Which internet providers actually deliver the speeds their ads claim? We’re about to find out. The government on Friday announced the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be monitoring 4,000 households and retail outlets equipped with fixed-line NBN to see what speeds the volunteering customers are actually getting. The catchily-titled Broadband Performance Monitoring and Reporting …

Big-shot bank executives. They’re almost always portrayed as the bad guys, but are they just misunderstood? Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), wants the public to believe in it, so Dennis Tan, the company’s head of consumer financial services in Singapore, agreed to be Facebook livestreamed taking a lie detector test. “Stay True is our promise to our consumers,” Tan said of …

Now playing: Watch this: The world of pro wrestling: explained 3:45 Are you subscribed to the WWE Network? If not, the company hopes Roman Reigns will change your mind. That was the big takeaway from WrestleMania 33, a pro-wrestling extravaganza watched by a packed Camping World stadium in Orlando, Florida and about 2 million more on the WWE Network. You’ll …

India is becoming big business in Silicon Valley and Apple is getting in on the action. In Bengaluru over the weekend, the company opened an App Accelerator, which aims to be a tech hub for startups. The centre was announced just under a year ago, when Tim Cook visited the country. The App Accelerator will see Apple work with local …

Drones can help you up your photography game and sometimes they make deliveries. Eventually, they could save — or end — lives. Connecticut lawmakers are considering equipping drones with “deadly” weapons for use by police, the Associated Press reported Thursday. North Dakota is currently the only state where police can weaponize drones, but they are restricted to nonfatal equipment like …

NVIDIA‘s GTX 1080 is no longer the king of the GPU mountain. That honour is now the company’s newest graphics card, the GTX 1080 Ti. Announced at a GDC press conference on Wednesday in San Francisco, the $700 1080 Ti is 35 percent more powerful than the GTX 1080, says NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang. It comes with 11GB of GDDR5X …

The man behind the Android operating system is apparently building a new company to take on Apple with, and it seems his dream team just added a new member. Jason Mackenzie, HTC‘s former global executive vice president, said in a Tweet that he’s joined Rubin’s “stealth startup.” It comes around two months after Mackenzie ended his 12-year tenure at HTC. …

If you own a Google Wifi or OnHub router, you may have to set it up all over again. After investigating reports of faulty devices, Google released a statement to customers Thursday saying an issue with Google Accounts caused many Google Wifi and OnHub routers to reset themselves. Read more: Wi-Fi 6: Better, faster internet is coming this year — here’s …

India is getting more digital by the month. To make international travel easier, tourists will now be given SIM cards upon arriving in India. The cards will be loaded with 50 rupees (70 cents) worth of talk time, as well as 50MB of data, reports the Hindustan Times. “The initiative will help the tourists to immediately communicate with their relatives …

The tablet industry continues to shrink, but not for everyone. Amazon boosted tablet sales by 99.4 percent last year, according to TrendForce. It sold over 11 million Fire tablets in 2016. However, total tablet shipments were down by 6.6 percent. Apple‘s iPad sales dipped 14.1 percent, but the company retained its top spot, selling 42 million devices to comfortably best …