feelings worse than having the sanctity of your home violated by thieves.

The suit argues Google violates California's Equal Pay Act by paying women lower wages than men.

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Despite a full suite of products to announce, CEO Tim Cook started proceedings with a moment's silence. Press were asked to close their laptops and cover their phones. We sat in the dark, introduced to the building — the Steve Jobs Theater — by the voice of the late Apple co-founder.

Hot on the back of Apple's announcement of the new Watch Series 3, the first Aussie telco to support its integrated eSIM has come out swinging. Telstra's new One Number service will let you hook up your phone and wearable to the same phone number and mobile data plan.

US federal government agencies are banned from using software developed by Kaspersky Lab, a Russian firm with alleged links to that country's intelligence agencies.

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Apple's streaming video player is getting a long-awaited overhaul as the iTunes store squeezes Hollywood for a better deal on Ultra HD movies.