Zachariah Kelly

[This is where Luke's Anno 117 impressions were going to go]

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was thinking of buying it till i read your article, have never played an Anno and now seem unlikely to lol

Good day to financially support subscription games and tech websites that do the right thing across the board. CHEERS.

Reckon a fair few Aussie tech and games content folk might want to pull their heads in if they don't want to end up on the end of a Linton Besser cannon 🤯

M365 portal buckling as demand for Copilot refunds soar Pushes out customer wait times.

Microsoft struggling to keep up with M365 copilot refunds... www.itnews.com.au/news/m365-po...

NSW Office for AI appoints its first director, looks for 13 more staff Won't receive special funding allocation for setup and operations.

NSW's Office for AI will be staffed by 14 people, including a recently appointed director, but won't receive dedicated funding beyond allocations under the Digital NSW budget www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-off...

ASIC's payroll revamp helps it repatriate staff from ATO After cessation of Modernising Business Registers program.

A switch in payroll software has enabled staff to return from the ATO to ASIC after the Modernising Business Registers program was scrapped www.itnews.com.au/news/asics-p...

TfNSW changes direction on autonomous buses Looks to driver-assisted technologies in new trial.

TfNSW has previously been pretty excited about autonomous transport, but has turned its autonomous bus trial into a driver tech-assistance trial - and it may result in retrofits for NSW buses www.itnews.com.au/news/tfnsw-c...

completely fell in love with it, it's just so charming.

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

I don't think I did a post about it here when I started nearly a month ago, but I've started at iTnews as a Senior Tech Journalist. Learning lots of new things and covering tonnes of cool stuff - here's one from this morning :)

Scoop: OpenAI has signed its first ever Australia government contract, quietly inking a deal with Treasury amid the ChatGPT-maker's charm offensive on policymakers.

This modest contract is an ideal foothold into future, more lucrative deals, according to one firm's analysis.
www.crikey.com.au/20...

Samsung confirms plans to charge for AI Samsung has quietly changed the terms around the AI features on its smartphones as it moves to monetise Galaxy AI.

I'm not surprised. Just disappointed. www.reviews.org/au/mobile/sa...

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

Yeah, the Hyundai Inster rocks www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech...

Anyway, new job starts on the 15th! For now, I sleep.

This won't be the end of my car stuff though! TechRadar will continue to publish car reviews of mine now and again, and I'll be happy to write them for as long as I can. My Hyundai Inster oped will be up on Saturday night!

Time for something a little different - today was my last day at TechRadar AU. I had a lot of fun there and was so grateful for the opportunity coming out of Gizmodo AU, but for my next job I'll be entering b2b/enterprise tech journalism.

FREAKON 2025 ANNOUNCED - SEASON OF DECAY We’re looking around at a world rife with rot. More layoffs, more greed, and the birth of a whole new type of AI guy have filled the air with a foul stench. It’s tempting to imagine our community coul...

FREAKON IS BACK FOR 2025!!!!!! WEEYAW WEEYAW
www.freakon.com.au/blogs/news/f...

We had some back and forward on recommending routers with those speeds because they're not too common and are all a bit pricey, but it was mostly about headroom. Up to 11 Gbps will certainly work, and you may be comfortable with as low as 4 Gbps (though I would recommend ethernet between mesh)

Keen on NBN Co's big free speed boosts this September? You might also need a new router To get the best speeds on the new faster plans, your router may need an upgrade too

Not a typo, but more a problem with only having so many words in a magazine format! I recommend 11-19Gbps wireless for optimal NBN 2000 for the sake of over-provisioning throughout the home and future-proofing. We put together a much more in-depth article on the topic on TechRadar:

Trial of tech that could be used to keep Australian under-16s off social media finds some errors ‘inevitable’ Report from age assurance trial finds multiple fallback options may be needed, as communications minister says there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution

The age assurance tech trial report has been released. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I've been waiting for that game for years!! Can't wait to play the full release.

Tesla FSD turns off more U.S. consumers than its attracts, survey finds Despite Elon Musk's exhaustive promotion of Tesla's FSD technology, U.S. consumers don't seem to want it.

Tesla FSD turns off more US consumers than it attracts according to an August survey of 8,000 respondents by Slingshot. And about half of those surveyed think FSD should *be illegal* the way its advertised and works now.... www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/t...

BYD among five Chinese EV brands not complying with repair laws The ACCC has been criticised for not taking firm action against new EV brands accused of not making their repair information available to independent mechanics.

Woof. www.afr.com/companies/tr...

i'd assume soil, but if you're digging a hole on Mars, do you hire a Mars Mover?

Large cap with a caramel shot + some chips. There's not many things a veggo can eat on the maccas menu 😭

I will deduct points accordingly! No H mode, but there IS a snow mode.

Double posting to forward sizzle my review: the Hyundai Inster might just be my favourite EV since the MG4, and there's things it definitely does better than that brilliant car. I'm sad to have dropped it off 😭

😄 I'm really falling for the Inster. It's a bit ahead of some of its Chinese rivals in some areas (thinking the BYD Dolphin, MG4, Ora) and honestly feels fine for weekends away in Australia