My employers think I know something about the practice and theory of international relations. Perhaps I shouldn’t draw attention to my shortcomings in this area given that my university is currently in the business of “letting a few people go”. Between ourselves, though, I can’t quite work out whether...

After failing to come to agreement with Apple to enable mobile phone payments, six of Australia’s biggest financial institutions this week signed on with Android Pay. The service will go live in Australia in the first half of 2016.

Both Android...

In the crowded cafes, trains and streets of our cities it’s not unusual to find yourself involuntarily eavesdropping on a stranger’s private business. I recently encountered the auditory equivalent of “manspreading” when a large man shouted into his mobile phone on crowded public transport, subjecting his captive audience...