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You can say that again!
![Speech recognition remains a challenge.](/web/20170510033858im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/1/9/s/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gw19l4.png/1494380716166.jpg)
Human language is a wonderful thing. Talking computers, not so much.
Good work in Spectre gadget
![HP's Spectre convertible: knocks the Surface into a cocked hat.](/web/20170510033858im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/m/5/c/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.gw18ng.png/1494379953260.jpg)
The second generation HP Spectre x360 has dethroned Microsoft's Surface Book as the best convertible PC on the market. Just like the Surface, it's definitely a laptop first, but here tablet mode feels far more useful, rather than an optional extra.
Bitcoin surges to record high
![Bitcoin's market capitalisation overnight soared to $US52.5 billion, according to data from coinmarketcap.com.](/web/20170510033858im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/m/3/q/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gw14qv.png/1494381968882.jpg)
Bitcoin hit a record high overnight on the creation of new tokens to raise funding for start-ups using blockchain technology.
Discover emerges as Snapchat's crown jewel
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When Snapchat unveiled Discover, a place in the messaging app where media companies can publish original stories, one of the publishers that jumped to get onto the platform was the website Mashable.
'Sexual selfies' risk as one in five falls prey to revenge porn
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One in five Australians have been the victim of so-called revenge porn, with indigenous and disabled people the most common targets.
Uber faces criminal probe over sneaky 'greyball' software
![Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.](/web/20170510033858im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/q/x/f/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvyyry.png/1493941140967.jpg)
The US Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber's use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators.
Canberra company Skoolbo takes to world stage with new TV program
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Canberra company Skoolbo launched a new television program called Preschool Play in Singapore last month.
Why this Google Docs phishing attack is particularly sneaky
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If you've received an invitation to join a shared Google Doc that you weren't expecting, you might want to steer clear of it. It's probably a phishing scam that could compromise your account.
Facebook hiring 3000 to monitor live video violence
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Facebook is nearly doubling the number of workers it employs to monitor Facebook Live video feeds, in an attempt to catch violent streams before they spread across the network.
Facebook raking in $1 billion a week this year
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Facebook's main social network is still driving sales growth, even as executives seek to temper investor exuberance.
Is Microsoft Windows 10 S for students the next Windows RT flop?
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A "full" version of Windows which only lets you install Microsoft-approved apps, Windows 10 S will be a hard sell for some parents.
Entering the 'golden age of espionage' for hackers
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Nations across the globe are pouring money into cyber espionage units allowing smaller nations to close the espionage gap without satellites or tech muscle.
Apple can't ignore Microsoft's slick, new laptop
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Microsoft has already cracked the professional and creative markets.Now it's chasing another category many believe is Apple's to lose: the A$1,300 laptop for everyone.
In elections, tech vies to fight fake news
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Computer scientists, tech giants and start-ups are using sophisticated algorithms and reams of online data to quickly – and automatically – spot fake news faster than traditional fact-checking groups can.
Pokemon Go player faces years in Russian jail
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Amnesty International called Sokolovsky a "prisoner of conscience" and criticised the Russian government for detaining the blogger.
Tech giants making all the rules this week
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The companies have vast networks of complementary products that feed off one another to generate more sales, making it ever harder for competitors to keep up.
Learning from the soon-to-be richest man on Earth
![Jeff Bezos is a mere $US5 billion away from the Microsoft founder Bill Gates.](/web/20170510033858im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/4/g/e/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gvwt7v.png/1493796747505.jpg)
What are the lessons that every business – and investor for that matter – can learn from Jeff Bezos? Here are five of the most important.
Theft of new Netflix season portends a TV crisis
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Hacking group is now threatening to release shows by four other networks unless the networks' pay a ransom.
Google's Chrome ramping up warnings when you visit insecure websites
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Google's Chrome web browser is stepping up alerts when you use sites missing that all-important HTTPS security padlock designed to stop online eavesdropping.