Prince's complicated relationship with the internet
The late singer fiercely protected his copyright, but was also a recognised early adopter of the web.
How emojis get lost in translation
You think you sent a smile, she thinks you sent a grimace. Even the same emojis are not always viewed equal.
Dick Smith is a sad wasteland of defeat and broken dreams
Phone cases are the one thing they have in abundance. Phone cases, and ennui.
Opera browser's free built-in VPN vulnerable to major security flaw
Opera has added a free one-click VPN to help keep your data and online habits safe from prying eyes, but it's not foolproof.
Ratchet & Clank review: back to basics, only better
If you ever wanted a video game to look, feel and sound like a Pixar movie, you need to play Ratchet & Clank.
Microsoft ceases production on Xbox 360 more than 10 years
​After a little more than a decade of gaming excellence, Microsoft's Xbox 360 has been handed its official death notice.
Snapchat's 'blackface' option: why the internet is cross about Bob Marley filter
Virtually every face-swap app has an option for cross-racial masks, so why has Snapchat's addition of a Bob Marley face set people off?
Kickass Torrents may be blocked in Australia as record labels seek injunction
Big music labels want Telstra, Optus, TPG and other providers to block access to the piracy facilitating website.
YouTube Hydraulic Press Channel is a joyous exercise in crushing things
There's poetry in one of Finland's most popular YouTube stars crushing a vintage Nokia phone.
Apple refreshes its super-thin 12-inch MacBook
Diminutive laptop gets new processors and a price bump, but keeps the one design feature fans were critical of the first time around.
Netflix doubles down on HDR video in 2016
Streaming giant Netflix is adding more than 150 hours of High Dynamic Range content this year, looking beyond raw resolution to offer more vivid colours and extra detail in the shadows.
Google's Safe Browsing tool labels own site 'partially dangerous'
The tool, which automatically scans 'billions of URLs per day looking for unsafe websites,' cites the search giant's home page for some potentially scary problems.
Intel to cut 12,000 jobs as PC market wanes
Intel, the world's biggest maker of semiconductors, is retrenching as the personal-computer market heads toward a fifth year of decline.
Teenage girls traumatised by revenge-porn network aimed at 'teaching us a lesson'
The Melbourne's Men's Society Facebook group was closed last week, but other pages, dedicated to sharing pictures and videos of naked young women' have sprung up in their stead.
Tidal faces class-action suit over Kanye West bait-and-switch
Lawsuit says trickery led millions of users to hand streaming service their personal information by claiming Life of Pablo wouldn't be available anywhere else.
'Abandon FTTN for FTTdp': Internet Australia calls for NBN rethink
Lobby group urging the government and the opposition to "put politics aside and agree on a bipartisan NBN strategy".
Remove Apple QuickTime from your PC now
Now that Apple has abandoned the software on Windows, hackers will be looking to exploit is vulnerabilities to take control of your machine.
This puppy could change your thinking
It turns out there is such a thing as human intuition - and it can be tested scientifically.
Wozniak worries about Uber 'becoming monopoly'
Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak harbours concerns about the ride-sharing multinational forcing down the wages of its drivers.