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After years of development, the consumer version of the Oculus Rift is finally out in the wild.

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.

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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

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

It didn't take long for Tay to learn the dark ways of the web.

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.

The Microsoft Corp. Surface Book laptop is displayed during the Windows 10 Devices event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, ...

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.

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The game may not be cutting edge visually, but its newfound clarity lets the original charm come through unhindered.

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.

Before you sign anything, check when the National Broadband Network is coming your way.

Telcos sweeten the pot ahead of NBN

Adam Turner Bigpond, others looking to lock you in before network arrives.

Shippit co-founders Rob Hango-Zada and Will On.

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.

As long as we keep increasing the functionality we expect from our phones, there will be problems.

Analysis

Beware! iOS 9.3 has more bugs

Tim Biggs New glitch emerges when some iPhone users try to click links.

Pichai received $US99.8 million in restricted stock that will vest in full by 2017.

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

Hannah Francis Slack has launched its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Melbourne. We caught up with Ali Rayl, head of customer experience.

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Branching out after death: where next for the 'Internet of Things'?

Marc Moncrief It turns out that even death needs the internet.

End of the on-demand dream: Uber model just doesn't translate

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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