Technology

The most common passwords of 2016

Keeper found around 1.7 million accounts were protected by the password '123456'. Is yours?

We've all heard the warnings about passwords — use a variety of character types, make it random, use a password manager — but many of us, it seems, still aren't listening.

Flashing peace sign may put fingerprints at risk

Isao Echizen's fingerprints were recreated from a photo of him flashing a peace sign.

Japanese researchers say they have successfully copied fingerprint data from a digital picture of a person flashing a two-fingered "V" or peace sign, raising questions about the potential theft of such information.

Nanny state game depressing, oppressive, not unrealistic

<i>Beholder</i>'s art style, while simple, works well with the feeling of oppression.

Clearly modelled after a grim nanny-state vision of Russia, 'Beholder' tasks players with balancing two opposing goals: run an apartment building as a respectable landlord who is liked by his tenants, and keep your government employers happy by constantly monitoring, reporting and spying on said tenants.

SpaceX successfully launches rocket

SpaceX launch

Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies returned to the skies on Saturday with a flawless delivery of communications satellites into orbit, its first flight since a September 1 fireball destroyed a rocket and its payload on a Florida launch pad.

Hands on: Fetch TV multi-room streaming

The latest Fetch TV Mighty update lets you watch your recordings on a Fetch TV Mini set-top box in the bedroom, so you ...

Fetch TV owners can curl up in bed and use the TV in the bedroom to watch something they recorded in the lounge room, thanks to the latest firmware update.

Hands on with Nintendo Switch

When detached from the console, the Joy-Con can be fitted with straps that make them comfier to hold and stop you ...

The Nintendo Switch had its official coming out party over the weekend, as the world's press got its first chance to go hands on with the machine and put it through its paces.