How will Amazon's Alexa fare in Australia's smart speaker showdown?
With Google Home already here and Apple's HomePod looming on the horizon, can Amazon's Echo speakers and talkative smart assistant find a place in Aussie homes?
Halting NBN's HFC cable rollout is a step in the right direction
Rather than continue the blame game and leave more Aussies trapped in broadband limbo, NBN finally admits that it's failing and needs to do better.
How loot boxes ruined one of the year's most promising games
New shooter set in the galaxy far, far away is the worst offender in a new trend almost all big-budget games are embracing.
Why hackers might know all about my pizza-eating habits
Since February 2, 2011, I've ordered from Domino's Pizza on 60 separate occasions.
Major internet outage hits Optus customers on NBN
Optus customers were hit with a major NBN outage across the country on Sunday.
David Jones bets on service to beat Amazon
Upmarket department store David Jones hopes its "premium" service, in-store experience and ability to price-match on select products will help it stay ahead of online retail rivals, including Amazon.
Marketer's simple answer to adblockers: 'Make ads less irritating'
Marketing companies are moving away from technological work-arounds to adblockers.
'Never been more happy to lose a bet': Cannon-Brookes concedes battery bet
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes says he has "never been more happy to lose a bet" than his high-profile wager with fellow billionaire Elon Musk over the installation of the world's largest lithium battery in South Australia.
Watch out for these Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping scams
Scammers are looking to win big this weekend as Amazon comes to Australia, so be wary of deals which seem too good to be true.
Students worked illegal overtime at iPhone X plant
High-school students hired to assemble iPhone X devices at Foxconn, illegally worked overtime hours at a plant in China, Apple has acknowledged.
Twitter's egalitarian ethos is out of step with the real world
After a year in which it became blindingly obvious that Twitter was rife with abuse and harassment, there's one sacred cow that deserves to be roasted: the idea that it is an anything-goes paradise.
Amazon Australia soft launch (presumably) underway
Amazon's "soft launch" of its Australian retail offering proved to be an anti-climax.
Illegal student labour at iPhone X plant
Teenage workers 'forced' to take part in intern programme at Foxconn in order to graduate.
Loot boxes in video games 'constitute gambling'
The proliferation of "loot box" mechanics in video games is legally questionable.
Xmas gifts for tech-heads
Some festive gift suggestions for the tech-savvy person in your life.
Flashy, but fun and functional
Sony's portable Bluetooth speaker could be a beaut device for travel if it didn't need its own charging cable.
Never, ever trust Telstra when they call you
Always hang up on any caller who asks you to prove that you're really you, as it could be a scam to steal your identity.
A man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat
The Californian intends to launch himself 5.5 kilometres in the air in a rocket built from scrap metal.
The silent, secret persuaders
Do we no longer care about deep surveillance?