A woman has recounted a “frightening” experience with her brand new Chinese-made hybrid SUV that saw her electronic brakes and steering fail metres from a busy intersection shortly after driving the car off the lot. But the dealer and the manufacturer have refused to refund the car, even after aContinue Reading
“Is this normally open to the public?” A concerned, confused and baffled tourist asked from the forecourt of one of Australia’s most recognisable public attractions. Yes, the Sydney Opera House is usually open to the public, but today, it’s been overrun by teenagers, mums, dads, TikTokers and a few rogueContinue Reading
Generation Z has spoken, and the hot rodent man is in, and they don’t want him fumigated. The concept of the hot rodent man might sound foreign to anyone who has ever worn skinny jeans, but it is a term young people use to describe a hipster. A hot rodentContinue Reading
Tens of thousands of elderly Australians may still be using personal medical alarms that rely on 3G, less than two months before the network is shut for good and the devices stop working. Darren Steele from CareAlert SmartDialler said his firm was still struggling to contact thousands of customers withContinue Reading
Optus has revealed the cause of an outage that crippled the nation, leaving millions of customers without phone or internet reception and affecting thousands of businesses. Last Wednesday’s nationwide outage has been blamed on changes to “routing information” following a software upgrade at the telco. “At around 4.05am Wednesday morning,Continue Reading
Ticket and Facebook Marketplace scams have cost Aussies a whopping $36m over 2023 by exploiting a “fear-of-missing-out” phenomena, a security expert has revealed. The staggering figure comes in light of major music acts like Paul McCartney beginning his Got Back Tour in mid-October, while Taylor Swift prepares for her highlyContinue Reading
Booming electric car brand BYD is preparing to unleash a wave of new models in Australia over the next 12 months. BYD is the second biggest electric car brand in the world behind Tesla and its sales in Australia are skyrocketing. Luke Todd, the head of BYD importer EV Direct,Continue Reading
One of Australia’s big four banks has issued a warning about a new text scam that is trying to rob its customers of their personal details and cash. Westpac urged its customers to be aware of text scams that are circulating, which claim customers’ Westpac Protect SMS Code mobile numberContinue Reading
More than a billion phone scams have been blocked by service providers in the last year, new figures reveal, with more than 256 million scam calls repelled in the three months to July alone. The Australian Communication and Media Authority’s quarterly report out on Tuesday reveals that while efforts fromContinue Reading
Though it’ll be two months before we even know the release date of the iPhone 15, insiders have revealed Apple’s newest model will come in new colours, including pink and green, with an updated battery and an eye-watering price tag. The iPhone 15 release is expected to include four newContinue Reading