Technology
Review
Phones
I played with the new iPhones for a week. Here’s my verdict
The skinny Air might be the most curious new phone, but it isn’t the most impressive of the new range.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
Analysis
Gadgets
Could AI-powered surveillance cameras keep your home safe?
Amazon’s latest 4K cameras with ‘Retinal Vision’ come with AI features that will cost you $200 per year.
- by Tim Biggs
Triple Zero was built for 1960s phones. Can it handle 2025?
Triple Zero calls have surged 44 per cent in a decade. Carrier networks are failing, and bushfire season is here. Can Australians still trust the system?
- by David Swan
Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka on Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka opens up about his move to Los Angeles to rebuild the Sonic name. Now, he’s just released Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, a high speed racing video game inviting characters from Microsoft, Nickelodeon and more.
Updated
Telecommunications
‘I’m still a new minister’: Anika Wells under pressure over Optus saga
Anthony Albanese has publicly backed the communications minister in the wake of multiple Triple Zero outages and three deaths.
- by David Swan and Nick Newling
Updated
Telecommunications
Triple Zero system under fire after Optus, Telstra outages
Fresh outages at both Optus and Telstra have disrupted emergency calls in multiple states, leaving thousands of people stranded.
- by David Swan and Daniel Lo Surdo
Investigation
Telecommunications
The emails that reveal how Optus downplayed the Triple Zero disaster
It began with what should have been a routine upgrade but the result was catastrophic. Within hours, three people were dead.
- by David Swan
Updated
Telecommunications
Optus CEO to keep job as human error blamed for Triple Zero failure
Stephen Rue says that human error by staff at home and abroad was responsible for the catastrophic Triple Zero failure that cost at least three lives.
- by David Swan
Updated
Telecommunications
Albanese says he’d be surprised if Optus boss wasn’t considering his future
The prime minister says Optus hasn’t fulfilled its Triple Zero obligations, while Communications Minister Anika Wells says the telco “perpetuated an enormous failure on the Australian people”.
- by David Swan
Exclusive
Phones
Blackmagic turns the latest iPhone into a professional cinema camera
The Melbourne company worked with Apple to create a dock that allows pro camera connections on the iPhone 17 Pro.
- by Tim Biggs
Perspective
Social media
From memes to murder: How the ‘terminally online’ are radicalised
The killing of Charlie Kirk has laid bare the dark pipeline from gaming forums and chats to extremist violence.
- by David Swan