![Melanie Tan Pelaez posted a picture online showing burns received after falling asleep on her charging iPhone 7.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/p/e/k/1/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gspd95.png/1479197637782.jpg)
![Melanie Tan Pelaez posted a picture online showing burns received after falling asleep on her charging iPhone 7.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/p/e/k/1/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gspd95.png/1479197637782.jpg)
Start-up puts CEO on leave after 'flawed joke' about assassinating Trump
![Matt Harrigan, CEO of PacketSled.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/p/k/9/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gspk9r.png/1479175190055.jpg)
The chief executive of San Diego cybersecurity start-up PacketSled Inc. has been put on administrative leave after election night posts on social media about assassinating President-elect Donald Trump.
Apple Glasses: iPhone-maker considers smart eyewear
![Apple CEO Tim Cook has talked up the benefits of augmented reality in the past.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/b/f/a/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gspjfc.png/1479174410034.jpg)
Apple is weighing an expansion into smart glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter.
Can Microsoft save Australian cricket?
![Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella talking to James Sutherland and Glenn Maxwell at the MCG.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/p/k/v/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsn882.png/1479181485225.jpg)
Australian cricket coaches and selectors will be told which players should be picked by new software being trialled from tech giant Microsoft.
One third of Australians apathetic about NBN
![The NBN is a national mess.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/8/s/3/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsomt1.png/1479089015431.jpg)
Research shows Australians are apathetic about the NBN, and it's not hard to see why.
After Fruit Ninja: Aussie company's fall from grace
![Fruit Ninja, one of the most successful games of all time, was an unexpected hit for Halfbrick.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/o/j/e/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsoi1d.png/1479077561172.jpg)
Once a small studio that put experimentation and game design first, Halfbrick was changed forever when its game unexpectedly became one of the most successful ever.
AdultFriendFinder hack reminder not to be yourself online
![A fake email address is a sensible precaution when making new friends online.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/o/i/x/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsoiwm.png/1479092716222.jpg)
Deleting your account won't even save you, the best way to protect your privacy is to use a one-off email address.
Facebook denies fake news impacted election
![Mark Zuckerberg says it's unlikely fake news posts on Facebook influenced the US election.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/3/r/8/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsoica.png/1479096560399.jpg)
Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has again rejected claims the social network affected the US presidential election, saying it is "extremely unlikely" news hoaxes changed the outcome.
Facebook mistakenly memorialises the accounts of living users
![Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was one of the users who was killed off.](/web/20161115193159im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/n/r/g/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsnr8k.png/1479025672420.jpg)
Facebook users have expressed confusion after receiving a banner message on their profile pages and news feeds, which flagged their account as memorialised, as if they had died.
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/20161115193159im_/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/20161115193159im_/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/20161115193159im_/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/20161115193159im_/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/20161115193159im_/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
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'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
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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/20161115193159im_/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/20161115193159im_/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/20161115193159im_/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
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Customers already locked in to Creative Cloud subscriptions will soon be paying 10 per cent more.