Ben Grubb

Australian technology journalist

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Month: March 2018

Is the age of one-click consent over in wake of Facebook scandal?

March 23, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

As social networking giant Facebook and “big data” firm Cambridge Analytica find themselves at the centre of a privacy scandal involving the election of US President […]

Medical records exposed by flaw in Telstra Health’s Argus software

March 22, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

A flaw in medical software used by more than 40,000 Australian health specialists and distributed by Telstra has potentially exposed Australians’ medical information to hackers, […]

‘Rogue oBike’: sharebike company refuses to pay after Tesla smash

March 19, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

Dockless sharebikes. How inner-city residents loathe them. Now it appears we have yet another reason, with the founder of a luxury chauffeur service in Sydney […]

How to fix smartphone ‘shaky cam’

March 19, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

You frame the shot, hold your breath and hit record, only to find later that the video you just shot shakes so violently you could […]

‘Virtual moron-idiot’: Telstra’s support chatbot backfires

March 9, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

Telstra customers have blasted the launch of a virtual assistant support ‘chatbot’ that fails to answer basic questions, can’t differentiate between names and countries, and […]

Samsung’s new TVs blend in with their surroundings

March 8, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

Samsung has unveiled its television lineup for 2018, showcasing a feature that makes your TV blend into its surroundings like a chameleon and another that […]

At $60 a week, this is one of Australia’s most expensive gym subscriptions

March 5, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

Anyone who’s friends with me knows that I can’t stand living without a gym. Given I travel a fair bit for work as a technology […]

Aussie telco broadband speeds compared in CHOICE review

March 1, 2018 Ben Grubb 0

If you’ve been wanting to take up the advice of NBN director Michael Malone that you should see what other peoples’ experience is like before choosing […]

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