![Duan Yongping is the reclusive billionaire who founded Oppo and Vivo, the twin smartphone brands that dealt the world's ...](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/v/q/c/3/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gv1qor.png/1489968651950.jpg)
![Duan Yongping is the reclusive billionaire who founded Oppo and Vivo, the twin smartphone brands that dealt the world's ...](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/v/q/c/3/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gv1qor.png/1489968651950.jpg)
Uber president Jones quits amid turmoil, search for COO
![Uber has been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons this year.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/j/z/x/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gv1ps6.png/1489973118220.jpg)
Uber Technologies president Jeff Jones is quitting after less than a year because of multiple controversies engulfing the ride-hailing company, Recode reported.
The grassroots campaign to make Reddit less toxic
![Attempts at addressing Reddit users' bad behaviour through tech solutions has done little to curb abuse.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/1/p/5/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gv1p9g.png/1489959672936.jpg)
As a company, Reddit has shown itself to be either ambivalent or complicit in abuse on the site, but users are fed up.
Beijing returns to cycling past via smartphone app
![A rider on a Mobike in Beijing. Mobike and Ofo are the market leaders in bike-sharing in cities across China.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/1/o/z/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gv1oun.png/1489959021791.jpg)
The capital may be returning to its roots – with a modern twist - thanks to about two dozen technology start-ups.
What the Yahoo case says about Russian spies
![A wanted poster for Dmitry Aleksandrovich, who is already in jail.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/0/k/7/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gv03p5.png/1489724733964.jpg)
Dokuchaev's rare achievement in being wanted by both the US and Russian authorities sheds light on what is widely said in the West to be "state-sponsored Russian hacking".
Samsung's new S8 to adopt facial recognition for payments
![The S8 would be the first to use the technology to verify financial payment applications.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/j/n/9/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gv027i.png/1489710319502.jpg)
The Galaxy S8 to be unveiled later this month will blend fingerprint, iris and facial detection to verify users accessing mobile services.
Don't lose your cool over the DIY smart home
![The DIY smart home can leave you dumbfounded, so make sure you do your research.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/v/r/h/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gv00oy.png/1489691571890.jpg)
After two months without aircon, the only thing that stood between my family and a decent night's sleep was a smart wall switch which insisted on playing dumb – but in the end the switch wasn't to blame.
iPhone explodes in man's hands at repair shop counter
![A still from the YouTube video of the incident.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/z/l/d/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.guzh37.png/1489663645228.jpg)
The explosive week in the tech world continues as a video emerges on social media that shows an iPhone 6 Plus bursting into a cloud of smoke.
Google, Levi's smart jacket: what's coming next for wearables
![The smart Commuter jacket, which was introduced over the weekend at SXSW in Austin, is aimed at those who bike to work.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/z/5/3/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.guz4xg.png/1489637660441.jpg)
The $350 smart jean jacket offers a glimpse of what smart fabrics can do and of the evolution of the wearables market.
Loving video games to death - literally
![Joe Marino, a video game player who has more than 40,000 followers on Twitch, wrote of his own health problems after ...](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/z/4/3/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.guz3yy.png/1489613428275.jpg)
As the popularity of live streaming of video game playing grows, so to does the health risks.
If you woke up and saw swastikas on Twitter, here's why
![Twitter: an ideological battleground.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/y/8/6/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.guz2cw.png/1489619439671.jpg)
Dozens of Twitter accounts were hacked Wednesday in an apparent large-scale cyber-attack.
Russian spies, hackers indicted over massive Yahoo hack
![Yahoo announced the then-unprecedented breach last September.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/z/1/z/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.guz1yn.png/1489605839366.jpg)
The US government has revealed charges against two Russian spies and two criminal hackers for allegedly pilfering 500 million Yahoo user accounts in 2014.
At last, a hi-tech mop
![Apparently, we need a mop robot.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/y/8/x/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.guy8sj.png/1489553169559.jpg)
Too tired to mop the floor? No problem. There's a robot for that.
Is your teddy bear watching you?
![Hacking protection 101: the aluminium hat.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/y/7/7/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.guy76v.png/1489548691851.jpg)
So, after the Wikileaks dump earlier this month of a portion of the CIA playbook for cracking digital comms, it turns out that agencies like the CIA and MI5 do, in fact, conduct spying, and that they will use pervasive technology such as smart phones and internet-connected smart devices to achieve their ends.
New M10 stays true to Leica's design philosophy
![Leica's M10 consciously evokes its earlier film classics.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/h/s/c/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gut0ir.png/1489623211673.jpg)
Over three weeks, we tested Leica's new M10 digital rangefinder, valued at $9700, and two things became clear at the end of this period.
Facebook, Twitter could face fines in Germany over hate speech posts
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The move by the country's authorities comes as technology companies face increasing scrutiny worldwide over how they police online material.
Australia's internet speeds lag behind world, despite NBN
![We're being bested by most developed Asia-Pacific nations.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/y/h/0/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.guyh4u.png/1489562095750.jpg)
​Australia continues to fall behind most of the developed world when it comes to home broadband internet speeds.
Woman's headphones explode on Beijing to Melbourne flight
![The woman was badly burnt when her headphones exploded on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/y/7/b/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.guy6va.png/1489549774653.jpg)
An airline passenger has spoken of her horror when her battery-operated headphones exploded on her face mid-flight.
Aussie telcos need to rein in their call centre liars
![Australians are fed up with telcos lying to them on the phone.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/0/i/o/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.guy9pe.png/1489534815926.jpg)
Optus' heavy-handed NBN migration tactics highlight how far telco call centres are prepared to bend the truth.
Optus cutting off customers without warning, blaming NBN
!["We have suffered considerable inconvenience, damage and cost to our business," says Optus customer.](/web/20170320040050im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/1/4/2/q/x/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.guy9g4.png/1489661722608.jpg)
Phones and broadband services are being cut as part of Optus' rush to shut down its HFC cable network in NBN-ready areas.