He pleaded guilty to accessing Apple’s systems multiple times over a period of two years, but today an Australia teenager (who cannot be named for legal reasons) escaped conviction and will not serve time in prison for hacking Apple.  The boy accessed Apple’s mainframe from his Melbourne home, reportedly because he was a fan of …

Elon Musk is Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, founder of Space X, probably the most famous tech entrepreneur in the world. Jackson Palmer is the co-creator of Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that started out as a harmless joke but, at its peak, had a market cap of $2 billion. For the briefest of times, they worked together to solve one …

So, Wednesday was a big day for Apple news.Apple announced a grand total of three new phones. The iPhone X is now the iPhone XS. We also now have an iPhone XS Max and the “budget” iPhone XR for those that baulk at spending more than a thousand dollars on a phone. In case you weren’t already aware, premium mobile phones …

You’re on the train. It’s a busy train. You’ve had a long day. Maybe it was raining. Maybe you did a hard shift and you’ve been on your feet all day. Maybe you’re at the end of your tether. But you’re on this train and you need a seat. You would straight up race a pregnant woman on crutches for …

After a successful launch in May, OnePlus is adding red to the 6’s colour palette, it announced Sunday.  The red OnePlus 6 will only be available with the 128GB storage, 8GB RAM setup, but in all of OnePlus’ existing markets. That means the US and UK are covered (for $579 and £519, respectively), but not Australia (US price converts to $785, …

Back in January, Brisbane Airport announced a partnership allowing customers to use cryptocurrency as payment at all retail outlets in the airport. On Sunday, it’s now a practical reality.  It’s the end result of a partnership between Brisbane Airport and TravelByBit, an Australian startup focusing on payment platforms designed to help travellers pay for trips using cryptocurrencies. Right now, there …

By now I’m assuming we all have a fundamental understanding of what Bitcoin is: digital money regulated and distributed with encryption techniques, stored on a ledger independent of a centralised bank. Something like that. Maybe go here for a better explanation.OK, that’s good. That’s how a human being might explain Bitcoin. Here’s how an AI might try to explain it. …

Considering its work with Cortana, Microsoft’s acquisition of Semantic Machines makes perfect sense. Announced Sunday, the purchase is designed to bolster not just Microsoft digital voice assistant Cortana but also social chatbots like XiaoIce, which has had up to 30 billion conversations across China, Japan, the United States, India and Indonesia. Berkeley, California-based Semantic Machines describes itself as developing the …

Optus, the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, has apologised for a racist job advertisement. Under “preferred” (mispelled as “preffered”) the job ad listed “Anglo Saxon”, suggesting that white people would be preferred for the position in an Optus store in the North Shore. Preferred: Candidates who are Anglo Saxon | @Optus apologises for advert saying it is ‘unacceptable’ | …

NBN Co has announced it has gone live with Fibre to the Curb (FTTC), an industry first technology that takes fibre optic cable closer to home. Miranda in New South Wales, alongside Coburg in Victoria, are the first two Australian suburbs to utilise the new technology.  FTTC is a new technology that takes fibre optic cable to beneath the curb …