![Micro Machines.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/f/1/m/x/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gxevbb.png/1500524281545.jpg)
![Micro Machines.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/f/1/m/x/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gxevbb.png/1500524281545.jpg)
Be 'brave': Musk's advice to first SpaceX passengers
![SpaceX has an ambitious agenda for the cosmos in coming years.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/a/m/p/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxerks.png/1500514214025.jpg)
Billionaire Elon Musk says there is a lot of risk associated with Falcon Heavy, his company's rocket designed to carry private citizens into space.
There's a 100% chance that Apple predictions will be wrong
![Cook has argued that Apple had a duty to protect personal information from conversations, photos, calendars, contacts, ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/g/z/x/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxerhp.png/1500511005200.jpg)
There are many reasons we shouldn't place too much faith in those trying to forecast Apple's results.
Foxtel Now's failure adds fuel to piracy fire
![This week's Game of Thrones premiere was marred by Foxtel's technical difficulties.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/e/s/t/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxesh4.png/1500512996995.jpg)
Foxtel Now was supposed to be the solution to all of Foxtel's problems, a new streaming service with a new identity, for all Australians. And, for a while, it was great. Then along came season seven of Game of Thrones.
Finally a thin and focused Surface machine
![Nice, and smells like a new car.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/5/s/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx05j2.png/1500504150539.jpg)
Microsoft's new Surface Laptop is out to challenge Apple's best, but is it up to the task?
GoPro Karma Grip keeps action cam footage smooth
![Lights, camera, action.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/b/0/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx0aoq.png/1500503440081.jpg)
If you want your action videos to look silky smooth, it helps to have the GoPro Karma Grip at hand.
Robotic room transforms itself to suit your needs
![Now you see it, now you don't. Robotic furniture transforms a room at the touch of a button.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/3/i/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx037z.png/1500501583869.jpg)
Squeezed for space in your apartment? Robotic furniture and fittings may be the answer.
Kef and Porsche deliver earbuds that actually sound good
![Kef's Motion Ones are the best of the bunch.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/4/n/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz4k6.png/1500501096540.jpg)
Any device that intends to cocoon you in music has to meet two primary requirements: it has to sound good and it has to be comfortable. If it falls short in either it shouldn't get a second thought. And over the 15 years since the first iPod made them ubiquitous, earbuds have usually failed in both. Until now.
Is a new Galaxy Note playing with fire?
![Designer Benjamin Geskin visualises the Galaxy Note 8 based on the latest leaks.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/e/2/l/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxe1b6.png/1500424338332.jpg)
It's been a question ever since last year's ultimately recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices kept catching fire: Will customers come back for more?
Not a master of stairs: how the security robot ended up in a fountain
![Stairs proved to be the K5's nemesis.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/d/z/k/4/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxdz6s.png/1500454559685.jpg)
A security robot was an internet sensation earlier this week after upending itself in a fountain. Internet theories abounded but the truth is somewhat more tame.
The much-ridiculed Google Glass is back
![Glass 2.0](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/d/y/n/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxdyfj.png/1500453285356.jpg)
​The much-ridiculed augmented-reality goggles from Google, once known as Google Glass, are back after two years of relative silence.
Thousands accidentally agree to clean toilets for Wi-Fi
![Wi-Fi](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/d/7/z/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxd7z3.png/1500464760549.jpg)
Public Wi-Fi company demonstrates just how dangerous dense terms of service agreements can be by inserting absurd conditions that 22,000 people unwittingly agreed to.
Atari shows off a brand new 'modern' games console
![The upcoming Atari box is modeled on the iconic Atari VCS, complete with a wood grain front.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/d/f/o/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxdfjo.png/1500386315728.jpg)
Atari is planning a return to the video game console market, with the first images and details revealing a retro-inspired box with 'modern internal specs'.
Village Roadshow backs anti-piracy tech
![Village Roadshow is waging an ongoing war against piracy.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/y/j/a/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxd9x8.png/1500341680712.jpg)
Village Roadshow and its co-executive chairman have jointly invested $1.5 million in Linius Technologies, a firm whose primary product makes digital video files easier to manipulate.
Nintendo's latest handheld is great value
![The new Nintendo 2DS console](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/w/z/r/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxcnwd.png/1500265610506.jpg)
Nintendo's 3DS line might only have a year or two of vitality left with the advent of the hybrid Switch console, but that hasn't stopped the company loosing yet another iteration of the hardware: the slick-looking and budget friendly New Nintendo 2DS XL.
Is the government's cybersecurity strategy failing?
![We have been overtaken by other countries when it comes to certain aspects of our policy.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/8/z/h/4/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxcl5t.png/1500258329340.jpg)
Citing a UN report that says Australia is lagging on cybersecurity cooperation, Labor's spokeswoman on cyber security and defence says our fall from fourth place to seventh is 'a direct result of the Turnbull government's failure to effectively implement its own cyber security strategy and engage with international partners'.
AR brings smart city of the future into focus
![Dr Mowlam says AR is 'an amazing tool for taking ideas off the drawing board and dropping them into the real world'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/c/j/c/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxcivi.png/1500251279318.jpg)
Local residents and potential investors can stand in Werribee's main street and view the revitalised city centre, while proposed buildings are still on the drawing board, thanks to the WynLens augmented reality project.
Google Home, WiFi smart gadgets launch in Australia
![The talkative Google Home smart benchtop speaker is launching in Australia this week.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/8/k/4/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxcez1.png/1500386301705.jpg)
Google's smart benchtop speaker and mesh WiFi network go on sale in Australia on Thursday, staking Google's claim in the simmering smart home war with Amazon and Apple.
Hands on Panasonic EZ1000 Ultra HD OLED television
![Panasonic's EZ1000 series Ultra HD OLED takes the fight to LG.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/b/y/h/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxbx78.png/1500240148694.jpg)
Throwing down the gauntlet to LG, Panasonic is embracing OLED in pursuit of the perfect television.
Autonomous drone delivery trialled at Googong, expansion to ACT possible
![Project Wing co-leader James Ryan Burgess.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720071003im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/b/z/m/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxbu0o.png/1500214921129.jpg)
The drone is capable of delivering up to 1.5 kilograms of goods, and could carry anything from milk to medicines.