I have screwed up on camera more times than I can even count. At CNET, we have a team of awesome (and patient) video producers who edit out our f— ups, and don’t talk s#!& to us when we c*%k up the whole bloody thing. But on live TV? You sure as hell get a …

If you’ve ever had your iPhone fixed by a third-party repairer, you may have seen it: the dreaded Error 53. But the security check that was designed to test Touch ID on the iPhone before leaving the factory has now saddled Apple with a major court battle in Australia. And it could leave the tech manufacturer open to similar legal …

Don’t expect your next viral video of a boxing kangaroo to be sponsored by the Australian Government — at least not on YouTube. The Australian Government has announced it’s suspending “all non-corporate campaign advertising” from YouTube. That includes everything from public messages from the Department of Health to Defence Force recruiting ads (though not ads for Government owned corporations like …

In a major decision that could change the way you use your iPhone at the checkout, the Australian Competition and Consumer Comission has ruled that Australia’s big banks can’t work together to “collectively boycott” Apple Pay. Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank had been petitioning to collectively bargain with Apple in order to get access to Near-Field Communication …

It could soon be illegal to lie about your age online to a minor, thanks to new laws designed to crack down on sexual predators lurking on the internet. The laws would make it illegal for a person over the age of 18 to “intentionally misrepresent their age in online communications with a person they reasonably believe to be under …

If you thought Australia was a nation of Netflix addicts, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Use of online video services is set to skyrocket over the next five years, with almost 7 million Australians expected to be subscribing to a service by 2022. That’s a 170 percent increase from where we were at as a nation in 2016. The prediction …

If you get Foxtel from Telstra for sport or “Game of Thrones,” you’re in for a price hike. Telstra has announced it’s upping prices, with subscribers to its top-of-the-line Platinum HD package now charged an extra AU$2 per month, and Sports subscribers having to pay an extra AU$4 per month. But while it will mean Telstra’s sports fans have to …

You’ve had a problem with getting your NBN connected. You’ve set up a dozen appointments to get the problem resolved. The NBN says it’s a retailer issue, your ISP says it’s a problem at the NBN end. It’s a complaint we’ve heard again and again as the NBN rolls out across the country. But exactly how many issues are there? …

Even if Americans don’t understand cricket, it hasn’t stopped one of the biggest US tech companies from celebrating the game. Google is doffing its baggy green to the great game today with a Google doodle celebrating the history of test cricket. The doodle marks the 140-year anniversary of the first officially recognised cricket test match, which kicked off on March …

Banana hammock, butt dial, it’s raining men — sometimes the standard emoji just doesn’t cut it in the dating scene. But Grindr, the dating app for gay and bi men, has a solution: Gaymoji! The set of 500 new emojis features everything from roses and martinis down to handcuffs, blindfolds and bears, sorted into categories like objects, mood and… ahem, …