![The Zeiss ZM 50mm F1.5 C Sonnar lens: everything old is new again.](/web/20170531135527im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/1/r/x/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gwg1nt.png/1496225521548.jpg)
![The Zeiss ZM 50mm F1.5 C Sonnar lens: everything old is new again.](/web/20170531135527im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/1/r/x/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gwg1nt.png/1496225521548.jpg)
Facebook user is found guilty of defamation for 'liking' posts
![The man has been convicted of defamation after liking a series of posts on Facebook.](/web/20170531135527im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/1/0/e/8/2/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgri7.png/1496205691002.jpg)
The man 'liked' a post accusing another man of anti-Semitism and racism has been convicted of defamation.
NAB outage leaves customers in the lurch
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Customers have been left without basic banking services as the major bank suffers what appears to be a nationwide outage.
NBN takeup rate languishes, but figures aren't quite as dire as they seem
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More than half of the five million Australian premises with NBN access have ignored the new network, but the story isn't quite so grim once you dive into the numbers.
Government continues to ignore world-class local games industry
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As the global games industry grows, the government seems willing to be left behind in the last century, and is not doing its part to support Australian creators.
Is Android creator's new phone essential?
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What do you really need out of a smartphone? Developer Andy Rubin — the creator of Android — has tried to answer that question with a new phone aimed at delivering the basics of a high-end smartphone in a simple package.
Uber fires man accused of stealing 14,000 documents from Google
![Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, left, and Anthony Levandowski.](/web/20170531135527im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/l/4/7/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgrk9.png/1496189845660.jpg)
Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, the star engineer at the centre of its high-stakes legal fight over driverless cars.
Is China outsmarting the West in artificial intelligence?
![Soren Schwertfeger, center, and his team of assistants work on an automated arm in Shanghai.](/web/20170531135527im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/z/o/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwfye9.png/1496108602289.jpg)
Soren Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany and seemed set to continue his work in Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence was pioneered and established. Instead, he went to China.
Crisis over, Samsung can enjoy the power of habit
![The latest tidbit has its Galaxy S8 smartphone hitting 1 million unit sales in South Korea since its April 21 release.](/web/20170531135527im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/u/d/4/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwfia5.png/1496032883648.jpg)
Forgiveness is a wonderful thing, though in reality what Samsung may be enjoying is the power of habit.
Prey is a promising but deeply conflicted game
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Set in an eerie retro future space station, the role-playing game fails to live up to the initial excitement.
The best defence against ransomware: shoot the hostage
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You can nuke an infected computer and start from scratch without losing anything, but only if your backups aren't also held to ransom.
I threw away $4.8 million in Bitcoin
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Five years ago, I threw away a hard drive. It had a data file containing 1400 Bitcoin on it. No big deal, at the time. Today, those few kilobytes are worth more than four million dollars.
Playboy model gets community service for body-shaming gym Snapchat
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Former Playboy model Danielle Mathers has been sentenced to community service for secretly photographing a naked older woman in a Los Angeles gym and then posting the picture on social media, court documents and officials have said.
Which virtual butler will command the servants in your smart home?
![The smart home needs a smart butler, although preferably not as in-your-face as Tony Stark's Jarvis.](/web/20170531135527im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/d/w/n/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwdvxa.png/1495812443005.jpg)
With Belkin's WeMo gadgets finally set to take orders from Apple's Siri, the smart home giants are vying for the coveted position of household butler – acting as liaison between the lord of the manor and your digital servants.
New Pokemon game about Magikarp is surprisingly dark
![Goodbye my child.](/web/20170531135527im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/d/o/m/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwdnjf.png/1495764669512.jpg)
Magikarp Jump, a game about raising Pokemon's most useless monster, is out today for iOS and Android. It is just as much a game about training Magikarp as it is a game about losing your Magikarp in horrible ways.
What Zuckerberg told Harvard grads
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The Facebook CEO and famous college dropout left the Ivy League university 12 years ago to found the social network.
Google's Daydream headset promises cinematic VR
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A world away from holding your smartphone up to your face, Google's new standalone VR headsets will go head-to-head with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
Street Fighter II is back, yet again
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Bringing the classic fighter to the Nintendo Switch, Ultra Street Fighter II is a Frankenstein's monster of a package that doesn't bring much new of value to the table but is still an excellent way to play the game.
Facebook signs BuzzFeed, Vox for video shows
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Upcoming video service will feature long and short-form content with ad breaks, according to several sources.
The $859 drone that flies from your hand
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This small camera drone can take off from your palm and aims to capture a wider market with prices from $859.