![The cast of Orange is the New Black.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/q/9/g/o/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gvvmju.png/1493536372142.png)
![The cast of Orange is the New Black.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/q/9/g/o/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gvvmju.png/1493536372142.png)
The war on fake news will be lost whilst the phrase is meaningless
![Neither side of politics can claim the moral high ground when it comes to bending the truth.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/y/j/e/4/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvuhbp.png/1493420620131.jpg)
One person's fake news is another's explosive revelation, so how can Google, Facebook and others cut to the truth of the matter?
For Microsoft, Surface loses but Windows wins
![Surface sales suffered while Microsoft's own Windows licensing customers prospered.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/x/v/7/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvuhz1.png/1493344442305.jpg)
It has always been part of Microsoft's Surface strategy to release flagship models that goad the rest of the PC industry.
Why you won't be flying in a taxi any time soon
![A concept Airbus A3 from Uber's flying cars plan.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/c/r/c/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvu8op.png/1493333673803.jpg)
It's hard to overstate how many fundamental achievements must occur first, on both regulatory and technical grounds, before anyone can summon a cab from above.
Facebook says it will act against 'information operations' using false accounts
![Facebook will act against influence operations.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/b/u/b/4/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvu8ky.png/1493325522600.jpg)
Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion.
'Power can ruin you': Pope Francis issues warning in TED talk
![Pope Francis addressed the TED Talk for 18 minutes.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/t/q/8/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvtpyi.png/1493289614942.jpg)
Pope Francis, an outspoken champion of science and technology, gave his own TED talk Tuesday night, speaking from the Vatican with a three-part message calling for a "revolution of tenderness" and warning those in power to act responsibly or "your power will ruin you."
Will the robots ruin us?
![Fritz Lang's futurist film Metropolis (1927) imagined an automated future. The real one won't be as pretty.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/r/o/f/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvrof6.png/1493254181093.jpg)
Thanks to automation a life of potential leisure beckons – whether we like it or not.
Reminder: popular apps are never truly 'free'
![As the adage goes: if you're not paying for it, you are the product.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/t/c/0/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvtbww.png/1493243200888.jpg)
A free, third-party service with access to your email is almost certainly mining your data for something. It would be silly to assume otherwise.
Why Instagram will be the next Facebook
![Instagram's confident moves seem to be paying off.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/t/b/h/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvtbcr.png/1493241040558.jpg)
Instagram is now changing the experience of using the service at a speed that would ordinarily feel reckless for a network of its size.
'Ruthless': How Zuckerberg keeps Facebook king
![Facebook's tax has risen.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/s/g/t/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvsdl4.png/1493348732491.jpg)
The tech world just witnessed a robbery. The heist was so brazen that you kind of had to admire it.
NBN regional Fixed Wireless trials hit 1Gbps
![NBN's Fixed Wireless towers can deliver 1Gbps broadband speeds beyond the major cities.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/a/s/p/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvsnaa.png/1493175504321.jpg)
Regional Australians may eventually get a taste of gigabit broadband as NBN pushes Fixed Wireless to the limit.
In South-east Asia, cyber criminals make hay of government websites
![Delegation of Interpol member countries attend a conference in Bali in November.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/n/7/3/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvrx27.png/1493173466581.jpg)
A top level investigation into cyber crime has identified nearly 9000 malware-laden servers and hundreds of compromised websites, including government portals in Asia.
Uber to test flying taxis by 2020
![Concept image of a Joby S2, one of the emerging flying vehicles highlighted by Uber in a new White Paper.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/s/d/7/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvsd7l.png/1493144308721.jpg)
The ride-hailing company has laid out some aggressive plans to get closer to its first flight.
Public sector embraces digital records management
![Anne Lyons, Assistant Director-General for Information Policy and Systems, at the National Archives of Australia.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/o/s/h/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvnq63.png/1493106022348.jpg)
Federal agencies are embracing digital records management and helping to achieve significant savings, according to the National Archives of Australia.
ACCC fails to break Telstra, NBN broadband deadlock
![Like Telstra Wholesale, NBN also denies there is a deadlock.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/r/x/t/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvrw3j.png/1493182758090.jpg)
Intervention by Australia's consumer watchdog has failed to break a stand-off between NBN, Telstra and retailers leaving homes without broadband for months.
Australia's cellular network scene in 2020
![Telstra only shut down its twenty year old 2G GSM network last year.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/w/y/o/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvrmag.png/1493066757806.jpg)
As TPG becomes a fourth major provider, the landscape has never been better for consumers who are enjoying the competition-driven cheaper pricing.
Amazon takes on Apple, Google as digital gatekeeper
![Amazon announces new products or services all the time that don't go anywhere. But the potential is intriguing.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/8/p/w/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvrm4o.png/1493066988205.jpg)
For companies that rely on powerful gatekeepers like Google and Apple for their livelihood, an Amazon alternative for selling subscriptions could be a breath of fresh air.
Australian drone gun being 'trialled in the Middle East'
![The drone jammer being used in a company demonstration video.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/r/l/r/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvrlfl.png/1493121142703.jpg)
The military of a G7 nation has purchased a drone gun or drone jammer made by a jointly Australian and US-owned company.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick plays with fire
![Travis Kalanick is driven to the point that he must win at whatever he puts his mind to and at whatever cost.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/q/x/f/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvqxdd.png/1493011990294.jpg)
San Francisco: Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, visited Apple's headquarters in early 2015 to meet with Timothy D. Cook, who runs the iPhone maker.
Hands on Telstra EasyCall 4 mobile phone
![Telstra's EasyCall 4 keeps things simple for those who only need a basic phone.](/web/20170430094739im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/r/0/s/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvr0q3.png/1492996582335.jpg)
It's a million miles from Samsung's Galaxy S8 or Apple's iPhone 7, but Telstra's EasyCall 4 might be the dumb phone that you've been looking for.