![Those jokey Facebook quizzes feed a giant global industry devoted to sussing out how we think - and directing the ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/g/8/d/x/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gx5zvj.png/1500620768796.jpg)
![Those jokey Facebook quizzes feed a giant global industry devoted to sussing out how we think - and directing the ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/g/8/d/x/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gx5zvj.png/1500620768796.jpg)
Telstra giveth and Telstra taketh away under its new global roaming deals
![Before you jump on a plane, it pats to check out your international roaming options.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/s/u/f/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxfqlm.png/1500600888959.jpg)
Telstra's new international roaming day pass looks good on paper but overseas travellers need to read the fine print.
Google Home Australian review
![Google Home is surprisingly small, and unassuming enough to fit in most rooms of the house.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/f/p/o/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxe8u6.png/1500599107434.jpg)
Though there are multiple options for voice-activated smart assistants available in the US, this week marks the first official entry into Australia: Google Home.
Update your Apple devices. Right now.
![Through the Wi-Fi chip, a hacker may be able to assume control of your device's processor.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/b/w/3/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxflvx.png/1500597523943.jpg)
Apple has released a software update to iOS and macOS that you should download right away.
US lifts laptop ban on planes
![Security officials imposed the ban in March, warning then that the Islamic State group was developing bombs that could ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/3/f/e/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxflhu.png/1500594536011.jpg)
Passengers flying into the US from 10 Muslim-majority countries affected by the ban may now take their laptops into the cabin with them.
Dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa shut down
![AlphaBay was a dark web site for drugs, weapons and other contraband.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/m/o/1/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxfk1e.png/1500586646113.jpg)
Authorities said the action was one of the largest ever taken against criminals on the dark web.
ACCC cracks down on 'misleading' NBN speed claims
![Tensions are building between consumers and telcos over download speeds, particularly during peak evening periods.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/g/1/z/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxf0qj.png/1500564613662.jpg)
Telecommunications companies are misleading customers over broadband internet speeds and the worst offenders will likely face prosecution over dodgy advertising by the end of the year, the consumer watchdog says.
Online take on Micro Machines a tiny disappointment
![Micro Machines.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/f/1/m/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxevbb.png/1500524281545.jpg)
At its core the racing in World Series feels similar to the Micro Machines of old, but weak online play and flawed application of Overwatch-style competitive modes sucks out most the fun.
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/20170721072954im_/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/20170721072954im_/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/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/e/s/t/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxesh4.png/1500562369517.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/20170721072954im_/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/20170721072954im_/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/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/3/i/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx037z.png/1500559821576.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/20170721072954im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/4/n/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz4k6.png/1500562322865.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/20170721072954im_/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/20170721072954im_/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/20170721072954im_/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/20170721072954im_/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/20170721072954im_/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'.