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The Fetch TV Mighty and Mini (pictured) let you wrestle control of the broadcast schedule.

Fetch TV's killer set top tag team

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Adam Turner

Boxes blend the best of the pay, free-to-air and streaming TV.

Pokemon GO's unexpected side effect

The augmented-reality app game enables players to walk around their physical world catching Pokemon.

People are getting really into Pokemon GO. Maybe they're getting a little too into it.

Water clouds spotted out of our system

WISE 0855 is probably not actually blue, but here's an artist's impression of it.

Scientists confirm first planet outside our solar system to be seen with water clouds.

Life, but not as we know it

An extraterrestrial report has the scientific world discussing what it means to be alive.

5 things not to do in Pokemon GO

Pokemon Go is topping app store charts on Android and iOS.

Gizmodo

While you’re out and about trying to catch ’em all, here are a few things that you shouldn’t do.

Material 200 times stronger than steel

Mark Thompson's Talga Resources plans to convert high-grade graphite from Sweden into a material called graphene, which ...

Much stronger and lighter than steel, graphene is a wonder material with endless applications.

Flight historian considers rocket's Nazi roots

Amy Shira Teitel. Astronaut Amy Credit: Science in Public

Andrew Masterson

"It's not like my family used to have, you know, a daily Nazi lesson," said Amy

How magnets can help treat depression

Reasearcher Paul Fitzgerald of Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre with ohe of his patients John Campbell who has ...

Bridie Smith

The once-controversial method of beaming magnetic fields into the frontal areas of the brain to treat depression has been shown to help those with drug-resistant depression.

What makes Shigeru Miyamoto tick?

Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma, left, poses with a Zelda enemy and series creator Shigeru Miyamoto at this year’s E3.

Stephen Totilo

Esteemed creator of Zelda and Mario talks about how Nintendo makes games.

What Pokemon GO is all about

Gotta catch 'em all: the augmented reality app has taken the world by storm.

Manchester City signs eSports player

Manchester City's latest recruit won't be getting his shoes dirty.

Hannah Francis

Lines between physical sports leagues and video game tournaments continue to blur.

Life isn't meant to be lived in fast forward

Watching a good film or TV program in fast-forward would be like eating your favourite food via a stomach tube that ...

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Karl du Fresne

The idea of watching TV in double speed for 'efficiency' is the latest symptom of our insane need to whatever's technologically feasible.

'Sniffer mice' may soon be deployed

Genetically modified ''sniffer mice'' will have a nose for explosives.

Bridie Smith

Mice genetically engineered to sniff out bombs could one day join dogs in the hunt for explosives.

Apple's iPhone struggles in China

Apple is struggling to get a foothold in China

Apple loses ground in its biggest overseas market in a fresh blow for the technology giant.

Do you suffer from 'selfie elbow'?

Can taking selfies cause a repetitive strain injury?

This latest condition is seeing a boost in recognition thanks to the plight of a US TV host.

Google vice president of people operations Nancy Lee said the new figures do not reflect where the company wants

Google's diversity efforts show scant progress

Deborah M. Todd

Google has released new data on its two-year-old initiative to create a more diverse US workforce, saying it had more black, Latino and female employees but still lagged its goal of mirroring the population.

Tech investors look for social good. Also big profits

Millions of people lack access to safe water. They are seen as the next boom market for smartphones.

Heather Somerville

As valuations flounder for Silicon Valley startups once worth billions, investor interest is on the rise in for startups with both financial and social benefits.