Until now, pumping breast milk has involved sitting in an easy chair, hooked up to a contraption of tubes and suction cups that looks more like a B-movie Sci-Fi prop than a way to feed your baby. Freemie wants to change that. From US health-tech company Dao Health, Freemie has been making storage cups for …

It’s not about what bands you listen to. It’s all about the headphones you listen on.  After all, if you’re paying $5,000 for 4G-connected headphones with gold plating and an LCD touchscreen, you’d better be damned sure someone sees you while you’re listening to those sweet, sweet tunes.  French startup Debussy is keen to make your listening device (whether it’s …

Turn off that Smashmouth CD — we have exciting news! The Psion 5, that glorious PDA that you (or your parents) rushed out to buy in 1997, has just had an update to make it usable in 2018.  The Gemini phone from UK outfit Planet Computers has all the clamshell looks you’d expect out of something from the (first) Clinton …

At this year’s CES you’ll hear plenty of talk about driverless cars, connected homes and the internet of things. (Yes, we promise IoT, perhaps the buzziest of tech trends, is more than just hackable baby monitors and $400 internet-connected juicers.) Here’s the technology that will drive all of those innovations over the next decade: 5G. The shorthand tag “5G” stands …

TPG advertised its NBN plans as “seriously fast internet.” But now the ISP will be forced to compensate nearly 8,000 of its customers after it failed to deliver adequate speeds. The ACCC today announced that TPG has agreed to compensate customers for misleading them over the speeds it could deliver over fibre to the node (FTTN). The refunds apply to …

It’s been a long time coming, but Amazon has finally launched in Australia. The world’s largest e-tailer launched the full-fledged version of its Australian retail site on Monday, giving customers Down Under the opportunity to buy everything from gadgets to clothing at Amazon.com.au. (The site has hosted a Kindle store since 2013, but Aussies haven’t been able to buy anything …

Vodafone is now officially selling home broadband. After teasing a launch since last year, the telco opened orders for its NBN service on Monday both online and in-stores. The telco is kicking off service in a limited number of cities, offering NBN to residents in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Newcastle and Geelong. You won’t need to be an existing Vodafone customer …

If you’re one of the roughly 2.5 million Australians still yet to connect to the NBN via HFC, then we have bad news: Your service is going to be delayed another six to nine months. NBN has confirmed it is “pausing” further orders of NBN service over HFC technology, effective immediately. The company plans to get through the current backlog …

The FCC’s chief has dubbed it a “failed” attempt at “micromanaging the internet.” Digital civil liberties activists call it a principle that must be upheld. Now Reddit has weighed in on net neutrality, and its users are seeing red. Net neutrality is the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally and that internet service providers can’t prioritize their …

Ahhh, Australia — we’re tech savvy, we invented Wi-Fi and the Hills Hoist, but we always seem to be invited late to the tech party. But all that’s about to change. Amazon is coming to Australia. And it’s about bloody time. According to a handful of reports, Amazon is preparing sellers who use its network for a soft launch in …