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![Characters are diverse and charming in ARMS.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/a/p/e/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gx0962.png/1498624423368.jpg)
What we know about the latest global ransomware strike
![The screen shown on computers locked by the new strain of software.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/z/c/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzyop.png/1498650588672.png)
Security experts are warning that a quick-spreading new ransomware attack may have more tricks up its sleeve than the previous WannaCry software that crippled thousands of computers worldwide last month.
Netflix slugs Aussies with price rise
![Aussies will pay more to watch Netflix hits like <i>House of Cards</i> each month after the streaming video service ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/3/9/9/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzw9j.png/1498650870914.jpg)
Australians will pay up to 20 per cent more for Netflix as the streaming video giant rolls out a price rise alongside the introduction of the GST "Netflix tax".
Massive cyber attack hits Europe with widespread ransom demands
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The hack's scale and the use of ransomware quickly recalled the massive May cyberattack.
Driverless cars can't figure out kangaroos
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The Swedes, geniuses that they are, have long led the world in conquering the moose test. But here's one thing they don't seem prepared for: the kangaroo test.
Nintendo announces mini Super Nintendo
![The mini SNES comes with 21 legitimately great games built in.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/3/z/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz3oo.png/1498521845880.jpg)
Nintendo has announced the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment system, a tiny console designed to look like the incredibly popular SNES that was first released in Australia in 1992.
Xbox, PlayStation in head-to-head battle to put gamer first
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With Microsoft introducing the 4K-enabled Xbox One X, a competitor to the PlayStation 4 Pro Sony launched last year, the two rival gaming platforms are head-to-head once again going into the super-competitive back half of the year. At E3, the heads of each brand told Fairfax Media what sets them apart.
Esports: Wargaming to amplify Australian presence
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With its hiring of a new business manager for Australia and New Zealand, the company behind World of Tanks has taken its first steps to a becoming the next big name in esports down under.
The Western tech firms sharing cyber secrets with Russia
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Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets in order to sell their products in Russia.
Google stops scanning your Gmail to personalise its ads
![Google has vowed to stop scanning our inboxes, perhaps allowing it to improve overall security.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/8/v/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwycr1.png/1498442380472.jpg)
Google's finally giving up its long-standing habit of riffling through your inbox to see what you're interested in, perhaps paving the way for enhanced security.
The best tools for escaping WiFi hell
![A home WiFi map can help troubleshoot your flaky wireless network.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/p/6/g/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwx4yv.png/1498188043887.jpg)
Before you take a baseball bat to your WiFi router, there are a few apps which might help bring your home wireless network back from the dead.
Mario + Rabbids shouldn't work, but it does
![Mario + Rabbids](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/w/w/x/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwwtz9.png/1498396882835.jpg)
Kingdom Battle combines one of the most iconic brands in gaming with a bunch of idiot rabbits and has them all partake in some XCOM-like strategic shooting.
iPhone storage almost full? It's not just you
![The size of those apps is, on average, 11 times bigger than they were in 2013.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/v/8/j/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwwuhu.png/1498207664889.jpg)
If you feel like your storage is filling up faster than it used to, you may be on to something.
ASIC bans multiple crowdfunding offers
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ASIC has banned start-up companies from making multiple crowd-source funding offers to raise money to expand.
Hands on: FreeviewPlus Catch Up TV revamp
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Freeview's streaming video service has undergone a Netflix-style makeover, making it easier to find something decent to watch on free-to-air television.
You have to be over 55 to work for this tech start-up
![South Korea, like the United States, is facing a dramatic rise in over-65s in the next 10 to 20 years.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/w/7/h/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwv6yv.png/1498141558675.jpg)
Sorry, millennials, you need not apply. You're not wanted.
What iPhone 8, Google Glass may have in common
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A new report raises some interesting possibilities for the upcoming iPhone and Apple's increasing focus on augmented reality.
Uber's lesson: We need to fix the startup culture
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Overlearning the lesson of Steve Jobs' first fall at Apple - and of founder-led hypersuccesses at Google and Facebook - Silicon Valley's investors created a culture where founders are given carte blanche.
'Always be hustlin': Without Kalanick, Uber can move on
![Travis Kalanick's founder's ruthless streak helped Uber become a fixture around the world before sleepy regulators and ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170628172801im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/r/z/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gww0zl.png/1498089271387.jpg)
Its founder's ruthless streak helped Uber become a fixture around the world before sleepy regulators and the slow-moving taxi industry were able to notice. But for its own sake now, he had to go.
Raging against the machine
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Internet-based services and software can be astoundingly useful, transformative and impactful. They can also reduce one to a gibbering, frustration-maddened ball of rage.