After an injunction brought to Australia's courts by Village Roadshow and its compatriot Foxtel, some of the world's most popular illegitimate file sharing websites will be blocked in Australia after a court order.

Dr Rachel Kowert has dedicated her whole career to video game research - gamers, the games we play, and exactly what they do to our brains. Recently, Dr Kowert took to Reddit to dispel some common myths about gaming and gamers - covering everything from addiction, to screen time, to links with violent behaviour.

Next time you have someone telling you games are bad, m'kay, link them to this.

The only Mon Mothma line anyone remembers in the original Star Wars trilogy is "Many Bothans died to bring us this information." With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story being about the Rebellion stealing Death Star plans, everyone keeps making Bothan jokes. Please stop it. Because many Bothans did not die to bring us this specific information.

You wouldn't say it to their faces, but a lot of the time, your friends are pretty boring. Which is why you need to subscribe to updates from some of the much cooler, more famous celebrities on Snapchat. The way to do it isn't obvious, but we'll take you through it step by step.

You no longer have to be a Stradivarius, a Gibson, or even a Steinway to make your own musical instruments. Anyone with access to a 3D printer and this simple software, developed by Autodesk Research, can turn any 3D model into a wind instrument capable of playing a variety of different notes.

Back in April, I dropped $US230 ($313) on a gadget that had me feeling that gadget love again. You're familiar with the feeling too; the thrill you get walking into a Sharper Image store or thumbing through a Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue. It's that sense that you're seeing a small glimpse of the future neatly packaged and commoditized for the present.

Two studies from Neuroscience Research Australia using "Wii-based Movement Therapy" on stroke patients have revealed extraordinary results.

Not only does playing Wii actually restore upper limb mobility, but it also improves lower limb movement and cardiovascular health.

Jon Spaights gives an update on his Forever War adaptation. We know when to expect The Batman to be released. 12 Monkeys adds some important new cast members. Plus, what's to come on Shadowhunters and Incorporated, and The Flash adds another comic book hero with ties to Cisco. To me, my Spoilers!

Marine biologists have discovered six new animal species in undersea hot springs nearly two miles deep in the southwest Indian Ocean — an area already slated for future seafloor mining.

Super Mario Run is finally here. Announced in September, it is the first time that Nintendo's most famous character will have a game on smartphones, and it's exclusive to the iPhone and iPad.

After steadfastly denying it has a problem with fake news, Facebook is finally admitting it does, in fact, have a problem with fake news. Today, it announced several specific ways in which it will try to fix these thorny issues.

Sitting in the captain's chair on the bridge of the USS Enterprise must certainly give you a feeling of power and authority. But comfort? Captain Kirk's Starfleet throne never actually looked that comfortable, which is why we'd prefer boldly going where no one has gone before in this bean bag captain's chair instead.

Video: I'm a total sucker for watching old tools get turned into badarse blades, because seeing random objects get weaponised is such silly dangerous fun. That used to be a thing that tightened bolts! Now it's a knife that will slice your eyes out. Plus, it looks cool as hell. This time, Miller Knives took a monkey wrench and forged it into a swashbuckling knife by the tried and true method of heating it up, bludgeoning it to hell and sharpening it into a deadly curved knife. The wrench's jaws act as the handle.

Ash vs Evil Dead wrapped up its second season this week. It will return for a third season that will no doubt involve more one-liners and repulsive fight scenes. It will not, however, follow the plot dreamed up by former showrunner Craig DiGregorio, who shared his never-realised vision in a recent interview.

Oh, Riverdale, you didn't need to. Your hilarious teenage soap opera game was already on point, based on the pilot we saw. And Archie's dad was already Luke Perry, but sure, cast Molly Ringwald. It's just icing on the cake at this point.

'Tis the season for Christmas parties, leaving many homes empty and prime targets for burglars while revellers are away visiting family and friends. But there's nothing to worry about if you've decorated your home with these festive, motion-activated Christmas lights that crank to 12,000 lumens of brightness to scare off intruders.

Video: I actually cannot think of a hell worse than being trapped in a high school with the jocks running things. That's enough to make anyone long for their parents, principals and teachers.

This week, the FBI teamed up with Europol to launch a public prevention campaign designed to "raise awareness of the risk of young adults getting involved in cybercrime". In service of that mission, the law enforcement agencies representing some of the world's most powerful nations somehow came up with this.

Video: When we last left The 100, an AI had informed Clarke that a number of power plants are leaking radiation and will destroy most of the planet. In the trailer for season four, we're seeing hints that the AI might not have been lying.