![The new Apple Watch is designed to connect to the internet and make calls even when away from a phone.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/h/0/h/z/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gyln72.png/1505948575859.jpg)
![The new Apple Watch is designed to connect to the internet and make calls even when away from a phone.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/h/0/h/z/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gyln72.png/1505948575859.jpg)
Hands on with Super Mario Odyssey
![If you've always wanted to run around as shirtless Mario — and take pictures for posterity — you're in luck.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/l/5/k/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyl391.png/1505946606866.jpg)
It was around the time I was flinging my pirate hat in order to possess a huge piece of meat that I realised Super Mario Odyssey is a bit weird, even by Super Mario standards.
Apple Watch Series 3 offers a little bit of freedom
![Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE looks almost identical to the previous version, but with a red dot on the crown.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/g/7/c/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gylelm.png/1505957796175.jpg)
The new watch's LTE connection is limited to a few small tasks, but they're exactly the tasks you'd want if you were taking the Watch on a run.
Race is on for electric truck
![Diesel trucks are on the way out - but not quite yet.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/k/w/2/b/image.related.landscape.120x80.gykvx7.png/1505873979025.jpg)
As diesel regulations bite, companies are looking to electric trucks for haulage solutions.
iOS 11: The big changes coming to iPhone and iPad
![iOS 11 features a new-look Control Centre and a Mac-like dock for iPad.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/l/1/n/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gykz00.png/1505942096431.jpg)
While the last major update to iOS redesigned and overhauled the iPhone experience, iOS 11 — which is rolling out starting today — is mostly about iPad-specific features that turn the tablet from an oversized phone to more of a laptop replacement.
It's time to give two-factor text messages the flick
![With hackers intercepting text messages it's time to switch to a more secure form of two-factor authentication.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/v/2/d/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gykq7g.png/1505864721771.jpg)
Two-factor authentication is designed to keep hackers out of your accounts, but it won't keep you safe if they can intercept your text messages.
Uber apologises for ad telling husbands to give wife 'a day off from the kitchen'
![With a $US68 billion valuation by private investors, Uber is the most valuable startup Silicon Valley has produced over ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/j/m/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyktz7.png/1505899217002.jpg)
Ride-sharing organisation Uber has apologised for running a promotion that encouraged husbands to buy takeaway food and "let your wife take a day off from the kitchen".
iPhone 8 is a worthy upgrade
![The iPhone 8 Plus and smaller iPhone 8 are worthy upgrades.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/k/b/c/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyka2d.png/1505898574418.jpg)
The announcement of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus was overshadowed at last week's event in Cupertino, as the world's media was far more interested in the radically redesigned iPhone X. But in any other year, these two new phones would be a worthy upgrade for the iPhone faithful.
LG Dire Wolves to make Aussie esports history
![LG Dire Wolves captain Mitchell 'Destiny' Shaw.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/k/8/4/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyk7nd.png/1505898474760.jpg)
The LG Dire Wolves will make esports history on September 23 when they will be the first Australian League of Legends team to compete in the League of Legends World Championship.
Hulu's Emmy triumph creates more drama for traditional broadcasters
![Hulu's <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> marks a changing of the guard as the Emmy for best drama series goes to a streaming ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/m/7/y/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyk76a.png/1505832879614.jpg)
The Handmaid's Tale paints a grim future for free-to-air television, as Hulu becomes the first streaming service to win an Emmy for best drama series.
Pirate Bay plants secret tracker to hijack users' CPU
![Prospective pirates found somebody was stealing from them, and they weren't happy.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/v/9/7/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyk2zf.png/1505832848291.jpg)
Frequent visitors to popular torrent site The Pirate Bay are up in arms after the site secretly added a feature to the site that sapped users' CPU resources to mine cryptocurrency.
Why shouldn't Aussies dodge geoblocking when we're still getting a raw deal on content?
![Content providers play Australians for fools, but it's not difficult to beat geoblocking to get a better deal.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/l/t/2/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyi8i6.png/1505527389513.jpg)
Despite the streaming revolution we're still paying more than Americans for content, and getting less in return.
'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/20170921074821im_/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/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/f/k/9/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyh0b5.png/1505832901842.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/20170921074821im_/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/20170921074821im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/h/w/e/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyhwe8.png/1505804738787.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/20170921074821im_/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/20170921074821im_/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/20170921074821im_/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/20170921074821im_/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.