You might pay top-dollar for your Wi-Fi connection, but it probably doesn't feel that way when your connection cuts out around the house. That's why NetSpot Home is a essential for keeping tabs on your network's performance.

Researchers at MIT have developed deep-learning algorithm that can compile a list of ingredients and even recommend recipes after looking at photos of food. The artificially intelligent system still needs some fine tuning, but this tool could eventually help us learn to cook, count kilojoules, and track our eating habits.

Given how much the world relies on the web, the most important battles may very well be fought in cyberspace. That's why companies are hiring ethical hackers to secure their networks and keep malicious cybercriminals out. You can join their ranks with the Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle.

Ronald N Bracewell is an Australian astronomer and engineer who worked in the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, and whose work led to fundamental advances in medical imaging.

Bracewell is also the namesake for a new large-scale scientific computing system built by Dell, expanding the CSIRO's capability in deep learning and artificial intelligence.

BLD is a new service from computer hardware maker NZXT that simplifies the process of buying a new gaming PC. Customers select the games they want to play and the price they want to pay, and BLD spits out a rig that will get the job done. I went through the process, and it's pretty painless.

The days of a big dumb Wi-Fi router sitting in the centre of your home are limited. Google Wi-Fi is one of a new breed of wireless router that distributes all those Wi-Fi smarts into different rooms and corners of your home. Instead of one chunky Wi-Fi router sitting near your modem and broadcasting a signal as far around your house as possible, Google's new Wi-Fi pucks connect to one another and rebroadcast a mesh network of strong and stable wireless, giving you a seamless network over a wider space.

Hi Gizmodo, are you able to recommend a good modem? I'm with Internode. I need a modem router, with wired ports and wireless, and support for naked DSL. In terms of the wi-fi area it needs to cover, I'm in a pretty small townhouse. Someone's buying it for me as a gift, so price is flexible. Thanks, Mork

Is your 'net running a bit slow? Running out of ports on your router? Maybe it's time to upgrade. If you want to buy a new wi-fi router, here are the five key questions you need to ask.

Dear Lifehacker, I just bought a new laptop with USB type C charging. The manufacturer's wall charger is rated 45W, and is not modular - the USB-C cable is all one piece with the power adaptor. I'd love to minimise the gear I take on the go, so ideally I'd like a wall charger that is modular so I can plug in a micro USB cable for my phone / Bluetooth headset, and a USB-C cable for my laptop.

We've been waiting for more info on AMD's hardcore, 16-core CPU known as Threadripper since it was announced. Now we know exactly when we'll get it, and how much it'll cost.

Here's the Australian prices and release dates for AMD's new top-of-the-line, high-performance desktop CPUs.

You might think of Uber as a ride-hailing company or a lawsuit-ridden self-driving car developer, but at its core, Uber is a big data company. It has to constantly crunch location coordinates, traffic data, payment information and tax rates — and putting all that data in Uber's hands sometimes makes users nervous.

Python is a programming language praised for its versatility and user-friendly nature, which is why it's a popular pick for first-time programmers. With the Python Programming Bootcamp 2.0, you can get your foot in the door to a high-paying coding gig as you master this general-purpose language.

Melbourne's entire suburban train network ground to a halt at the worst possible time yesterday. An "infrastructure fault" was to blame — but how does a city-wide computer system just... stop?

Back in April, the family of Pakistan's scandal-plagued prime minister landed in the crosshairs of an investigation relating to the leaked Panama Papers. This week, the team handling the investigation concluded that documents signed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's family were fraudulent due to the fact that they were purportedly from 2006 but used Microsoft's Calibri font, which wasn't publicly released until 2007.

If you can take Mario Kart and Breath of the Wild on the train, then why not Overwatch?

This is one corner of my little home office. In the lower left corner of the bookshelves, I have three or four shelves dedicated to some of the tech I keep long-term: a Surface Book, some Bluetooth speakers, Wi-Fi routers and the like. But I've been searching for the Surface Book for a couple of weeks, and couldn't find it.

Microsoft Excel is perhaps the world's most popular spreadsheet software, so proving your proficiency with it is a smart way to boost your chances of getting your resume noticed. The Microsoft Excel Specialist Certification Bundle will help you do just that as you master its essential tricks and formulas and prepare to ace several certification exams.

You've heard time and again that "256-bit" encryption is the bee's knees when it comes to security. But what does that even mean? Encryption is a topic that can be quite complex, though this educational video from 3Blue1Brown does an excellent job of visualising how hard 256-bit is to "crack".

It's no secret the web is filled with shady folks eager to take a peek at your sensitive information. Of course, you can shut them out by using a VPN, but what good does that do you when it slows your browsing speed to a crawl? That's where HideMyAss! VPN is different, and two-year subscriptions are on sale for over half-off.