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Mobile data tips for the holidays
![When we leave our daily routine for the holidays, our data usage typically skyrockets.](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/g/g/9/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gtgeqp.png/1482371922811.jpg)
When we're on holidays, the way we use smartphones and tablets changes dramatically, and that can lead to unpleasant surprises when the mobile bill arrives.
Mario breaks download records, but users revolt over price
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Nintendo's first mobile Mario game hits 25 million downloads much faster than Pokemon GO, but angry user reviews force fall in company stock price.
Does anyone still work at Twitter?
![Twitter](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/y/2/7/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gtg8t0.png/1482359101100.jpg)
Another day, another top executive leaves Twitter.
Top 10 games of 2016
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There may have been a shortage of world-shifting, once-in-a-decade hits this year, but great games came thick and fast every single month. Here are our favourites.
Hands on: Livestream Mevo live streaming video camera
![The Mevo live streaming camera makes it easy to broadcast on Facebook, with the Boost battery pack on the right.](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/f/k/u/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gtfknv.png/1482370463836.jpg)
A tiny wireless streaming camera controlled from your iGadget, Livestream's Mevo puts you on the world stage.
Apple has turned its back on Mac loyalists
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Apple's concerted effort to make its computers more like its mobile devices runs counter to professional needs, and the company risks an exodus of creative types going to rival Microsoft.
Zuckerberg's home AI entertains toddler, dispenses grey t-shirts
![Zuckerberg](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/f/h/2/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gtfgfq.png/1482272584041.jpg)
​Mark Zuckerberg has a new housemate: Jarvis, an artificial intelligence assistant he created this year that can control appliances, play music, recognise faces and, perhaps most impressively, entertain his toddler.
$212,000 per public service IT contractor, and we're hiring more of them
![The public service's outsourced IT crowd cost an average of $212,000 each.](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/i/1/0/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gtf4q5.png/1482356119986.jpg)
Contractors cost 80 grand more than public servants, Finance Departments says, and the public service hires more of them.
How much Apple will charge to replace lost AirPod
![Apple's AirPods are not cheap.](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/l/r/a/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gtes0l.png/1482197446492.jpg)
After a lengthy delay, Apple is finally shipping its wireless AirPods to customers, and it's also detailed what you'll pay if you lose one or need it repaired.
New Foxtel app gives kids their own streaming video
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As Presto closes up shop, Foxtel is working to make its streaming options more family-friendly.
Why phone and laptop upgrades aren't that great anymore
![Apple's new laptops are faster, much thinner and lighter than the previous generation, and they have about 10 hours of ...](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/c/n/0/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gte0wr.png/1482114708934.jpg)
I've just replaced my laptop after four and a half years, and for the first time in my life I didn't feel the need to get the latest and greatest.
Six-Second video app Vine is not dead
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Fans of Vine, the 6-second video app owned by Twitter, were writing their eulogies in October when the social network announced it planned to shut down. Over the weekend, the company changed its mind — sort of.
ATO tech wreck: Jordan promises answers
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Hundreds of IT staff working 'massive' hours to fix big and complex mess.
Blocking Pirate Bay will not stop VPN-savvy Australians
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Despite a Federal Court decision this week obliging internet service providers to block certain piracy-enabling websites, Australians will continue to easily access such sites via VPNs and other technologies they already use.
Britain's The Grand Tour piracy spree highlights the futility of blocking The Pirate Bay
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If Australia's plan to implement UK-style piracy website blocking is such a good idea, how did the Brits just break piracy records downloading The Grand Tour?
Facebook rolls out anti fake news measures
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Facebook is changing its powerful news feed in an effort to stamp out fake stories following a firestorm around the social network's role in spreading false information.
Mobile Mario an addictive hunt for coins and high scores
![As long as you're running, old foes like goombas and koopas won't stop Mario this time. He vaults right over them.](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/c/b/s/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gtcaz8.png/1481856930240.jpg)
Focusing less on precise control and more on flowing jumps, hidden coin hunts and besting your friends' high scores, Super Mario Run successfully embraces the strengths of mobile platforms without losing too much of the Nintendo charm.
What Australians Googled in 2016
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It turns out we tend to google a lot of things. A lot of those things tend to be sports related.
New Yahoo breach affects 1 billion accounts
![Yahoo's latest disclosure potentially twice the number of users as the breach disclosed in September.](/web/20161224101352im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/v/v/q/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gtbgsy.png/1481754978429.jpg)
Yahoo has identified a new system breach that occurred in August 2013 and involved data associated with more than one billion user accounts.