Labor shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland has questioned the timing of the NBN Co's announcement about delaying HFC connections to the national broadband network, revealing a timeline that shows problems were first identified two years ago

In what could be a sign of things to come elsewhere, the German Government wants to force automobile and technology companies to provide the country's security services with hidden access, according to a published report.

Claiming to be "changing the broadband game with Instant Connect and 4G back-up", Telstra actually did it first on Valentine's Day this year, but Vodafone's solution is now available in five cities, at last.

Apple Pay has finally arrived at Bendigo Bank and according to our tech editor he set it up, which was effortless, and he has been using it via Apple Watch since!

In what is becoming a regular occurrence, a Vietnamese American man has pleaded guilty to taking NSA files back home and retaining them there in violation of the rules under which he worked.

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