Protecting the National Broadband Network from private sector competition would be a "disastrous" move that would inflict higher internet costs on households, according to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims.

Who’s to blame for the omnishambles of the NBN? Pretty much everyone.

Like its 2014 predecessor, The Fractured But Whole is a game with astonishingly high production values, perfectly matching the quality of the TV show's writing, performances and knack for politically incorrect social commentary.

Microsoft has bet hard on augmented and virtual reality, which it collectively refers to as 'mixed reality' as it continues to shake off its old, fusty image.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that, in hindsight, the National Broadband Network project was a mistake and blamed the former Labor government for setting up a new government company to deliver the mammoth infrastructure project.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been reprimanded by one of the world's most respected internet security professionals for his comments on encryption, and for his push to force tech companies to allow police access to encrypted communications, which critics say will not be possible to implement.

The most prominent global technology company to have emerged from Australian shores is on the brink of another significant valuation milestone.

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While Amazon is yet to play its hand locally, it's not hard to get the chatty Alexa assistant running in Australia on Sonos' first smart speaker – with Google Assistant to come.

I've been using the new Nokia 3310 3G as my primary phone for a full work week, and it's been like living in a localised time distortion field where I was in 2000 and everybody else was 17 years ahead.

Shares of Apple and some of its suppliers fell on signs that demand for the new iPhone 8 models isn't as strong as anticipated while buyers await the release of the higher-end iPhone X.

Humble Bundle offers bundles that donate to charity every other fortnight. And its latest bundle is worthy of some attention, because it's all Australian.

After more than five years of declining sales, IBM says it will finally show investors it can grow again.

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We're expected to rush through an entire season in one night like it's a badge of honour.

Domino's customers left steaming after company fails to disclose data leak.

The colours of budgerigars spurred our top science prize winner to be a geneticist.

Blending the familiar fun of plastic, colourful bricks with a surprisingly complicated robot-building kit and code-writing primer, Lego Boost is part educational tool and part amazingly geeky high-tech toy.

We were warned that hackers would make the leap beyond digital mayhem and cause real, physical damage. Now, in Ukraine, the scenario has come to life. Twice.

Aussies were slugged with $259 million in excess mobile data charges in the last 12 months.

The collision of two super-dense stars in a galaxy far, far away, has been detected by a remarkable collaborative effort.