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The cyber cafe will appeal to kids of the 80s and 90s.

The museum where grandparents can get their tech cred back

Featuring nostalgia from manual phone exchanges and typewriters to Walkmans, this institution is a shrine to technology and communication tools.

  • Tim Biggs

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Telstra and Musk ink deal to bring texting to Australia’s dead zones

Musk’s Starlink satellite will allow Telstra customers to communicate from almost anywhere in Australia.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Australia was forced to finance the Coral Sea Cable, connecting Port Moresby, Honiara and Sydney, to block China's Huawei from building it.

What are subsea cables, and what happens when one gets cut?

The text message you just sent and the show you streamed last night were almost certainly enabled by a subsea cable. So why are they so vulnerable to attack?

  • David Swan
Former prime minister Paul Keating was the initial funder of Boost Mobile.

Paul Keating set for $40 million windfall from Telstra deal

The former prime minister co-founded a budget telco in 2000, and is now set for a massive payday.

  • David Swan
Stephen Rue is Optus’ new CEO.

New Optus boss ready for fresh chapter after two rough years for telco

Eight days into his new role, Stephen Rue says Optus can move on from outages and a cyberattack.

  • David Swan
Optus is one of the companies that have recently suffered a data breach.

Optus apologises for ‘unconscionable’ conduct

The telco is being sued after it allegedly sold hundreds of its vulnerable customers services that they didn’t want or couldn’t afford.

  • David Swan
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Optus sued for pressuring vulnerable customers.

Forget the ‘Yes’ slogan, Optus. It’s a big ‘No’ from the ACCC

The telco has joined the ignominious list of companies doing the wrong thing in their treatment of Indigenous Australians.

  • Elizabeth Knight
RCS will be ‘SMS on steroids’ for iPhones, adding features similar to iMessage.

Telcos in talks to roll out ‘SMS on steroids’

Telstra, Optus and TPG are in talks to implement an SMS replacement that could slash the rate of spam messages.

  • David Swan
Lifeline’s text line will receive a funding boost from the NSW government.

Warnings for older mobile phones, medical devices as 3G shuts down

Tens of thousands of older mobile phones and other devices will cease to work from Monday, when the nation’s 3G network is finally shuttered.

  • Mary Ward
Vandals are removing the nuts off bolts anchoring towers to their base.

Phone towers tumble in ‘incredibly dangerous’ spate of attacks

In acts similar to those linked to anti-5G conspiracy theories, vandals have tampered with towers and put lives at risk.

  • Catherine Naylor

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