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Protesters stage a "die-in" at New York's Grand Central Station after the Garner decision was announced.

#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

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.

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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".

Paul Fletcher has introduced the online safety for children bill into parliament.

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.

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Massive: <i>Dragon Age: Inquisition</i> is epic in scope, but that doesn't mean it isn't highly detailed.

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".

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Twitter said it is improving the process of reporting abuse on the site.

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.

Australia's proposed e-Safety Commissioner would crack down on cyber bullying.

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.