AMD’s Ryzen series of CPUs seem to be getting better with every iteration, and the Ryzen 5000 series launched in the fall of 2020 was perhaps the most impressive series yet. And now it’s coming to laptops.
The handshake meme, but it’s “Wolfenstein,” “Indiana Jones, ” and “Killing some goddamn Nazis.”
Facebook’s internal security team has warned employees not to wear or carry any Facebook-branded gear in public, according to a new report from tech news site the Information. The warning comes after the social media giant banned President Donald Trump from the platform following a violent coup attempt by his…
A major security flaw allowed hackers to exploit users of an internet-enabled chastity belt by locking their devices and demanding a ransom in bitcoin.
You don’t need to spend a lot to get a good NBN connection. Sure, Telstra and Optus have some pretty pricey plans, but you’ve got plenty of other options. There’s now a whole myriad of smaller providers who offer similar, if not better services. Here are some of the cheapest…
During its CES 2021 press conference Sony revealed its very first drone, the Airpeak. It’s a hardcore looking gadget that is equipped to carry heavy DSLR cameras. Sony first announced the Airpeak back in November, but this is the first glimpse that we have got of it. While specs and…
Facebook has made progress on its policy towards anti-vaxxers over the past couple of years. From tolerating them, to factchecking, to increasingly removing content and taking them off the platform if they’re spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. But none of that progress actually matters if Facebook is not actually enforcing…
Parler, which rose to prominence as the “conservative Twitter” thanks to its lax content moderation, is having one of the worst weeks of its existence — indeed, after the time it’s had, Parler may cease to exist at all.
Samsung has been a big fan of showing off robots at CES — from healthcare bots to the truly menacing Ballie. And this year is no exception. Samsung has just unveiled its new Bot Handy which can pour you a wine. We simply must stan. “[Bot Handy is] an extension…
A new study published by the Heart Rhythm Society indicates that the iPhone 12 can interfere with a pacemaker if the phone is placed close to a patient’s heart. But the study, which was designed to look at whether the magnetic array that enables the iPhone 12’s new MagSafe charging technology…
While playing through Supergiant Games’ Hades I kept asking myself, why is this game so freaking good?
Intel had a lot of processor announcements today, everything from laptops and Chromebooks to desktops and its vPro platform. There was something for nearly every industry segment — it was a lot. But the news that’s probably at the front of everyone’s mind is Intel’s 11th-gen desktop processors, aka Rocket…
Not content to talk about only its desktop processors, Intel had a lot to say regarding its mobile processor line-up, too. The chipmaker is releasing two new 10th-gen mobile processors, new 11th-gen mobile processors, and Chromebooks will even get Intel’s Tiger Lake processors for the first time, plus some extra…
Jaw-dropping footage taken in Guam shows a previously unknown climbing strategy employed by brown tree snakes.
In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler, a platform founded to provide conservative users a safe haven for uninhibited “free speech” — but which ultimately…
The alt-reality Sparrow Academy is coming to Netflix’s Umbrella Academy, and we now know who will be playing its members — including our new favourite performer: “EXISTENTIAL DREAD INDUCING PSYKRONIUM CUBE,” who was perhaps slightly typecast in the role of Christopher, a telekinetic cube.
The U.S. State Department published a bizarre notice on its website Monday saying President Trump’s term was expiring a full nine days ahead of schedule. The notice gave rise to speculation that… something was going on at the agency. What, no one could be sure.
A lot has changed for Lora DiCarlo since CES 2019, when the Consumer Technology Association stripped its innovative Osé sex toy of a well-deserved CES Innovation Award. Not only does CES fuck now, Lora DiCarlo is also announcing a new product line for the all-virtual CES 2021.
Of all the grifts we came across in 2020, one of the most bizarre was SmartDOTS, a so-called “anti-radiation” device that promised to neutralise the electric and magnetic fields transmitted by devices like phones and laptops. Popping one of these round stickers onto these devices, the company promised, would leave…
Over the next decade the smarthome as we know it is going to change dramatically thanks to technologies like Linksys Aware that turns a Wi-Fi network into a motion detector that watches every corner of your home. The tech is still in its infancy, but Linksys has announced a major…
As uncomfortable as it may seem to some, working at a standing desk is better for your health than sprawling out on a couch all day long. But how do you convince millions of people responsibly working from home to stand all day? You build a standing desk with a…
A week into 2021, the lesson is already clear that things can get so, so much worse. As if to underscore that, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report on Friday looking back on 2020, which shows that the U.S. saw a record number of billion-dollar-plus disasters….
How many times have you rolled out of bed in the morning barely able to stand on your own two feet, let alone get ready for the day? Panasonic’s got a new hair dryer en route for 2021 that makes at least one morning chore less of a chore with…
Just a few years ago, truly wireless earbuds were few and far between. Today, there’s almost too many to choose from, and new offerings get quickly lost in the sea of earbuds if they don’t stand out. Edifier’s approach to making its new wireless buds distinctly different is a transparent…
In the before times, you could always count on Fossil to bring a massive amount of smartwatches to any trade show. Were most of them gussied up versions of Fossil watches for other brands under their umbrella? Yes, absolutely. But after a year of ups and downs, it’s nice that…
Parler has gone offline after Amazon made good on its promise to drop the controversial social media site from its AWS web hosting services. Amazon pulled the plug at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time, saying that Parler wasn’t properly moderating its content and the violence being called for on the site…
Ahead of CES 2021, LG announced a suite of its ultra lightweight ‘Gram’ laptops. This usually wouldn’t mean much for us Aussies. It’s been years since LG brought its laptops Down Under. But that’s about to change.
In cities around the world, temperatures could rise by more than 4℃ by 2100 under a high-emissions climate change scenario, suggests research published this week in Nature Climate Change. It comes as the Bureau of Meteorology’s annual climate statement, released today, shows 2020 was Australia’s fourth-warmest year on record, despite…
CES has gone all virtual in 2021, which is good news for those who want to tune in from home. Here’s when Australians can catch all the major keynotes and presentations.
Earlier this week, we theorised that Hyundai’s big mouth could get it kicked out of the running of working on a self-driving car with Apple, given that the latter deplores leaks. Days later, though, it appears the Korean automaker has not burned all bridges — yet.
As the line between home and work continues to blur, HP has revamped its mainstream Envy 14 laptop with a fresh new design, which includes a taller display, a physical webcam shutter, and faster components to better balance play and productivity.
Picture this: It’s about 20 million years ago, and you’re inside the giant womb of an extremely pregnant Otodus megalodon. Everything’s hunky-dory — some baby sharks have already hatched, and others are on the way. But before any more of those egg-bound brethren can emerge, one of the baby sharks…
Have you ever been in more than one place at the same time? If you’re much bigger than an atom, the answer will be no. But atoms and particles are governed by the rules of quantum mechanics, in which several different possible situations can coexist at once. Quantum systems are…
