The tech year might kick off in January with CES, but it’s midway through the year at Computex, Asia’s biggest tech show, when we start to see the computing power that’s really driving next-gen technology. This year, when the tech world descended on Taiwan, it was all about smarter processing, new form factors for better …

Kegel exercises are boring.  When California woman Julia Rose first had kids, she soon realised there was a more interesting way to encourage women to strengthen their pelvic floor, by gamifying the experience and letting women track their progress. Turns out she was the Evan Spiegel of Kegels — the VaGenie was born. Inserted inside the body, the VaGenie gives …

Nvidia‘s next best thing for fast, high-performance gaming could be yours for as little as $1,200 (that roughly converts to £937 or AU$1610).  The company unveiled its new Max-Q technology at Computex in Taipei this week, saying it will bring the “maximum performance at the maximum energy efficiency point” for gaming notebooks. With all that efficiency Max-Q will make things much, much thinner too. Best …

Now playing: Watch this: Need an extreme processor? Intel X-Series has 18 cores 1:25 Enlarge Image Intel has unveiled its new X-Series processor, but it’s eyeing plenty more than straight PC power. Intel Intel doesn’t just care about chips any more — it has bigger fish to fry. The processor company took to the stage at Computex in Taipei on …

Now playing: Watch this: Need an extreme processor? Intel X-Series has 18 cores 1:25 The future is here, and it has 18 cores. Intel on Tuesday took to the stage at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, to unveil its newest range of processors, dubbed the X-Series. With its eyes set on content creators, overclockers and pro gamers (plenty of whom are …

Star Trek fans, rejoice. Soon you could be spending your time inside your very own holodeck — as an animated torso. Taking a brief step away from GPU spec talk, Nvidia on Tuesday showed off a live demo of its new Project Holodeck VR tech at Computex in Taiwan, Taipei. It’s a virtual world, created through HTC’s Vive headset, that …

According to Nvidia, the age of Moore’s Law is coming to an end. The solution? We don’t just need to get smaller, we need to get smarter. Nvidia took to the stage at Computex in Taipei today, talking up the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning, all powered by its GPU computing technology and what it’s calling the Isaac …

Computex is kicking off once again in Taipei, Taiwan, and CNET is on the ground, braving the humidity, ready to bring you all the big news. Unlike CES in Las Vegas, which catches the whole tech industry in its massive net, or next month’s E3, which zeroes in on gaming for three days in LA, Computex is all about PCs …

In February this year, a Brisbane man was jailed after he superimposed a picture of his ex’s head onto photos of naked women, posted the picture online with her address and invited strangers to rape her. It’s this kind of abuse that the government is hoping to crack down on with new laws targeting the sharing of intimate images without …

Last week, I was reminded what it’s like to live outside the technology bubble. I was talking about the week’s tech news on ABC radio, when a listener, Anne, rang in to ask about the NBN. Not, “What upload speeds will I get?” or, “When will we have gigabit internet?” Something much simpler. “Does anyone know if we have to …