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The key to choosing the right password
The absurdity of teaching people to use passwords that are hard for humans to use but easy for computers to guess was beautifully captured in the much-loved web comic by Randall Munroe of Xkcd.
Roomba 980: Vac your home from anywhere in the world
New version of the autonomous vacuum robot comes with an app that lets you issue commands remotely.
Best-looking game consoles of all time
Over the past four decades, there have been some plain consoles, sometimes even some ugly consoles, but we don’t care about them today.
How to tell which tweets are really from Trump
A data scientist has analysed Donald Trump's Twitter feed and shown a reliable way to tell which tweets were sent by the controversial US presidential hopeful himself, and which were sent by one of his staff members.
Another Snapchat lens prompts calls of racism
Mere months after Snapchat's Bob Marley filter, the app is at it again with a lens that makes users look a lot like a racist caricature.
New MacBook Pros to have touchscreen keys
Apple is preparing the first significant overhaul of its MacBook Pro laptop line in over four years, but we're not likely to see them anytime soon.
The persistent problem with podcasts
Podcasts have been around for a decade, but remain hampered by both technical issues and content deficiencies.
ABS needs to get its story straight
A malicious flash mob supposedly knocked out the census, rather than an attempted break-in, but either way the ABS needs to restore Australia's confidence in the system.
First pictures of night parrot nest
What or who was behind this outback murder-mystery?
The lost art of correct speaker placement
Lots of people get their speaker placement all wrong.
Apple crashes Samsung's Rio party
Samsung is the mobile phone sponsor of the Rio Games and sells its handsets exclusively to hundreds of thousands of visitors flocking to Olympic venues — but Apple is tempting some of them outside with its own unofficial Games merchandise.
Census should have withstood DDoS attack
That the site was attacked is not in the least bit surprising, but it's unexpected that an attack of this kind would result in the site going down.
The lingering embers of discovering fire
Figuring out how to make fire was no doubt an evolutionary boon to our ancestors. But it may have led to our smoking habit and the emergence of tuberculosis.
Australian know-how used to design 'planetary probes'
Three tiny craft built in Australia are the first locally made satellites to go into space in 15 years.
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.
Apple's war on buttons a pressing concern
Will Apple's tampering with its most iconic feature mean less freedom for users, or will it mean a phone that's less likely to break?
Sesame Street Fighter is today's best time waster
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
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.
Gamers have an edge in the classroom: study
Gaming can boost students' school performance and should be incorporated into classroom activities.