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#Crimingwhilewhite goes viral
Rose Powell The deaths of two unarmed men caused by US police have caused global conversations online.
Google's new test: 'Are you a robot?'
Elizabeth Weise Don't be surprised if the next time you try to access a website, instead of deciphering fuzzy letters, you're simply asked if you're a robot.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel review
GTA and our problem with video games
'Zuckerberg of Russia' chooses exile
Steve Jobs' iPod obsession shown in court
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Games
Target Australia pulls GTA V from shelves
Ben Grubb Target Australia has pulled R-rated video game Grand Theft Auto V from its shelves and says it will no longer sell it following feedback from customers about the game's depictions of violence against women.
Apps
Apple loses appeal to trademark 'app store'
Ben Grubb In a blow to Apple, Australia's Federal Court rejects appeal by the tech giant to trademark the term "app store".
Cyber bullying
Facebook, Twitter face $17,000 fines
Lia Timson Facebook, Twitter and other technology giants face fines of $17,000 a day if they do not take down cyber bullying material within 48 hours.
Games
Bring order to chaos: a Dragon Age Inquisition interview
James 'DexX' Dominguez Dragon Age: Inquisition is a sprawling fantasy epic, and creative director Mike Laidlaw explains how this intricate world of demons and monster was built.
Tech
Hawking: AI 'could spell the end of the human race'
Rhiannon Williams Stephen Hawking has unveiled his new "life-changing" communications platform — which helps him to speak twice as quickly through a predictive text system — while at the same time expressing that the technology's extrapolation into full artificial intelligence "could spell the end of the human race".
Cyber bullying
Twitter to make it easier to report abuse
Twitter is trying to make it easier for victims and witnesses to report online harassment.
Children's e-Safety Commissioner aims to clean up the net, yet again
Adam Turner Can Australia's cyber bully buster succeed where politicians have failed in the past?
Robots
Forget elves, Amazon recruits robots for holiday rush
Deepa Seetharaman Don't tell the children, but the little helpers processing thousands of gifts in Amazon's newest order fulfillment centers aren't elves, but bright orange robots.
Australian internet connections slowed down by submarine cable fault
Ben Grubb Web pages loading slowly? A submarine fibre-optic cable fault between Perth and Singapore could be the reason.
Blogs & Columns
Gadgets on the Go
Foxtel's Presto and Seven to fight Netflix
Adam Turner 10:29 AM TV shows are coming to Presto as local entertainment giants brace for Netflix to storm the beaches.
Imaging
Family slide night a thing of beauty
Sending a link to a Flickr album is the easiest way to share a photo collection.
MacMan
Users monitor consumption with menu monitor
Garry Barker During its seven years of service, iStat Menus has been downloaded millions of times.
Astronomy
Astronomy can be life changing: Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith
Clare Colley Wi-Fi, advanced medical imaging and algorithms to detect skin cancer all have one thing in common - they were all offshoots of astronomy, CSIRO astronomer Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith says.