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Gen Zers are obsessed with flip phones. Picture: TikTok

‘Never go back’: Gen Z’s weird new obsession

A bizarre new trend has seen Gen Zers become obsessed with a classic Millennial item – and you probably have one stashed away in your junk drawer.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER, 20, 2020: A security camera at the family home where Melissa Caddick was last seen at Dover Heights in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

Chinese cams found in government buildings

Chinese-owned surveillance technology has been operational in key government buildings, which has been called a “huge national security concern”.

This photo was created by artificial intelligence studio Absolutely.AI and recently won an amateur photography award. Picture: Absolutely.AI

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‘Terrifying’ truth behind award-winning snap

This winning photo in an Australian photography competition is literally unreal – and seriously “scary”.

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‘Insane’: Huge Samsung phone announcement

Samsung has unveiled three new flagship smartphones at their Unpacked event and they have some pretty impressive features.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is shown in this photo, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. Samsung's Note phones are niche products for heavy-duty consumers, especially those who use their phones heavily for work on the go. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 smashes sales records

TECH-hungry Aussies will have to wait as long as two weeks to get their hands on a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, with the smartphone giant’s most expensive device selling out during its first weekend on shelves.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 features dual cameras, an upgraded S Pen, and more storage than before.

Why Samsung’s Note 9 phone might be a turn off

REVIEW: IT’S the most expensive phone Samsung has ever released. But there are reasons why loyalists might not feel compelled to upgrade to the uber expensive Galaxy Note 9.

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The Samsung Galaxy Watch will be the company's first to feature its own mobile connection to work independently of a smartphone.

Apple’s new smartwatch rival

GET ready for the two biggest smartphone firms to fight for space on your wrist this Christmas, as Samsung reveals a new smartwatch that could give the Apple Watch a run for its money.

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Melbourne case study for digital distraction story. ; Sarah Scales, 24, she works in retail and isn't allowed to have her phone on the floor of the store while working. Picture: Tony Gough

Shock cost of Aussies addicted to social media at work

AUSTRALIANS are costing the economy and their employers billions of dollars due to an addiction to smartphones and social media that eats into their work hours.

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Is my smartphone spying on me?

EVER feel you’re being watched? Or overheard? You’re not alone. Plenty of Aussies are freaked out by targeted social media ads.

Canon will open its first 'experience store' in Melbourne.

Canon tests new shop on Aussies

BUDDING photographers will be able to pick up a camera and snap away at a world-first photographic ‘experience store’ being trialled in Melbourne.

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Chairman of Huawei Technologies Australia John Lord speaking on 'Is Australia ready for the smart China reality? at the National Press Club in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Why Huawei is so controversial

HUAWEI’S CEO has rejected suggestions that the company’s products are spying on us, saying in three decades there has not been a shred of evidence. But here’s what you should know about the Chinese tech giant.

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Help for frustrated telco customers

IRATE telco customers fed up with outages and streaming problems will have their complaints fast tracked under a new system designed to resolve issues more quickly.

Concept vehicles for Uber's flying car project, UberAIR.

Aussie cities in battle for Uber’s ‘flying cars’

FLYING vehicles you can summon with a smartphone could become a reality within five years as Uber eyes off Sydney and Melbourne as potential testing locations.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of images of the Apple Watch during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Monday, June 4, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Apple’s most expensive product will be obsolete

IT was launched with great fanfare just three years ago. But the deluxe Apple Watch Edition will officially become obsolete later this year.

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