![Content providers play Australians for fools, but it's not difficult to beat geoblocking to get a better deal.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/l/t/2/h/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gyi8i6.png/1505463135366.jpg)
![Content providers play Australians for fools, but it's not difficult to beat geoblocking to get a better deal.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/l/t/2/h/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gyi8i6.png/1505463135366.jpg)
'That's enough': Cook is plotting Apple's biggest deal
![Apple chief executive Tim Cook.: The last thing he wants is to end up dependent for memory chips on his archrival Samsung.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/g/z/x/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyi1os.png/1505442885092.jpg)
It's been a busy week for Apple. While its CEO Tim Cook showed off the 10th anniversary iPhone in California, he had his lieutenants work half a world away on what may become the company's largest deal ever.
Gaming goddess resurrected in Samus Returns
![Samus looks a lot sleeker now than she did in 1991, and she moves better too.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/f/k/9/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyh0b5.png/1505441396701.jpg)
Intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran is back and, while it's debatable whether she's better than ever, she's certainly doing what she does better than anybody else.
When low tech burglary has a high tech edge
![Modern robbery may combine social engineering, identity theft and old fashioned breaking and entering.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/h/z/8/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyhyrs.png/1505463510252.jpg)
There are few feelings worse than having the sanctity of your home violated by thieves.
Google sued by women claiming gender discrimination
![The lawsuit alleges the company violates California's Equal Pay Act.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/h/w/e/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyhwe8.png/1505415305354.jpg)
The suit argues Google violates California's Equal Pay Act by paying women lower wages than men.
Steve Jobs' influence is everywhere at Apple Park
![The Steve Jobs Theatre at Apple Park, with the glass-encircled waiting room at ground level, theatre beneath and the ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/h/6/5/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyh54f.png/1505398519474.jpg)
Despite a full suite of products to announce, CEO Tim Cook started proceedings with a moment's silence. Press were asked to close their laptops and cover their phones. We sat in the dark, introduced to the building — the Steve Jobs Theater — by the voice of the late Apple co-founder.
Telstra details eSIM support ahead of Apple Watch 3
![Apple Watch 3](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/g/7/8/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyh275.png/1505350347722.jpg)
Hot on the back of Apple's announcement of the new Watch Series 3, the first Aussie telco to support its integrated eSIM has come out swinging. Telstra's new One Number service will let you hook up your phone and wearable to the same phone number and mobile data plan.
'Unacceptable risk': US government bans use of Kaspersky software
![Eugene Kaspersky, a mathematical engineer who attended a KGB-sponsored school and once worked for Russia's Ministry of ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/6/i/4/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyh071.png/1505364366892.jpg)
US federal government agencies are banned from using software developed by Kaspersky Lab, a Russian firm with alleged links to that country's intelligence agencies.
Apple TV 4K arrives, now Apple's finally ready to play the Ultra HD game
![Apple will bring Ultra HD Dolby Vision blockbusters like <i>Deadpool</i> into Australian lounge rooms, at HD prices, ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/u/8/v/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gygg1p.png/1505279895138.png)
Apple's streaming video player is getting a long-awaited overhaul as the iTunes store squeezes Hollywood for a better deal on Ultra HD movies.
Apple edges closer to fraught age of facial recognition
![Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, announces features of the new iPhone X at the Steve ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/g/7/f/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gygc9i.png/1505334882548.jpg)
A whiff of dystopian creepiness has long wafted in the air whenever facial recognition has come up, but Apple sought to reverse that equation with the introduction of its new phone.
Hands on with Apple's iPhone X
![The silver iPhone X is the better-looking of the two available colours.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/g/a/8/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyg950.png/1505398536792.jpg)
Android users will no doubt mock the iPhone X, pointing to the bezel-less design of the Samsung Galaxy S8 to say Apple is playing catching up. But the iPhone X feels very different in the hand to those Android flagships.
Apple unveils $1579 iPhone X among a heap of new devices
![The new iPhone X has no Home button and is almost entirely screen on the front.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/g/7/w/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyg759.png/1505279750959.jpg)
Apple has unveiled three new phones — including a premium version that starts at $1579 in Australia — as well as a 4K Apple TV and new watches as the company commemorated its 10th anniversary of the iPhone.
What to expect at tomorrow's massive Apple event
![Three iPhones: Designer Benjamin Geskin imagines the new model (centre), compared to two resembling the 7 and 7 Plus.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/7/s/v/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyeu7e.png/1505183114255.jpg)
On Wednesday morning, Sydney time, Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the stage for the first time in the Steve Jobs Theater at the company's new campus.
Why iPhones are cheaper in Asia than in Australia
![All three major telcos also offer the option to trade in a phone you fully own for mobile bill credit, which will at ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/e/t/n/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyfezn.png/1505230141396.jpg)
Aussies hoping to buy the new iPhone are likely to be forking out more than most countries in Asia.
How do you decide when to upgrade your smartphone?
![Do you only buy a new smartphone when the old one bites the dust?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/f/1/n/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyewoc.png/1505199235833.jpg)
With Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 hitting the shelves and Apple's iPhone 8 not far behind, how will you decide when it's time to give your current phone the flick?
How much access police have to your data
![Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police Andrew Colvin.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/0/6/n/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyeq6g.png/1505095898876.jpg)
The Australian government wants new powers to access encrypted communications, but do they need them?
Game of Thrones pirated more than a billion times
![The seventh season of Game of Thrones has been illegally downloaded or streamed more than one billion times.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/5/t/n/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyepuf.png/1505087821728.jpg)
The seventh season of Game of Thrones has been illegally downloaded or streamed more than one billion times.
Senator calls for total drone ban
![Senator Barry O'Sullivan is calling for a ban on all non-commercial drones.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/p/5/f/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyc7ek.png/1504964879869.jpg)
The Queensland senator says the ban is needed until we can stop mid-air incidents.
Nokia 8: return of the Finnish flagship
![The Nokia8 in steel (above) and tempered blue.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/d/l/c/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gychbk.png/1504859397128.jpg)
For the first time in a very long time, a Nokia flagship phone is worthy of consideration alongside the latest from Samsung, LG, Sony and Apple.
'Massive' cyberattack may have exposed almost half of US
![The incident is a stark reminder of the risk of consumers' personal data being exposed online, security experts said.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170915152007im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/m/o/1/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyddfg.png/1504836714151.jpg)
One of America's three biggest credit-reporting companies was struck by a cyberattack that left almost half the US population at risk, placing it among the most intrusive security breaches in history.