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Aussies lose nearly $119 million to scams to start 2025

5 days ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

The National Anti-Scam Centre has released some concerning figures, showing that Australians lost nearly $119 million because of scams between January and April this year. According to statistics from Scamwatch, overall scam reports dropped by 24% compared to the same stretch last year. However, the amount of money lost rose by 28%. While that’s worse than the start of 2024, the good news is that the losses are still lower than the $193 million lost at the start of 2023.
Optus and Perplexity team up to give free access to Pro AI plan

5 days ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

Optus is doing its best to get people using generative AI technology, partnering with American AI company Perplexity to give away free subscriptions to its service. New and existing Optus mobile customers will receive an offer of a 12-month subscription to Perplexity Pro, which is valued at $300. Perplexity Pro provides subscribers with “hundreds of Pro Searches per day”, while free users only get a handful each day.
LG's colour-enhanced QNED TVs have just arrived in Australia

5 days ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

LG announced its flashy 2025 TV range a short while ago, including its cheapest TVs that got a nice colour upgrade. Now, the latest LG QNED TVs, like the brand’s bright Mini LED models, are starting to land in Australian retailers. Branded with LG’s premium “evo” designation, the QNED93A and QNED86A, which start at $2,799 and $1,799 respectively, are among the high-end Mini LEDs now available locally.
Don't expect anything mind-blowing from WWDC this year

5 days ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

Apple’s yearly WWDC event is only a week away but everyone should temper their expectations. Regular Apple reporter Mark Gurman for Bloomberg teased a bit of what to expect at the tech giant’s developer conference. From what he’s saying, don’t get your hopes up too much. Some of the widely tipped announcements include a new gaming hub and renaming this year’s software updates to reference “26”. But as far as revelatory features and AI technologies, Apple won’t make much of a splash.
Win a Reolink Altas 2K security camera and protect your home!

1 week ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

What if you could have a security camera that captured the action before something happened? That’s exactly what the Reolink Altas 2K security camera does, and GadgetGuy is giving one away to a lucky reader. Many security devices record footage when they detect motion, but this sometimes means you don’t get the full picture. Reolink’s latest camera approaches this issue by offering multiple recording modes.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge review: Living on the edge

1 week ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

I’d love to go behind the scenes of a major tech company’s R&D department one day. A lot of new hardware challenges my assumptions of what people want from technology. In the case of Samsung, I agree wholeheartedly that phones are getting too big. But I would’ve tackled height before thickness. Which is why I’ve been surprised by the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. It’s not the perfect solution to phones getting too big for pockets, but it’s a step in the right direction.
Will Apple skip straight to iOS 26 this year? It's looking likely

1 week ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

In a couple of weeks, Apple will use WWDC to show off its new wave of major software upgrades across its suite of hardware. Last year saw the confirmation of iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and so on. This year, however, Apple is expected to change its naming conventions, with iOS 26 tipped to emerge as the iPhone’s next operating system update. That report comes courtesy of the usual Apple insider suspect, Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, who claims that Apple is unifying its software approach.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A gets October release date, Switch 2 boost

1 week ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

Pokémon Legends: Z-A has a confirmed release date of 16 October this year, The Pokémon Company has announced. Originally announced in February 2024, the upcoming Pokémon game will launch on the original Nintendo Switch, while also getting an enhanced version for the Nintendo Switch 2. According to the official announcement, the Switch 2 version of Pokémon Legends: Z-A will benefit from “improved graphics and frame rates” compared to the previous-gen version.
Japanese government makes cute Minecraft map of major location

1 week ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

Minecraft is the game that keeps on giving. Aside from being a wildly popular sandbox game that encourages creativity, it’s also used in schools, and led to a box office-smashing film. Most recently, the Japanese government used the game to recreate an unlikely tourism destination. Based on the world’s largest underground floodwater diversion facility, the downloadable Minecraft map depicts the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel.
Apple preps big gaming push with new app and studio acquisition

1 week ago | gadgetguy.com.au | Chris Button

Apple is planning to bolster its gaming credentials with a new app set to replace Game Center, which has been the brand’s gaming hub since 2010. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported the news, saying the app will be a centralised place across Apple devices for accessing games, playing with friends, and viewing leaderboards. WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference, is only a couple of weeks away, which would make sense for a major app announcement.