Technology news
Two Melbourne inventors, 'perfect' headphones, $700,000 from Kickstarter
Liam Mannix 6:35 PM Here's the pitch: Everyone has a different ability to hear different musical frequencies. So there are whole sections of music on your favourite song that you just cannot hear well.
Why Zelda is the biggest game at E3
Tim Biggs 9:45 AM Finally, the 30-year-old series has been reinvented, maintaining its charm while shifting to a completely open, modern design.
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Apps
This nine-year-old Aussie built an app, and Apple flew her to San Francisco
Peter Wells Grade four Melbourne student Anvitha Vijay has been coding for two years. It's paid off.
Gizmodo
iOS 10: Everything you need to know
Darren Orf Apple unveiled new iPhone and iPad software features at its WWDC event. Here's the lowdown.
Games
Interview: Why Xbox is moving outside the console
Tim Biggs Head of Xbox Phil Spencer tells Fairfax Media why games should be tied to the person that bought them rather than the hardware they run on, and also explains why Xbox services are showing up on non-Microsoft hardware.
All the announcements from Xbox's E3 briefing
Tim Biggs Microsoft has outlined its plans for Xbox to become more than a box that gets refreshed every five to eight years, announcing two new Xbox One console options and deeper integration of Xbox services within mobile devices and Windows 10 PCs.
US court upholds net neutrality laws
David R. Baker In a move hailed by much of Silicon Valley, a US appeals court upheld federal "net neutrality" rules that prevent ISPs from slowing down service for some users.
AI
Mark Zuckerberg waxes lyrical on telepathy
Caitlin Dewey The Facebook boss thinks sharing your status, photos and videos with the world is too stingy.
Apple
Apple iOS 10 will let you delete annoying iPhone bloatware, finally
Hannah Francis Plus using Siri to hail an Uber, and more announcements from Apple's World Wide Developers Conference.
Internet
Woman trolls Telstra with cat pictures
Hannah Francis Laura Carrie has been without her Telstra broadband for two weeks and counting. But she made light of it with cat selfies.
Sony plays up surprises at E3 briefing
Tim Biggs Beloved gods, superheroes and marsupials return at Sony's video- and suspense-heavy briefing.
Latest from Sci-Tech
The virus following humans around the world
Inga Ting The first maps to track the global expansion of HIV over the past 50 years paint a fascinating picture of how the spread of the virus mirrored human migration and trade routes.
ANU scientists involved in discovery of second confirmed gravitational wave
April Dudgeon Canberra scientists help close the box on Einstein's theory.
Super-coral may take heat off reef bleaching
Peter Spinks The uncanny ability of Kimberley corals to withstand high levels of heat stress raises hopes for the stricken Great Barrier Reef.
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Blogs & Columns
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.
