Hands on Anki Overdrive smart race cars
Scalextric meets Mario Kart, Anki Overdrive brings car racing to life in your lounge room.
Xbox, Porsche announce 'performance gamewear'
To celebrate the launch of racing simulation game Forza Motorsport 7, Xbox Australia is today taking the wraps off limited edition "gamewear" that "offers gamers unparalleled coziness and functionality as they hit the virtual track".
Mini Super Nintendo is incredible value
Purely on the strength and number of classic games it includes the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System offers an incredible value proposition.
Amazon Echo Spot – do we want screens on our smart speakers?
As Amazon's Alexa smart assistant prepares to launch in Australia, Echo smart speakers are coming in all shapes and sizes.
Apple looks into reports of iPhone 8 Plus splitting open
Apple has confirmed it is looking into two reports of iPhone 8 Plus phones splitting open shortly after they were purchased.
Lockheed Martin trumps SpaceX Mars plans
As some experts at the Astronautical Congress in Adelaide dismissed Mars plans within a decade as 'vapourware' US Defence contractor Lockheed Martin showed off how it thinks it can be done.
Sphero gets back to basics with $80 Mini robot
A programmable robot the size of a ping pong ball, the Sphero Mini is ready to roll into classrooms.
Nokia 3310 throwback phone coming to Australia
A new version of the classic Nokia 3310 mobile phone will launch in Australia in October, complete with a customisable retro interface, an MP3 player and of course a version of the classic mobile game Snake.
Digging deep in the excellent SteamWorld Dig 2
There are few better things in video games than a satisfying upgrade loop. A new axe that chops trees twice as fast as your old axe — or a jetpack that makes you realise you've only experienced a fraction of the game world despite hours of exploration — can be incredibly rewarding, and it's this sensation that Steamworld Dig 2 does better than most.
Google, Amazon may surf next wave of wealth
Financial management firms could lose their next generation of wealthy clients to the lure of global giants like Amazon and Google, according to the latest report on the habits of the rich.
Subscription software is death by a thousand cuts
Over the last decade, the software business has undergone a revolution, but are we better off?
Hands on Humax H3 Espresso streaming player
Flinging live and recorded television around your home, Humax's tiny H3 breaks the lounge room shackles.
Apple opens up on privacy amid Face ID concerns
Apple has released more details about the iPhone X's Face ID feature, publishing a new privacy site which addresses some of the concerns that people have had since the face-scanning feature was announced.
We're becoming numb to hacks and breaches
We seem to be resigned to signing away our privacy rights in order to access products and services.
Nice tech, awful battery
The Garmin VIRB 360 camera is expensive, but is it worth the outlay?
This could be the best way to kill off fake Facebook accounts
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has some ideas on how to monitor the fake accounts on Facebook and Twitter.
Sony's a9 is more camera than I could reasonably need
When you need to take 20 photos per second, with each and every frame individually autofocused and autoexposed, this is the camera you go to.
Twitter to test 280-character tweets, doubling existing limit
The days of Twitter limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered.
What 'yes' campaign's SMS blast would have cost
It would have cost the 'yes' campaign for same-sex marriage at least $620,000 to send its bulk text message to all 31 million mobile phone subscribers at the weekend, Fairfax Media can reveal.