TECHNOLOGY

Since the early 2000s, the boom in mobile technology has seen the spread of video games from desktop PCs to the pockets of young people everywhere. But with that spread has come new hazards, in the form of online social gambling.

Right now, your computer might be using its memory and processor power – and your electricity – to generate money for someone else, without you ever knowing. It’s called “cryptojacking.”

In late April, the top federal cybersecurity agency, US-CERT, announced that Russian hackers had attacked internet-connected devices throughout the U.S., including network routers in private homes.

Despite some basic potential flaws, AI can be a useful tool for spotting online propaganda – but it can also be startlingly good at creating misleading material.

One of the biggest reveals of Facebook’s F8 developer conference so far has been that it is planning on getting into the dating game.

Vodafone Australia will also be launching unlimited data plans on Wednesday, one day earlier than Telstra’s launch.

Telstra will be launching its first smartphone unlimited data plan.

Web searches to delete Facebook from Australian users jumped 95 percent in March in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to a new study.

Former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie blew the whistle last month. But what are the implications for our kids?

Tragic fatalities are raising overdue questions about whether people and places will be ready when driverless car technology moves from beta-testing to a full-throttled rollout.

Much of the discussion has been on how Cambridge Analytica was able to obtain data on more than 50m Facebook users – and how it allegedly failed to delete this data when told to do so.

New leaks on the upcoming iPhone reveal another hefty price tag for the smartphone. According to sources, the iPhone X2 or iPhone 11 will cost somewhere north of $1,000, similar to its predecessor, the iPhone X.

Russia was behind the series of cyber attacks on up to 400 businesses in 2017, Australia has claimed.

Tim Cook has criticised Facebook over the social media giant’s recent privacy-hacking scandal.

The latest Nindies Showcase video has unveiled an incredible lineup of new indie games for the Nintendo Switch.

The demo for “Yakuza 6: The Song of Life” has returned to the PlayStation Store.

“PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds” is now available on mobile

Listed below are three new Steam games released in the past few days. Included are a pixel adventure title, a claustrophobic horror experience, and a challenging dungeon crawler.

Facebook has permanently banned the page of the far-right political group Britain First for posting anti-Muslim videos and hate speech.

Two reporters at China’s annual parliamentary meeting, “Two Sessions,” have caused a social media storm after one of them dramatically rolled her eyes while the other was delivering her long-winded question.

A Chinese woman’s iPhone has been locked for a whopping 47 years after her child entered the incorrect passcode multiple times.

Telstra customers across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and a few in Perth had been having issues using Apple iMessage and FaceTime on their iPhones.

The "Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery" mobile game from WB Interactive Entertainment and Jam City, will be out soon in 2018 and it will allow players to create their own character as well as study at Hogwarts.

This week’s best Xbox Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale (until September 19) include ‘Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution’ and ‘Star Wars Battlefront Ultimate Edition.’

Asus has launched a refreshed version of its mechanical gaming keyboard from last year, and the new Asus ROG Horus GK2000 RGB now features an enhanced lighting system.

The Shuttle SZ270R8 is three times smaller than tower PCs yet the powerful XPC cube takes the place of its much larger counterparts with its expansion capability and storage capacity.

This week’s best Xbox Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale (until September 12) include ‘Street Fighter X Tekken’ and ‘Bayonetta.’

The Razer Basilisk gaming mouse, which will hit global stores in the fourth quarter, is customisable and has optimised features for first-person shooter (FPS) games.

The new Razer Blade Pro 2017 gaming laptop is significantly more affordable than the previous iteration and packs up to an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPU.