Virtual cycling is a new age form of exercise and Zwift is one of its leading providers.
Author Archive: Chris Griffith
News fact checker coming to Oz
A company that rates news websites and exposes misinformation will begin analysing Australian sites from around July.
Electric scooters are on a roll
As a kid I had a simple rule: if it moved, I wanted to be on it.
The electric bike that you can ride … on water
The Hydrofoiler XE-1 is an electric bike that rides across water developed by Kiwi start-up Manta5.
Pedal power on a bike built for two
Journalists from The Australian take an electric tandem bike for a spin around the park.
Rewriting the script
Having to front up to a doctor to replace a lost prescription may be a thing of the past thanks to a new electronic system.
Sex, lies, video and elections
Malevolent countries soon will be able to saturate social media with machine-written false stories.
Retro tech back in the game
Nostalgia for old-school products, from arcade games to turntables, is fuelling a retro revival.
Vanessa Amorosi returns to pop music
Vanessa Amorosi is back with a vengeance. Back to Love, her fifth studio album, is released this week, and the singer says she has three records coming.
Handle the Galaxy Fold with care
After an embarrassing start, Samsung has released its foldable screen smartphone in Australia.
Panasonic puts Technics back in the mix
The resurgence of vinyl has seen Panasonic revive a long gone hi-fi brand in Australia and lots of turntables.
Japan leads the 8K TV charge
Incredible advances in visual and audio broadcast technology are on our doorstep.
AI colours 1916 & 1947 matches
A war time 1916 men’s Aussie rules match and 1947 women’s game have been “colourised” using machine learning.
Return to the reel thing
Once a mainstay of mainframe and early home computers, magnetic tape is making a comeback for safe data storage.
Artificial tongue outs fake Whisky
Scottish scientists have developed an artificial tongue that distinguishes Scotch Whisky from inferior counterfeits.
Snooping on Google reveals stream of data from our phones
Meet Chuck and Diane, two Android smartphones loaded with software that feed you the information they feed the tech giant.
Parkes dishes up Apollo 11 magic
A big weekend of celebrations are planned for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moonwalk.
Reviewers tear strips off Samsung
It’s been dubbed ‘peelgate’, the reports of early units of Samsung’s Fold disintegrating in the hands of reviewers.
Netgear streams art to our walls
The most breathtaking aspect of Meural is the choice of more than 30,000 digital artworks and photographs found in its library.
Safety in numbers
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to predict and alleviate natural disasters such as earthquakes, bushfires and floods.