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NBN congestion woes aren't easily solved
![NBN Co's Bill Morrow says CVC prices are going down to allow providers to purchase more.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/n/a/l/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy6vos.png/1504048853300.jpg)
Internet service providers are promising they will spend more money to ensure higher speeds for customers using the National Broadband Network, but it remains unclear how much difference that will actually make.
What might CBS All Access bring to Australia's streaming landscape?
![Trekkies don't need to worry about CBS pinching <i>Star Trek: Discovery</i> from Netflix in Australia, but how else ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/r/g/3/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy6vb9.png/1504101542723.jpg)
The new Star Trek: Discovery is safely locked away with Netflix Australia, but how else might CBS' move on Network Ten affect local viewers?
Fitbit unveils first smartwatch, the Ionic
![Fitbit's Ionic is its first, much delayed, smartwatch.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/6/u/r/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy6uma.png/1504083200808.jpg)
Fitbit unveiled its first smartwatch this week, hoping that the health-focused features of the device will reverse the hardware maker's declining influence in the wearables market.
Aussie inventors change the IoT game with a new kind of Wi-Fi
![Morse Micro co-founders Andrew Terry and Michael De Nil expect their chips to be in smart homes by 2020.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/6/5/q/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy63cn.png/1504101524989.jpg)
Australian-designed low-energy Wi-Fi chips are set to power a new generation of smart devices which can talk across neighbourhoods and run for years on a single battery.
Unlikely crossover a silly, strategic success
![When blended with Mario characters or morphed into Nintendo-inspired enemies, the Rabbids are actually likeable.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/5/k/2/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy66do.png/1504084686132.jpg)
It's not every day Nintendo hands the keys to its most famous and bankable franchise to an outside publisher, but when the result is as wacky and fun as Ubisoft's Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, it's enough to make you wish the Japanese gaming giant did it more often.
Cook collects $112.45m windfall as Apple outperforms
![Tim Cook, 56, receives annual payouts from a giant stock award he got after succeeding Steve Jobs in 2011.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/k/q/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy671p.png/1503990541361.jpg)
Tim Cook collected another 560,000 shares after Apple outperformed at least two-thirds of businesses in the S&P; 500 Index over three years.
Australian pirates to be sued in court
![Jaime Lannister is a complex character.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/5/o/c/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy62my.png/1504058151182.jpg)
Been torrenting Game of Thrones? You've just been put on notice, with the chairman of a consortium of rights holders issuing a stern warning.
Hands on: Nest Protect smart smoke/ carbon monoxide alarm
![Nest Protect brings smoke and CO alarms into the smart home age.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/5/g/w/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy5g90.png/1503987063900.jpg)
An alarm which speaks to you before it screeches at you, Nest Protect is designed to keep its cool in a crisis.
Samsung has a better AI than Bixby. Where's Viv?
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Samsung made waves in the tech world when it bought Viv, a digital assistant made by Siri's creators. So why is it using Bixby in its current phones?
I went to a Tinder party that no one knew was on
![Retro's at Fortitude Valley held a Tinder party on Saturday night, but hardly anyone knew it was on.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/n/w/t/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxnumr.png/1503880520769.jpg)
Periodically deleting and reinstalling Tinder could very well have replaced the "watching Titanic and eating ice-cream" as my generation's most (in)effective breakup remedy.
New Uncharted adventure is more of a very good thing
![Uncharted](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/1/9/s/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy3znj.png/1503630370057.jpg)
Nathan Drake's exploits may have come to a close but the series continues with a smaller-scale adventure that looks and plays a lot like last year's excellent, beautiful blockbuster, but offers a brand new story and a refreshing change of perspective.
Bandsteering isn't a panacea for all your home WiFi woes
![Home WiFi troubleshooting is a dark art.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/p/6/g/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy3znz.png/1503635472897.jpg)
If your home is a wireless warzone then automatically shifting gadgets between bands, in search of the best performance, might create as many problems as it solves.
Apple plans 4K Apple TV reveal
![2015's revamped Apple TV.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/j/6/s/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy3vvh.png/1503624262997.jpg)
Apple is planning to unveil a renewed focus on the living room with an upgraded Apple TV set-top box that can stream 4K video and highlight live television content such as news and sports.
Why gaming giant Blizzard just apologised to all of Australia
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Some fans thought a new trailer for an Australian-themed map in the game Overwatch might be considered insensitive to indigenous communities, but the game's director was more concerned about another cultural error.
Galaxy Note8 v iPhone 7 Plus
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Samsung has finally unveiled the Note8, successor to the notoriously-explodable Note7. We've already taken a look at its specs, pricing and Australian availability, but how does it stack up against Apple's iPhone 7 Plus?
First impressions of Galaxy Note8
![Note8's extra screen space is great for doodling.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170831003731im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/2/u/2/b/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy2tyy.png/1503532035067.jpg)
At first glance, the Note 8 seems to put Samsung firmly on the road to redemption. After the Note7 recall last year, this is the first viable model of its premium phone since 2015. I had a chance to spend some time with the new phone at its unveiling event in New York, and, here are my initial impressions.
Samsung is 'moving on' as it launches Galaxy Note8
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As Samsung launches its new consumer-focused Galaxy Note8 in New York, the company is in conversation with Australian aviation about updating any remaining warnings about its previous Note7 phones.
Scientists in war lab game way to victory
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In a beige concrete office block in Melbourne's inner-city, behind locked doors to which only eight people have access, a scientist sits watching two fighter jets marking a path towards their target - Sydney Harbour.
The trouble with soft dome tweeters
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There are some vexing problems with soft dome tweeters, some hard to believe. I'll get to that in a moment but first - what is a soft dome tweeter?