Optus has announced that SBS will simulcast 48 hours’ worth of World Cup games on free-to-air TV while it tests its network and tries to fix problems with its app that left fans unable to stream games over the weekend. SBS will broadcast a total of six games from Monday night until Wednesday morning on …
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Amazon is ready to give you instant gratification, Australia. The online shopping giant has officially launched Amazon Prime in Australia, giving shoppers access to speedy deliveries and free video streaming perks that US Amazon users have had for over a decade. First launched in the US in 2005, Amazon Prime gives shoppers a raft of shipping benefits as well as …
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Football! Soccer! The world game! …Sport! The 2018 FIFA World Cup is upon us (in case you hadn’t heard). But whether you bleed yellow and green or just want to jump on the bandwagon, this year’s world cup isn’t just about sitting down in front of TV (however: Best TVs for watching the World Cup 2018). 2018 is the year of …
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Damn. Asus is loving the multi-screen laptops this year. Fresh after announcing its new ZenBook Pro lineup — the laptop that comes complete with 5.5-inch full-HD touchpad, because one screen is so passé — Asus took to the stage at Computex in Taipei on Wednesday to unveil its vision of the future: the Precog dual-screen laptop. That’s right, where we’re …
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Now playing: Watch this: Intel’s Tiger Rapids is the 2-screen notebook I’ve always… 1:15 Razer’s three-screen Project Valerie was a pipe dream; Intel’s two-screen notebook prototypes may never sit on your lap, but will likely be the basis for real products you can buy in the not-so-distant future. Intel’s “Tiger Rapids” prototype and other working models provide hints of what …
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We keep hearing that voice is the next interface, but the tech world is still pretty darn obsessed with screens. At Computex in Taipei this week, the world’s biggest PC and gaming manufacturers have been showing off their latest kit, and there’s one overwhelming trend: Why have one screen when you can have two? Since the very first laptops started …
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Pets bring us such joy, but getting on your hands and knees to clean up your cat’s poop is not exactly the highlight of pet ownership. Can’t someone make it easier? Someone did. More specifically, someone built a rotating cat toilet/washing machine/kitty litter tray to deal with your animal’s mess. It’s the ideal solution for pet owners who want to …
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The biggest problem with jewellery is it looks pretty, but doesn’t do anything. Diamonds might take literally 1 billion years to form, but what have they unlocked for me lately? That’s why we invented smart jewellery. But the biggest problem with smart jewellery is it’s designed to be functional and understated — there’s nothing out there for the person who …
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It’s a big year for Intel. The company turns 50 this year (that’s a helluva lot in silicon years) and its original 8086 processor, the same one used in IBM’s original PC design, is turning 40. So to celebrate, Intel is turning positively Wonka-esque and giving away 8,086 brand new eighth-gen Intel Core i7 chips. As well as celebrating the …
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Intel has finally crossed the last threshold of artificial intelligence — re-creating the adorably grungy and slightly out-of-sync sounds of your high school rock band. The chipmaker pulled out all the stops at its Computex keynote in Taipei on Tuesday, with its senior vice president and GM of client computing, Gregory Bryant, unveiling brand-new eighth-gen Intel Core chips, showing off …
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