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A very Huawei-ish back houses a prominent camera and the fingerprint scanner.

Review: Kogan's first 'high-end' phone 

Known for its low-priced, no-frills smartphones, Australian retailer Kogan last week released its first 'high-end' phone, a machine that shares many bullet points with market-leading Android handsets but is sold at roughly a third of the price.

Sesame Street Fighter is today's best time waster

Fighters are mashups of Street Fighter and Sesame Street characters.

If you're desperately looking for any reason to waste time at work today that doesn't involve watching the Olympics, then let me introduce you to Sesame Street Fighter. It's Street Fighter in your browser, but with Sesame Street characters, Russian cities and German scientists. No, really.

First person to 'catch 'em all' not done yet

Self-proclaimed Pokemon Go master Nick Johnson.

Nick Johnson, who claims to be the first person to capture all 145 creatures now available in the Pokemon GO mobile gaming phenomenon, says he is not ready to put away his smartphone just yet and hopes for new features.

Changes to iPhone's home button incoming

We already suspected the new iPhone would lose its headphone jack, but will its home button go as well? Pictured here ...

New phones will be similar to the 6S and 6S Plus, sources say, but will feature a redesigned pressure-sensitive home button. The larger phone will also reportedly feature dual cameras.

Facebook uses Olympics to test Snapchat clone

Facebook's new feature shows a camera feed when you open the app, just like Snapchat.

When people in Brazil and Canada tapped on the Facebook app during the Olympics' opening ceremony, a camera appeared on top of the News Feed, making it easy to snap photos and videos and add Olympics-themed filters, frames and masks.

Apple offers big rewards for spotting bugs

Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Apple plans to offer rewards of up to $261,280 to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that already offer payments for help uncovering flaws.

Facebook to punish clickbait publishers

Facebook's algorithm is taking notice of sites that use misleading or distorted headlines in their posts.

​Facebook says it plans to marginalise what it considers to be "clickbait" news stories from publishers in its news feed, in another step to keep its 1.71 billion members regularly coming back to its social network.

Chinese selfie start-up eyes expansion

A selfie taken by Liu Jinyu, a 21-year-old intern from Zhejiang province. "Every photo must be adjusted through Meitu ...

The selfie, we all know, is an art form. But at the southern Chinese headquarters of Meitu, the maker of some of the world's most popular beauty apps, the selfie is also science.

Why smoking is bad for your TV

Janis Joplin was a brilliant singer, but she could stuff up a stereo in seconds flat.

Smoking isn't just bad for you, it's bad for your television. And, as it turns out, other home entertainment equipment too.