![The restriction of a first-person viewpoint does wonders for the game's tension.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/1/w/5/s/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gu6ddf.png/1486351993548.jpg)
![The restriction of a first-person viewpoint does wonders for the game's tension.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/1/w/5/s/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gu6ddf.png/1486351993548.jpg)
Do you need to buy a drone?
![Drone-mounted cameras make it easier to capture images in difficult locations.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/2/1/h/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu21km.png/1486348658771.jpg)
The days of TV journalists and photographers using helicopters to get a bird's eye view are fast fading. Drones, big and small, are increasingly being used to get stunning aerial images most of us thought were out of reach.
Wanted: high-tech grads to work with Aussie farmers
![New degrees such as agri-sciences are being added by universities, with a sharp rise in students who do not have a ...](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/6/d/f/4/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu6d3k.png/1486348041505.jpg)
Parts of Australia's farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones, robots and automated sensors.
Top 10 ways to stay safe on public Wi-Fi networks
![When you're finished working online, turn Wi-Fi off.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/6/6/t/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu66uz.png/1486341293905.jpg)
Free Wi-Fi is a windfall, but you do have to care about security when you're out and about. Here's how to surf safely, on any device.
Hands on review: Zencastr podcast maker
![Zencastr makes it much easier to edit together professional-sounding audio even if you're talking to someone on the ...](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/s/i/1/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu6433.png/1486352322809.jpg)
If you need to make a bunch of people sound like they're in the same room, even though they're spread far and wide, then Zencastr might be the service you're looking for.
China's AI weapons get smarter
![While America's best AI talent keeps its distance from the government, China is catching up.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/6/3/a/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu62zt.png/1486357014018.jpg)
The companies that make the fastest computers are the same ones that put things under our Christmas trees, which has grave implications for warfare.
Alibaba's Jack Ma vows to use government funds to grow small businesses
![Jack Ma, founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group launches the group's Australian headquarters.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/5/l/v/b/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu5hoo.png/1486239805905.jpg)
Launching Alibaba's Australian headquarters, billionaire founder Jack Ma said the Chinese e-commerce giant would help Australian and New Zealand businesses share their products with the world.
Is Snap's float the most shareholder-unfriendly ever?
![Barring unforeseen circumstances, the only way the two founders are ever really going to lose control of Snap is if both die.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/p/o/m/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu5hfl.png/1486171746706.jpg)
Snap is aiming to adopt the most shareholder-unfriendly governance in an initial public offering, ever.
MasterCard 'Selfie Pay' coming to Australia in 2017
![MasterCard Identity Check will let Australians shop with a smile.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/2/i/4/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu2ggz.png/1486120800293.jpg)
Aussies will soon be able to smile at their smartphones to confirm payments as credit card giant MasterCard prepares to bring its biometric authentication app to Australia.
How Snap will make money
![Evan Spiegel, left, chief executive of Snap, and Bobby Murphy, senior vice president of engineering, each own 227 ...](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/4/v/o/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu4ug1.png/1486099210025.jpg)
Snapchat may have been built on disappearing messages, but as the social media darling hovers on the cusp of becoming a public company its parent is trying to show how durable its business is.
Facebook loses $653 million virtual reality headset verdict
![The Oculus Rift has put Facebook at the forefront of the virtual reality boom.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/w/1/8/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu4i8g.png/1486088652957.jpg)
The virtual reality headset maker that Facebook bought in 2014 for US$2 billion used stolen computer code, a jury said in awarding $500 million to ZeniMax Media.
Microsoft wants exception to Trump immigration order
![Microsoft is proposing a change to the president's recent executive order](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/7/8/w/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu4l5m.png/1486080573317.jpg)
Many in the technology industry have expressed outrage over the executive order, but Microsoft has chimed in with a proposed solution.
Uber CEO quits Trump advisory group
![Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is distancing himself from the Trump administration.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/8/3/h/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu4jw4.png/1486086820585.jpg)
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has quit President Donald Trump's business advisory group after pressure from activists.
Telstra glitch sends personal SMS messages to random recipients after fire at exchange
![Telstra customers are experiencing widespread disruptions.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/v/p/z/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu3xac.png/1486040313288.jpg)
Personal SMS messages of Telstra customers are being received by phone users of other networks across Australia after a fire disrupted services at an exchange in Sydney.
Telstra glitch sends texts to random recipients after exchange fire
![Telstra customers are experiencing widespread disruptions.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/v/p/z/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu3y07.png/1486022288033.jpg)
"I could have broken this guy's deal wide open" ... "Lots of issues there Telstra"
Famed designer Hideo Kojima on going independent
![Hideo Kojima.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/3/v/j/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu3n22.png/1486011932935.jpg)
Japan's pre-eminent auteur game designer wasn't widely known in the West until the explosive success of his 1998 PlayStation game Metal Gear Solid, but he's only become more prominent and controversial since.
All the big Android phones to expect in 2017
![The Pixel 2 should be more refined in a lot of ways, including build quality.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/3/r/6/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu3qyn.png/1486004730706.jpg)
With Mobile World Congress 2017 just around the corner, we thought it was a good time to remind you of all the good stuff we know (and think) is on the way.
Facebook sales top estimates on mobile ad gains
![Mobile advertising made up about 84 percent of total ad revenue in the quarter, Facebook said.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/q/r/j/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu3oh3.png/1485992990004.jpg)
(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc.'s fourth-quarter revenue climbed more than forecast, driven by advertisers' continued push to reach consumers on mobile phones.
Apple beats Samsung for first time in years
![Apple's iPhone 7](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/w/n/g/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu3jra.png/1486279337125.jpg)
Apple has overthrown Samsung as the world's biggest smartphone manufacturer for the first time in five years after reporting record sales.
Use of ad-blocking software rises by 30 per cent worldwide
![By using software to block digital advertising, users are breaking an unwritten pact with websites and digital publishers.](/web/20170206051220im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/3/5/0/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gu311u.png/1485929832215.jpg)
No matter what these tech giants do, people's use of software to block digital advertising keeps gaining traction worldwide.