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Top Boy actor Micheal Ward found not guilty of rape
Micheal Ward told the jury the encounter with his accuser was "wholly consensual".

Anatomy of a meltdown: Inside Telstra’s week from hell
The company has endured its worst time in a decade, after a software glitch sent the country’s biggest telco into crisis.

Telstra may have avoided meltdown by spending just thousands on a known problem
Insiders say the equipment behind the Triple Zero outage was flagged for replacement years ago, but the work landed in the “too hard” basket.

UK to regulate cloud service providers Microsoft, Google and others to protect financial stability

The PC market is headed for trouble, and you can blame the memory crisis

Longest serving Archers star Patricia Greene dies aged 95
She was best known for playing Jill Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap for nearly 70 years.

Nvidia launches a new type of ‘card’ that anyone can afford
Nvidia just unveiled its “GeForce Trading Cards: Series 1,” a free series of collectable cards celebrating the company’s history in PC gaming. The series includes 14 different cards featuring artwork and designs from historical graphics cards, classic tech demos, and iconic games that have shaped the GeForce brand over the...

Ugreen’s 4-pack of Bluetooth trackers costs less than one Apple AirTag right now
LOWEST PRICE EVER Ugreen FineTrack Duo Air (4-pack) View Deal (function () { document.querySelector("#sticky-promo-block a").addEventListener("click", function(e) { const debug = document.location.host.search(/lndo.site|go-vip.net/) !== -1; const text = this.closest("#sticky-promo-block").querySelector("p.promo-title").textContent; const data = { event: "stickyConversionUnitClick", eventCategory: "Sticky Conversion", eventAction: "Click", eventLabel: text }; if(debug)console.log("Sticky Conversion CLick - pushing to dataLayer: ", data); dataLayer.push(data); return true; }); })(); Ugreen’s Bluetooth trackers are on sale, a 4-pack for just $28.49. At just...

Disney's 'dismal' live-action Moana panned by critics
Dwayne Johnson reprises his role as demigod Maui, a decade after the original hit animation.

Microsoft is now using AI to fix Windows bugs before hackers exploit them
Microsoft just announced via a Windows Experience blog post that the company is now using AI to identify potential security issues in Windows earlier in the development process. According to the company, this will result in a greater number of security updates included in each month’s security release, also known as...

Why you should never sell old electronics without checking them first
An old printer bought for $20 at a local yard sale, a smartphone that was thrown away–what may seem like harmless electronic waste can be a real jackpot for data thieves. Private photos, tax documents, passwords, or personal identification details often turn up on second-hand devices. The problem is that many...

RoguePlanet let hackers take over your PC. Microsoft just patched it
About a month ago, the anonymous security researcher Nightmare Eclipse published information about RoguePlanet, a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s Defender security software. The vulnerability, officially designated CVE-2026-50656, can be exploited by hackers to gain full access to your computer. BleepingComputer reports that Microsoft has released a security fix for RoguePlanet via...

Raiffeisen upgrades to Broadridge’s BRx Match reconciliation platform

Warriors back to winning ways in messy win over Tigers
Warriors co-captain puts in a huge performance on the comeback from a calf injury but there were plenty of lowlights in the big win over the Tigers.

EU threatens Meta with fines over 'addictive' Facebook and Instagram
Regulators say features such as infinite scroll contribute to "compulsive use" and "unhealthy habits".

Tolkien fan letters sell at auction for £103k
The letters, books and notes document the friendship between the writer and a profoundly deaf fan.