Technology
Microsoft details 'Project Scarlett' Xbox, cloud streaming service
Microsoft highlights 60 games, sheds light on 2020 next-generation console and game streaming plans at its briefing ahead of this week's E3 games expo.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
Video games
EA goes big, and small, ahead of E3
As 'EA Play' takes over Hollywood, publisher shows off new Star Wars game, partnerships with indie creators, updates to its stable of live and annual titles.
- by Tim Biggs
Gadgets
TechKnow: Luggage with USB charging
Which luggage with USB charginging is best? We pit the Swiss Victorinox case against the local challenger, July.
- by Patricia Maunder
Science
The phrase 'screen time' is over, say scientists
Consider what a person can do in just the time it takes to wait for a bus: text, watch a comedy skit, play a video game, buy concert tickets, take five selfies, each with a different set of cartoon ears.
- by Benedict Carey
Video games
The Australian gamer's guide to E3 2019
What to expect from all the big pre-show conferences, and where you can watch the announcements live.
- by Tim Biggs
Home tech
All-in-one audiophile CD system sounds even grander than its $2000 tag
With speakers, amp, sub and disc player all packed into one unit, the Ruark R5 shows vinyl isn't the only physical media for music lovers.
- by Rod Easdown
Video games
Google details a 2019 launch for game streaming service Stadia
Australians will not be able to use the disc-free, console-free video games system until 2020 at the earliest.
- by Tim Biggs
Analysis
Software
New Apple software brings slight, solid improvements across devices
Hands on with all the new Apple software coming to a device near you in spring.
- by Alice Clarke
Opinion
Information security
Let the bad guys win: Why paying a hacker's ransom can be the right move
By the end of this week, we may know whether the unknown hacker who's been holding the city of Baltimore's computer systems hostage for the past month is prepared to carry out his threat to destroy all the data.
- by Stephen L. Carter
Home tech
Questions you can ask the Google Assistant, but probably shouldn't
The Assistant can be incredibly handy, but it also remembers everything you say.
- by Alice Clarke
Software
The five most exciting developments from Apple WWDC
From advanced augmented reality to an extremely expensive computer display, here's what caught our eye behind the scenes at WWDC.
- by Alice Clarke