Motorola Moto G 62 5G: tall boy (review)

8.7 Packing a big display and long battery life, the Motorola Moto G 62 5G can hold its head high in the low to mid-range Android crowd. As the price of some Android flagships soars ever higher, it’s certainly worth asking whether a solid mid or even low-range handset would meet your needs. Offering a great balance between price, performance and features, these Android...

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Telstra free Wi-Fi coming to payphones across Australia

Telstra free Wi-Fi is available from around 3,000 payphones across Australia as of today, with the goal to upgrade the entire network of 12,000 payphones to provide free Wi-Fi in the coming year. The move follows on from Telstra’s decision to make national payphone calls free last year. One priority under the initiative is to provide enhanced power resilience and Telstra free Wi-Fi capability for 1,000 payphones in disaster-prone regional areas,...

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Ultra-portable Wonderboom 3 Bluetooth speaker adds more range and better battery

The petite Wonderboom 3 portable speaker is coming soon with several new quality-of-life improvements over its predecessor, alongside a new look for the Hyperboom party speaker, as announced by Logitech’s Ultimate Ears brand. Ultra-portable, brightly coloured and affordable, the Wonderboom 3 is a 360-degree Bluetooth speaker designed for taking just about anywhere. Despite...

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Samsung’s massive Odyssey Ark gaming monitor is for multitaskers and gamers alike

An absolute behemoth: the best way to describe the upcoming Samsung Odyssey Ark display designed for gaming performance. Fresh off releasing its new range of ViewFinity business and Odyssey gaming monitors, Samsung recently announced the Ark as another display option coming within the next few months. Standing at 55 inches, the 4K 1000R curved gaming monitor is large by monitor...

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NBN download speeds improve while uploads remain stagnant

If you noticed slightly faster internet over the past few months, you’re not just imagining things. A recent report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found that download speeds for retail NBN fixed-line connections are on the rise. Average download speeds across fixed-line connections from retail service providers (RSPs) sat at 99.3% of the advertised plan speed in May 2022, up from the previous quarter. For example,...

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The best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4, Z Fold4, Watch5 and Buds2 Pro pre-order deals in Australia

After seeing the latest gadgets firsthand at the 10 August Samsung Unpacked 2022 event, we also have the full details of the bundles offered by major telcos in Australia so you can find the best deal. Pre-orders are currently live for all devices ahead of the 2 September launch, including the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Fold4 phones, the Galaxy Watch5 and Watch5 Pro wearables, and the new Galaxy Buds2 Pro earbuds. Several local carriers have pre-order...

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Cloud gaming is on the rise, if Xbox is any indication

According to recent data from Microsoft, more people are taking advantage of cloud gaming services, revealing its cloud-based platform has seen a staggering 1,800% usage increase in the last year. The statistic was revealed in a community update video hosted by Kevin LaChapelle and Catherine Gluckstein from the Xbox Cloud Gaming team. Granted, the cloud platform hasn’t been around for long – it only launched in Australia last October – and is still...

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Android malware apps on Google Play Store infect millions of devices

Serving up malicious ads, while potentially stealing credentials and financial information, dozens of Android malware apps have snuck onto the Google Play Store, where they have been downloaded more than two million times. Uncovered by security researchers at Bitdefender, the 35 apps trick Android users into installing them from the Google Play Store by pretending to offer some useful functionality such as editing images or GPS tracking. Once installed,...

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Netflix Games library is brilliant, but unloved

In an effort to diversify its entertainment portfolio, streaming giant Netflix expanded its TV show and movie offering to include video games on mobile devices. However, the company seems to have hit a snag: only a minuscule amount of subscribers are actually playing the games, despite some excellent titles. Data from app analytics firm Apptopia estimates games available through Netflix have been downloaded 23.3 million times in total and average...

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Is Google Pixel 6a the best sub-$800 smartphone? (review)

9.1 Google shook up the premium smartphone market with the release of the $999 Pixel 6 earlier this year that in many respects outperformed flagship smartphones costing twice as much. Now the tech giant is looking to shake up the midrange market with the $749 Pixel 6a, offering the same Tensor chip and performance as its top phones but in a new, smaller body.  So...

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