An amazing amount of work here from David, one of the most incredible folks in the Australian gaming space ❤️

Optus NBN outage in parts of Queensland... www.itnews.com.au/news/optus-n...

Good day to financially support subscription games and tech websites that do the right thing across the board. CHEERS.

Reckon a fair few Aussie tech and games content folk might want to pull their heads in if they don't want to end up on the end of a Linton Besser cannon 🤯

Microsoft struggling to keep up with M365 copilot refunds... www.itnews.com.au/news/m365-po...

NSW's Office for AI will be staffed by 14 people, including a recently appointed director, but won't receive dedicated funding beyond allocations under the Digital NSW budget www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-off...

A switch in payroll software has enabled staff to return from the ATO to ASIC after the Modernising Business Registers program was scrapped www.itnews.com.au/news/asics-p...

TfNSW has previously been pretty excited about autonomous transport, but has turned its autonomous bus trial into a driver tech-assistance trial - and it may result in retrofits for NSW buses www.itnews.com.au/news/tfnsw-c...

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

I don't think I did a post about it here when I started nearly a month ago, but I've started at iTnews as a Senior Tech Journalist. Learning lots of new things and covering tonnes of cool stuff - here's one from this morning :)

Scoop: OpenAI has signed its first ever Australia government contract, quietly inking a deal with Treasury amid the ChatGPT-maker's charm offensive on policymakers. This modest contract is an ideal foothold into future, more lucrative deals, according to one firm's analysis. www.crikey.com.au/20...

I'm not surprised. Just disappointed. www.reviews.org/au/mobile/sa...

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

Yeah, the Hyundai Inster rocks www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech...

FREAKON IS BACK FOR 2025!!!!!! WEEYAW WEEYAW www.freakon.com.au/blogs/news/f...

The age assurance tech trial report has been released. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Tesla FSD turns off more US consumers than it attracts according to an August survey of 8,000 respondents by Slingshot. And about half of those surveyed think FSD should *be illegal* the way its advertised and works now.... www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/t...

Woof. www.afr.com/companies/tr...

Double posting to forward sizzle my review: the Hyundai Inster might just be my favourite EV since the MG4, and there's things it definitely does better than that brilliant car. I'm sad to have dropped it off 😭

Currently have the Hyundai Inster on for review. This tiny car might just be one of my favourite EVs ever, I've really fallen in love with it.

We have a very fun job for all you photo-video genius types. employmenthero.com/jobs/positio...

I had the chance to do my first interview at SDCC this year with Dante Basco and Zach Tyler Eisen from Avatar: The Last Airbender! ATLA was a big part of my childhood, so it was extra special to interview these two for the show's 20th anniversary. thedirect.com/article/avat...

The Zeekr X isn't the worst EV I've ever reviewed but it is the most disappointing. Was really hoping this one would impress me more but there's just so many little things wrong with it www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech...

Australia's online gambling regulator has ordered internet providers to block crypto-gambling website Polymarket for breaking the law. Polymarket was paying Australian Instagram and TikTok creators in the lead-up to the election to promote their "prediction markets" www.crikey.com.au/20...

All of brisbane airport is being ordered to rescreen, my entire flight was ordered to disembark after half hour delay

translation: in case it somehow isn't obvious yet, Tesla hasn't been serious about being a car company for a while now

Last week, I got an email from Microsoft. It told me I’d be paying 46% more for my Office subscription, starting next month. But when I tried to cancel, it offered me the same price I was already paying — without the generative AI features I never asked for in the first place.

stop 👏 anthropomorphizing 👏 the 👏 chatbot 👏

This is sick!!!!

Loved the Kia EV5, but I can't wait for Android Automotive to roll out in Kias from 2026 www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech...

📢📢 FUCKING BANGER www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Honestly, for me, this feels like the final straw. I get it - Microsoft is there to make money blah blah, but this truly feels like Xbox is over. The Switch 2 already took the spot of the Series X in my setup. I've been using more Linux and MacOS too. www.videogamer.com/news/doom-co...

GGSP is BACK, baybee, and this year with a deep bench of exciting guest hosts, full of friends new and old. youtube.com/shorts/YmX8k...

Necessary reminder that literally every digital media expert in the country have been saying exactly this since this whole sorry ordeal started. None of this is a surprise.

With less than 6 months until Australia's teen social media ban kicks in (!) we aren't much closer to knowing how it will work. I wrote what needs to happen before the ban, what people think it'll look like, and why we're going to find out some details in the next 2 weeks. www.crikey.com.au/20...

I'm really loving the Switch 2. www.techradar.com/gaming/ninte...

Checking in on Facebook, pleased to announce I can now visit the metaverse with my avatar in Toxic Bunny 's Revenge

Nice hat, loser aftermath.site/splitgate-2-ha...

AI is not inevitable. When tech is forced down our throats by companies desperate to find the "the next big thing", it usually falls on its ass. 3DTVs Metaverse AR glasses If something is giving you the ick, it's probably giving EVERYONE the ick.

Hey all! Please see below for some big changes!! From today, my games coverage will be home at screenhub.com.au/games !! Very glad to be continuing my work alongside the talented and hard-working folks of SH.

Posting it everywhere else, but your girl is the Editor at Blunt Magazine! I’ve got old issues in my garage after growing up with Blunt as my music bible so it’s pretty surreal. There’s also a gaming vertical 🫶 Yippee Freelancers, hit me up with your alt/heavy music pitches! Let’s make cool shit.

New: Got some details on X's latest action against Australia's eSafety Commissioner, which centres around social media platforms being told to comply with a new eSafety standard. X's lawyers said such platforms had been unfairly caught up in the regulation because they allow users to DM each other.

Just completely embarrassing to have the end of Andor, a showcase of real talent, creativity and effort, and then have ILM wheel this out.

People say they want ethical tech media reviews -- which is EXACTLY what I'm trying to at ART. But I can't do so without reader/viewer support. Which is where you come in. Here's how you can support ethical proper tech journalism and reviews: alexreviewstech.com/support-alex...

Doing a Copilot+PC taste test

📢 In March, after a steep decline in Tesla’s share price, Elon Musk told employees, “Hang on to your stock.” The chair of Tesla’s board, Robyn Denholm, has not heeded his advice.

Ive really been loving Kia's boxy design with the EV3/EV5/EV9 - the EV5 in particular (pictured) drives wonderfully and is actually a lot smaller than it looks in photos. Its no surprise why this car is already as popular as it is in AU