Is the age of one-click consent over in wake of Facebook scandal?
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 […]
Month: March 2018
Medical records exposed by flaw in Telstra Health’s Argus software
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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 […]