Podcast: YouTube joins the Social Media Ban and the Blokes Flip out – Two Blokes Talking Tech #694
It’s official, the government is adding YouTube to the list of Banned social media sites...
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Author: Trevor Long
Netgear Orbi 770 Series WiFi 7 Review – Perfect for the supercharged NBN upgrade that’s coming
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Tineco Floor One S9 Artist Pro Review – A rethink of the wet and dry floor cleaner
Gone are the days when you’d vacuum the floors then bring out the mop to get to any wet mess...
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It’s official: Australia Bans YouTube Accounts for Kids Under 16
The Australian Government has announced tonight that it will take the advice of the eSafety...
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Clean Deal – Tineco’s iFLOOR 5 at 50% off on Amazon
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Review – The smartwatch for watch people
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35mm Co Film Camera Review – less screen time, more memories, worth it.
A year ago I read the story of Aussie entrepreneur Madi Stefanis and her 35mm Co brand film camera...
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JBL Tour One M3 headphone review – Staggering battery life, great sound and a party trick
I’ve never tested headphones like this, just utterly remarkable that when pushed to the...
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Starlink satellite internet back after 2.5 hour outage, Aussie users struck with no Internet or Remote SMS services
Satellite Internet service Starlink run by Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company suffered a...
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Nothing launches a new smartwatch via sub-brand CMF – Watch 3 Pro – just $179 in Australia
UK tech brand Nothing continue their impressive march into the Australian retail space with yet...
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Podcast: Retail Sales and the deception that should be outlawed – Two Blokes Talking Tech #693
Stephen and Trevor discuss Aussie retail and how the kickback to sales people should be clearly...
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HP EliteBook X G1a Review – Not your average business laptop
If you’ve ever worked in a big business where they provide laptops to staff and no,...
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Rugby League 26 – the NRL’s epic gaming fail
The NRL is never short of a drama or controversy off the field are they, but this one they...
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Podcast: What’s happened to the Smart Home? – Two Blokes Talking Tech #692
Trev and Steve unpack their thoughts on Smart Homes in 2025 – what’s happened? Has the...
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Sleep Apnea notifications come to Aussie Apple Watch owners from today
Do you have sleep apnea? If you don’t know – how would you ever know? Well users of...
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 Review: It’s the one they had to do, thin is good folks – but.
Announced last week in Brooklyn, New York the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 has been topping the charts...
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Podcast: We’re organising photos and looking at Internet speeds! – The EFTM Podcast
How do we organise our photos? They are our life! Printed photo digitising and storage and...
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Hornsby Apple Store to close – Chatswood Chase takes the North Shore customer load
Fourteen years after it opened to much local fanfare the Apple Store at Hornsby Westfield will...
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Arnott’s confirms Gluten Free Shapes: Chicken Crimpy are coming in July
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Optus partners to launch Australian made Low Earth Orbit Satellite
Optus has today announced a huge deal to expand it’s interests in Satellite technology with...
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Hisense U8QAU Review – Impressive Mini LED picture in a bulky box
Hisense have perhaps the widest range of TVs in market today, with a 32 inch $250 TV right up to...
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Busting Second Hand EV Battery Myths – Pickles introduces State of Health certificate for used Electric Cars
The more your Electric Car has driven the worse it’s battery health. Myth. And that one is...
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Don’t Get Caught Without Power: Huge EcoFlow Deals For Your Car, Campsite or Home
Portable Power Stations have become essential gear over the last few years. What started as an...
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Samsung Galaxy ZFold 7 Australian pricing and epic Telco deals – save up to $1,400!
Samsung’s latest smartphones will hit retail and telco stores on August 1, but for the best...
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Samsung’s New ZFold 7 is Crazy Thin, And the new Galaxy Watch Knows Your Diet.
For a few years now Samsung has been resting on their laurels a bit when it comes to their...
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Hisense sets up for it’s biggest ever TV with the $39,999 116 incher coming in September
It’s an eye watering price, but it’s also a stunning feast for the eyes. Hisense will...
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Qantas Breach: The Bad News and The Worse News for 5.7 Million Aussies
Qantas has finally put a number on last week’s massive data breach, and it’s not pretty. A...
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Kayo re-thinks the Mobile experience with social media style highlights in an all-new Kayo App
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Qantas CEO returns to Australia, Customers to find out next week what data was stolen
When Optus was hacked in September of 2022, their then CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin was overseas on...
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Review: The Moment SuperCage – smartphone mount with Integrated USB-C Hub
If you’re not a content creator using a smartphone to capture raw LOG video, or using a...
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BREAKING: Qantas suffers serious data breach – millions of customer records at risk
Qantas has this morning confirmed that they have been the victim of a Cyber Incident which may...
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Channel 7 No longer available in Griffith, the Riverina and parts of South Australia
Regional broadcaster WIN TV has cut the 7 Network feed in some areas of NSW and South Australia...
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Samsung’s all-rounder the Smart Monitor goes OLED with the stunning new M9 model available now
Several years ago Samsung’s M7 and M8 Smart Monitors hit the market and were instantly...
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Optus Sport goes the way of Optus Vision, Stan gets English Premier League as Optus focuses on being a Telco
A big shift in the sporting media landscape today with confirmation of a shift in the English...
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner recommends including YouTube in the Social Media Ban
The exemption for YouTube from the Social Media Ban for kids under 16 has been called into...
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Google’s own Gemini AI thinks YouTube should be included in the Social Media Ban
We’re flying as fast as time travels around the clock toward the ban on social media for...
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Podcast: The BYD Seagull for Australia? Two Blokes Talking Electric Cars
Could the new management at BYD Australia bring the tiny Seagull to our shores? Could this be a...
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Meta’s latest smart glasses collaboration with Oakley – Australian pricing and availability
Meta has announced the next generation of their smart glasses in a new collaboration with Oakley...
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Social Media Ban: Why AI Can’t Reliably Tell If You’re 15 or 16: The Limits of Age Estimation
As the Australian Government moves closer to enforcing age restrictions on social media through...
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Massive Data Breach: 16 BILLION logins exposed – why we’re all at risk, always
There are troubling reports today of a data breach exposing over 16 Billion login credentials...
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Like all hard core F1 fans the news of an F1 branded movie came with some trepidation, how well...
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Trump Mobile – what is it and why Tariffs might be the biggest issue
Did you hear the news that the “Trump Organisation” has announced “Trump...
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Finally – Meta’s plan to monetise WhatsApp revealed, ads in status and promoted channels
In 2014 Facebook paid $19,000,000,000 for WhatsApp, a messaging platform that doesn’t charge...
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Apple’s AI Play Isn’t About Shock and Awe – It’s About Subtlety, Strategy… and a Bit of Siri Setback
There’s a lot of noise in the world of artificial intelligence right now. Chatbots, copilots,...
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Your iPhone will screen calls for you with iOS 26 coming later this year
There’s going to be a lot of hate in the comments this week as news of Apple’s latest...
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Telstra Satellite SMS service expands to include iPhone 13 and later
Just days after the launch of Telstra’s first to market Satellite SMS service, the telco has...
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Podcast: Satellite takes over Australia, and TikTok making changes – Two Blokes Talking Tech #686
Telstra’s Satellite Messaging, how does it work and what does it mean for communications in...
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TikTok launches “Control your scroll” features to manage the content you see
All praise the algorithm! It’s remarkable to me how a few lines of code have created...
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You can now send an SMS from ANYWHERE in Australia – Telstra launches satellite messaging
We’ve talked about this now for some time. First when Telstra looked at “5G...
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