![Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was one of the users who was killed off.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/n/r/g/e/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gsnr8k.png/1478929146638.jpg)
![Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was one of the users who was killed off.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/n/r/g/e/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gsnr8k.png/1478929146638.jpg)
Streaming video from boats could ensure marine life safety
![The Geelong Star has been the target of much media attention after reportedly killing marine life caught in its net.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/d/p/i/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsn7na.png/1478831333876.jpg)
Australia's federal fisheries authority is exploring an ambitious plan to stream live footage from fishing vessels in a bid to improve its ability to respond to controversial reports that nets are killing endangered marine animals.
Got an idea for an app? Be warned: you get what you pay for
![Ishan Dan, founder of the Mr Tradie app.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/n/2/t/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsn22r.png/1478840739390.jpg)
Determined to bring his Mr Tradie idea to life, Australian entrepreneur Ishan Dan soon discovered that hiring an app developer is a lot like hiring a tradie.
Is it Facebook's job to filter out the lies in the anti-fact age?
![The most power propaganda is the lies that we want to believe.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/y/w/o/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsn23j.png/1478849663665.jpg)
Facebook has vowed to crack down on misinformation and burst the "filter bubble", highlighted by the US election, but can you save people from their own willing gullibility?
Google, Microsoft race to reinvent whiteboard
![With Jamboard, Google has entered the smart whiteboard race.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/m/y/w/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsmx21.png/1478819594038.jpg)
New release puts Google into a niche but increasingly competitive market.
Call of Duty juggernaut is showing its age
![<i>Infinite Warfare</i>'s space-faring campaign is nothing if not a spectacle.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/5/d/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsmuud.png/1478812218926.jpg)
Infinite Warfare might be the best Call of Duty in years, but Activision's cash-cow is not the bleeding edge of cinematic thrills it once was.
Assange says US benefited from Clinton email leaks
![WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/i/n/w/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gslbod.png/1478671803651.jpg)
'The real victor is the US public which is better informed as a result of our work,' Assange wrote. 'It would be unconscionable for WikiLeaks to withhold such an archive from the public during an election.'
Fake news spreads online as US goes to polls
![4chan](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/l/9/y/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsl3hz.png/1478664854038.jpg)
With US election fever hitting its climax the web is filling with dubious information, from concerted efforts to influence voters to straight-up trolling to old-fashioned clickbait.
Hands on: Freeview FV streaming TV app
![The Freeview FV app lets Australians watch live television on the go.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/q/8/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gskpzt.png/1478639925440.jpg)
Putting most free-to-air broadcasts at your fingertips, most of the time, the Freeview FV app is a rare sign of cooperation between Australia's squabbling TV networks.
Don't like spiders or snakes? Clinic says VR can defeat real fears
![Pieter Rossouw at Sydney Phobia Clinic with the virtual reality headset technology](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/j/v/c/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsjrj3.png/1478609330712.jpg)
The treatment program at Australia's first specialist, virtual-reality phobia treatment clinic includes frightening encounters with digitally-generated spiders, heights, dentists and more.
An Aussie indie game inspired me to build my own spaceship cockpit
![In <i>Objects in Space</i>, your destiny is entirely up to your own piloting skills and luck and, potentially, even the ...](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/l/e/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gskliz.png/1478671955515.jpg)
Objects In Space is an open world stealth space trading game currently being built by Sydney-based indie studio Flat Earth Games. When I say built, I mean that literally.
Adobe to begin charging Australian customers GST
![adobe](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/d/n/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gskbcz.png/1478576295103.jpg)
Customers already locked in to Creative Cloud subscriptions will soon be paying 10 per cent more.
Gmail app for iOS finally updated
![gmail](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/8/v/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsk6qo.png/1478560454889.jpg)
Anyone who has used the Gmail app on both Android and iPhone has noticed that one version is far inferior to the other. While Google has tended to make sure its offerings across all platforms are of a high quality, Gmail on iPhone has — for whatever reason — remained a weird, squashed and semi-broken version of its mobile website since 2012.
PAX Australia plays its cards right
![Gamers rolling out the heavy artillery with TANKS in the tabletop section of PAX Australia 2016.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/j/k/k/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsjkhm.png/1478565716446.jpg)
Wandering around Melbourne's PAX gaming expo you soon realise that it's less about what you can see and more about what you can do.
Samsung seeks AI-powered comeback
![The Galaxy Note7 may have been a disaster, but Samsung is plotting a 2017 comeback.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/w/w/8/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsjjus.png/1478484420923.jpg)
Samsung plans to equip its next Galaxy S phones with a Siri-like digital assistant.
Huawei's Mate 9 Porsche phone costs more than $2000
![Huawei's new Porsche Design Mate 9, standard Mate 9 and fitness tracker.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/j/f/v/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsjf2r.png/1478481197008.jpg)
Huawei has finally revealed the Mate 9, alongside a special Porsche edition of the smartphone and the Huawei Fit Fitness tracker.
Google Home is promising, but still a work in progress
![Google Home, a smart speaker that can control your home and manage other connected environments, is not officially sold ...](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/y/q/a/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsjcz1.png/1478470474273.png)
When Google Home works, it is nothing short of delightful. It just doesn't always work.
Why light bulbs may be the next hacker target
![Researchers say they have uncovered a flaw in a wireless technology that is often included in smart home devices.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/v/r/h/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gshj8h.png/1478223121590.jpg)
Researchers say they have uncovered a flaw in wireless technology that is often included in smart home devices like lights, switches, locks, and many of the components of the "smart home" of the future.
Can Microsoft Teams out-Slack Slack?
![Microsoft Teams aims to save staff from drowning in their inbox.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/9/c/6/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gshta3.png/1478222025171.jpg)
Microsoft's latest effort to release us from 'Reply All' hell faces some pretty stiff competition.
Samsung's new audio offering gives instant cinema sound at home
![The Samsung HW-K950 consists of a soundbar, wireless sub-woofer and wireless rear speakers.](/web/20161113060508im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/h/s/t/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gshsqu.png/1478214084710.jpg)
Samsung's latest home theatre offering is the HW-K950 — a Dolby Atmos-enabled soundbar that delivers far more immersive sound than I thought possible from this form factor.