One of the reasons I love Black Friday is that it offers a chance to pick up more Lego sets at amazing prices, particularly the Lego Botanicals range. If you share my passion for plastic plants and blocky bonsai, you’ll be as thrilled as I am to learn that Lego is offering huge discounts on…

There’s never been a better time to buy a new robot vacuum than right now, with brands flooding the market by releasing new models at breakneck pace. With Black Friday in the mix, a lot of ‘older’ models (that are still very much new as they’re about a year or two old) are getting some…

While I might be spending a good chunk of my time hunting down the best Black Friday TV deals over the next week, I’m also devoting time to my next love: coffee machines. And, as I expected, Amazon has slashed the price of the Ninja Luxe Café Premier espresso machine to just AU$629 for the…

Refresh When I checked prices this morning, a whole bunch of tech has become cheaper. And now it feels like the Black Friday sale season has well and truly begun. Even more retailers have discounts today (November 19) than there were yesterday, which means even better chances to save because you can pit one retailer…

If you’ve been on the hunt for a new gaming mouse, NZXT just dropped a Black Friday deal worth seeing. The Lift Elite Wireless is down to just $19.99 (was $79.99) while sales last – that’s a massive 75% discount on a lightweight, high-performance mouse. • Shop Amazon’s full Black Friday sale The value on…

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Kraken ransomware measures system performance before deciding the scale of encryption damage Shadow copies, Recycle Bin, and backups are deleted before encryption starts Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems all face Kraken’s benchmark-driven attacks The Kraken ransomware campaign introduces a benchmark step which times the encryption of a temporary file to determine how quickly it can…

Experts flag Uhale devices download malicious software automatically each time it boots up Seventeen security issues discovered across the tested digital picture frame models Major flaws include insecure TrustManager implementations and unsanitized filenames Security researchers have identified critical risks in Uhale-branded digital picture frames, revealing many devices download malicious software immediately after boot. Mobile security…

Pet hair is one of the trickiest things to clean up. If you have a furry, four-legged friend and a home with lots of soft furnishings and carpet, staying on top of the build-up of fuzz can feel like a full-time job. I recently ran a group test of eight vacuums from leading brands, in…

Microsoft’s “agentic OS” announcement immediately triggered fierce criticism online Users warn AI prompts could disrupt productivity tools and essential Office software operations Many expressed frustrations over forced cloud integration interrupting their regular Windows workflows Microsoft recently attempted to present its Windows operating system as evolving into an “agentic OS,” designed to combine cloud services, AI,…