• NEWS
    Australia Covid-19 cases surge, overloading testing system

    Australian Covid-19 cases soared to a pandemic record on Tuesday as the Omicron variant ripped through most of the country, driving up hospitalisation rates as the once-formidable testing regime buckled under lengthy wait times and stock shortages. The country which for a year and half used a system of constant testing, contact tracing and lockdowns to squash most outbreaks, […]

  • NEWS
    Cyclone Debbie: ‘Monster’ storm makes landfall in Australia

    Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionQueensland is preparing for a destructive cycloneA powerful cyclone carrying winds of up to 263km/h (163 mph) has reached the coast of Queensland, Australia. More than 25,000 people were urged to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie. The category four storm has already left at least 23,000 homes without power and caused damage […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Alibaba Group Expands Presence in Australia, New Zealand

    Chinese online retailer Alibaba Group opened its Australian and New Zealand headquarters in Melbourne on Saturday, its first expansion in the region as it seeks to tap growing global demand for products from the two countries. The group’s billionaire founder Jack Ma, who spent time in Australia as a young man, said he hoped the […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Microsoft HoloLens Now Available For Pre-Orders in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK

    Microsoft HoloLens Now Available For Pre-Orders in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK HIGHLIGHTS It is now available in a few European markets Australia and New Zealand are also among the new countries HoloLens is the world’s first “self-contained holographic computer” Microsoft stepped into the domain of mixed reality and holographic content […]