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Oculus Rift: first Australian review
Bennett Ring After spending several days playing with the brand new Oculus Rift virtual reality kit, I can finally understand why Facebook pumped $US2 billion into this technology.
What Miitomo is all about
Tim Biggs Part game, part social network, Nintendo's app could take off.
The firm said to be helping FBI crack iPhones
Computerising thoughts isn't as easy as in movies
SBS VR takes you into Heston's kitchen
Man jailed for sending ex a gun emoji
Inside Slack's new Australian HQ
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Train rats: another reason not to sleep on your commute
A man has captured the moment a large rat crawls all over a sleeping man on a train
AI
Microsoft's Tay AI bot returns to Twitter, immediately goes off the rails again
Malfunctioning artificial intelligence returns to Twitter, claims to be "smoking kush" in front of police and then gets trapped in an infinite loop.
Computers
All the big announcements from Microsoft's Build 2016
Eric Ravenscraft Microsoft's Build conference is always full of news about Windows, Office, Xbox and other Microsoft products, and Build 2016 was no exception.
Games
Twilight returns in remastered Zelda
Tim Biggs One of the greatest adventure games ever made is saved from obscurity, thanks to an outstanding restoration co-developed by Australia's Tantalus Media.
Telcos sweeten the pot ahead of NBN
Adam Turner Bigpond, others looking to lock you in before network arrives.
Innovation
Shippit deal ensures Post delivers the goods
Adam Turner Australians will spend less time waiting for the postie and chasing missed deliveries thanks to a deal which lets online shoppers opt for Australia Post while still taking advantage of advanced parcel tracking features.
Security
Apple wins in FBI fight, but iPhone loses
Alex Webb Apple suffered one major casualty in its legal victory over the FBI: bragging rights over the iPhone's unbreakable security credentials.
Analysis
Beware! iOS 9.3 has more bugs
Tim Biggs New glitch emerges when some iPhone users try to click links.
Google's Pichai pockets $US100.5m
Brandon Kochkodin and Anders Melin Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai received a $US100.5 million pay package in 2015, according to a filing from parent company Alphabet.
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Melbourne picks up the Slack as tech darling launches Asia-Pacific headquarters
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Hannah Francis Slack has launched its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Melbourne. We caught up with Ali Rayl, head of customer experience.
Branching out after death: where next for the 'Internet of Things'?
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Marc Moncrief It turns out that even death needs the internet.
End of the on-demand dream: Uber model just doesn't translate
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Farhad Manjoo Across a variety of on-demand apps, prices are rising, service is declining, business models are shifting, and, in some cases, companies are closing down as investor appetite for on-demand companies has cooled.
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Gadgets on the Go
Hands on review: LG flat Ultra HD OLED EF950T television
Adam Turner Finally conceding that not everyone is in love with curved screens, LG has delivered a flat Ultra HD OLED masterpiece with full HDR support to help it look better than ever.
Social Radar
Should you stalk your child's smartphone?
Catherine Armitage Keeping an eye over your child's shoulder on the home computer is so last century
MacMan
How my Apple Watch saved my life
Garry Barker I woke up feeling a bit odd. I strapped on my Apple Watch, unlocked the iPhone, and then felt for my pulse on my right wrist. Soon I was in the hospital cardiac unit for observation and treatment.
Imaging
Not wholly negative: digitising your old photographs
Terry Lane Unearthing your own archive of long-ago photographic negatives and slides opens the mind to the world that was – and perhaps points to money to be made.