Welcome to Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News, where podcast hosts @alexkidman and @adam_turner speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week.
Netflix is moving into games, while the new Steam Deck takes on the Nintendo Switch, but what happens when new entrants come into the gaming space? Me...
With Samsung, Apple and Google readying their next flagships, we dive into what to expect and what new flagships really need to stand out in the smart...
How can you make sense of Australia's streaming sports rights hellscape? Where can you watch the Olympics? Why didn't Nintendo bless the new Switch wi...
Can Telstra 5G deliver on its promises? Is it really worth jumping up NBN speed tiers? Special Guest ZDNet Australia editor Chris Duckett (@dobes) Ver...
Microsoft's Windows 11 is official! What will it cost? Which PCs will be left behind? How can you run Android apps? What happened to the Start menu? G...
E3 2021 saw big reveals from Microsoft, Bethesda, Nintendo, Ubisoft... and not so much Sony. Which games were winners, and which left us wanting more?...
Apple announced sweeping changes to its operating systems at WWDC 2021, but what's worth getting excited about? Where are the cracks appearing in Appl...
With telcos at open war with the NBN, what can be done to "fix" its problems? What hot new tech was unveiled at Computex 2021? And why is Australia so...
Will the new generation of mini-LED TVs make a dent in OLED's value equation? Who's going to buy a pricey rollable TV in Australia? Does Apple's "new"...
What's hot at this year's Google I/O developer conference? How is Google overhauling privacy in Android 12? What's the future of Wear OS, Samsung Tize...