US nuclear weapons system uses 8-inch floppy disks The United States national auditor has found the government is propping up decades-old systems at the expense of innovation, spending US$61 billion (AU$85 billion) of its US$80-billion 2015 tech budget on … Read More
JB Hi-Fi in talks to buy The Good Guys JB Hi-Fi is in talks to acquire competing electronics and appliance retailer The Good Guys, which could expand its home appliance footprint by 100 stores. While The Good Guys is … Read More
Amazon launches competitor to YouTube Amazon.com launched a service on Tuesday that allows users to post videos and earn royalties from them, setting up to compete directly with Alphabet’s YouTube. called Amazon Video Direct, will make the uploaded videos … Read More
World Password Day is Thursday. Remember to change your shared passwords for video on demand sites Thursday, May 5, For the fourth year, you’ll surely see plenty of articles reminding you why you should change all of your passwords—a strong … Read More
More than 7 million Minecraft credentials exposed Lifeboat runs servers for Minecraft Pocket Edition Troy Hunt, who maintains a database of compromised user credentials, accessible via his Have I Been Pwned? website, Lifeboat’s network was hacked in January 2016, … Read More
Apple: iPhones, Apple Watches should last three years It suggests the same lifetime for Apple Watches, and a year extra for MacBooks and iMacs, at four years. “To model customer use, we measure the power consumed by a product … Read More