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The point-of-sale terminal at the CVS drugstore in Palo Alto, California, can accept payments through a quick tap from a smartphone. The clerk isn’t sure how it works, though he knows it does because “a few kids” have used it. But one shopper tries it by taking out his Android phone and clicking on Google’s “wallet” app intended to allow instant payment and taps the terminal. Nothing happens. Then he tries PayPal’s payment app. Nothing. Out comes the leather wallet.

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It’s not unusual to find yourself talking to an uncoöperative appliance or gadget. Soon, though, it could soon be more common for those devices to actually pay attention. A startup called Wit.ai plans to make it easy for hardware makers and software developers to add custom voice controls to everything from smartphones and smart watches to Internet-connected thermostats and drones.

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National broadband network complaints are on the rise, with consumers often unsure who is responsible for fixing their problem. The telecommunications industry ombudsman (TIO) has reported for the first time on NBN-related complaints in its annual report, released on Thursday.

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National broadband network complaints are on the rise, with consumers often unsure who is responsible for fixing their problem. The telecommunications industry ombudsman (TIO) has reported for the first time on NBN-related complaints in its annual report, released on Thursday.

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Last year an Apple-1 was sold at auction in Germany for just under $672,000. The computer, which went under the hammer for $750,000 at Bonham’s History of Science auction in New York Wednesday, was bought by The Henry Ford museum complex in Dearborn, Mich. The buyer's commission took the computer's total price to $905,000.

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