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Inside Bang & Olufsen's 'sensory store'
Tim Biggs This week Bang & Olufsen launched its flagship 'sensory store', hoping to give locals a chance to acquaint themselves with the company's innovative and unusual gear.
Netflix helps fight bill shock
Adam Turner Watching House of Cards on a train is a quick way to burn data.
World Video Game Hall of Fame class of 2016
Which images failed the Facebook test
Man claims to be Bitcoin's creator, refuses to prove it
No, torrenting does not make me 'entitled'
Warning sounded over medical apps
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Chatbots
Siri's creators say they've made something better
Elizabeth Dwoskin In an ordinary conference room in San Jose, a group of engineers sat down to order pizza in an entirely new way.
Game could help unlock the secrets of dementia
Catherine Armitage A smartphone game has achieved the seemingly impossible less than 24 hours after its launch. Thousands of people of all ages are participating in dementia research on their mobile phones, including youth who want to help their sick grandparents.
Tech
Sony patents contact lens that will record your life
Tim Biggs Sony has filed a patent for a contact lens capable of taking photos and recording video.
NBN
NBN is running out of money
Hannah Francis $29b cap on public funding set to run out next financial year.
Security
Facebook awards 10-year-old hacker $13,000
Hannah Francis Finnish whiz kid isn't even old enough to sign up for an account, according to Facebooks terms of service.
Will Optus' EPL pricing put sports fans offside?
Adam Turner  Optus has smashed Foxtel's football monopoly, but how will the fragmentation of broadcast rights play out for Australian sports fans?
How to make chocolate out of thin air
Rachel Browne A brain teaser showing how to get unlimited chocolate has gone viral.
Can you pass this intelligence test?
Mark Molloy First it was finding the hidden panda, then it was working out the 50-cent maths question. Now there's a new puzzle stumping the internet.
Crowdfunding
The perks and pitfalls of crowdfunding
Hannah Francis Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Australia's own Pozible have exploded in popularity in recent years, but remain cases of backer beware.
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'1000 will have to go. It's that simple'
Henry Belot Fear government's cyber security recruitment drive will lead to job cuts.
Microsoft sues US government over gag orders on customer data grabs
Matt Day Tech company says US 'has exploited the transition to cloud computing as a means of expanding its power to conduct secret investigations'.
FBI paid professional hackers to crack San Bernardino iPhone
Ellen Nakashima The people who helped the US government come from the sometimes shadowy world of hackers and security researchers who profit from finding flaws in companies’ software or systems.
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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.
