Technology
Keeping a lid on lithium-ion battery fires
Don’t buy a device with a rechargeable battery unless it comes from a reputable brand and seller, and be extra careful when charging e-scooters and e-bikes at home.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
Review
Gadgets
It’s not black and white: New e-reader brings more colour, but less clarity
Book covers, magazines, comics and notes benefit greatly from a colour screen but, for reading, black-and-white technology is still superior.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Social media
X marks the spot where free speech comes at a cost
Unregulated big tech poses significant threats to the health of our democracy and social cohesion. So how can its power be reined in without killing free speech?
- by Lydia Khalil
5 things to know about LabHost, the fallen SMS scamming empire
An international sting operation has taken down a software platform responsible for hundreds of thousands of scam messages.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Social media
Could we all do without social media?
In moments of stress or boredom, I find myself watching weird videos on social media. That’s not why I installed the app.
- by Tim Biggs
'That hit hard' | Meet the Aussie gamers raising money for cancer research
Nicktacula returns as a team leader in 2024's Superhero Streamers event which is aiming to raise $200,000 for cancer research at the University of Adelaide.
Analysis
Social media
Church stabbing, Bondi Junction highlight X’s failure to moderate
The misinformation and persistence of graphic videos can cause real harm to a huge audience.
- by Tim Biggs
New leak shows 2024 iPhone 16 with new feature
9News has obtained new details of the iPhone 16 five months ahead of its launch.
Twiggy Forrest and Facebook clickbait battle dropped in court
Billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's bid to hold Facebook's parent company Meta to account in Australia over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam has been stymied.
‘We are the black sheep’: The Australian company backed by some of the world’s richest people
Tom Oxley came up with his idea for a brain chip while at Melbourne University in the late 2000s. Now his company has attracted some of the richest people in the world as investors.
- by Matthew Field
Sponsored
PagerDuty
AI Operations Cloud boosts resilience against myriad business threats
Incidents have become an inevitable reality for organisations of all sizes and industries.