![US tech companies have been loath to decode any of their systems for intelligence and police agencies.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/0/t/h/t/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gytsx2.png/1507069240597.jpg)
![US tech companies have been loath to decode any of their systems for intelligence and police agencies.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/0/t/h/t/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gytsx2.png/1507069240597.jpg)
Hands on Anki Overdrive smart race cars
![Anki Overdrive brings the race track into your home.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/s/m/x/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gysm32.png/1506926615143.jpg)
Scalextric meets Mario Kart, Anki Overdrive brings car racing to life in your lounge room.
Xbox, Porsche announce 'performance gamewear'
![Professional driver Chelsea Angelo, and Porsche junior driver Matt Campbell, in Forza onesies.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/s/o/b/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyso7s.png/1506971699350.jpg)
To celebrate the launch of racing simulation game Forza Motorsport 7, Xbox Australia is today taking the wraps off limited edition "gamewear" that "offers gamers unparalleled coziness and functionality as they hit the virtual track".
Mini Super Nintendo is incredible value
![The SNES Mini isn't much bigger than two original SNES cartridges stacked on top of each other.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/s/h/9/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gysfey.png/1506951383835.jpg)
Purely on the strength and number of classic games it includes the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System offers an incredible value proposition.
Amazon Echo Spot – do we want screens on our smart speakers?
![Amazon's Echo Spot wants to put an Alexa-powered smart screen in your home.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/r/e/w/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyrem9.png/1506899791918.jpg)
As Amazon's Alexa smart assistant prepares to launch in Australia, Echo smart speakers are coming in all shapes and sizes.
Apple looks into reports of iPhone 8 Plus splitting open
![An iPhone user in Taiwan reported that her phone split apart while it was charging.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/s/e/u/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyseqo.png/1506929505431.jpg)
Apple has confirmed it is looking into two reports of iPhone 8 Plus phones splitting open shortly after they were purchased.
Lockheed Martin trumps SpaceX Mars plans
![Lockheed Martin's orbiting outpost would use NASA's Orion spacecraft as a command deck.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/r/8/4/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyr84n.png/1506673606761.jpg)
As some experts at the Astronautical Congress in Adelaide dismissed Mars plans within a decade as 'vapourware' US Defence contractor Lockheed Martin showed off how it thinks it can be done.
Sphero gets back to basics with $80 Mini robot
![The new pint-sized Sphero Mini is an affordable way to introduce kids to programming.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/r/4/p/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyr30w.png/1506657960653.jpg)
A programmable robot the size of a ping pong ball, the Sphero Mini is ready to roll into classrooms.
Nokia 3310 throwback phone coming to Australia
![A new version of the Nokia 3310 is coming to Australia.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/r/1/1/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyr0mq.png/1506671757408.jpg)
A new version of the classic Nokia 3310 mobile phone will launch in Australia in October, complete with a customisable retro interface, an MP3 player and of course a version of the classic mobile game Snake.
Digging deep in the excellent SteamWorld Dig 2
![SWD2](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/o/y/t/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyoxx7.png/1506607025979.jpg)
There are few better things in video games than a satisfying upgrade loop. A new axe that chops trees twice as fast as your old axe — or a jetpack that makes you realise you've only experienced a fraction of the game world despite hours of exploration — can be incredibly rewarding, and it's this sensation that Steamworld Dig 2 does better than most.
Google, Amazon may surf next wave of wealth
![More than 56 per cent of them were open to letting a tech giant like Google, Amazon, Facebook or Apple handle their ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/h/w/e/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyqh5m.png/1506570132519.jpg)
Financial management firms could lose their next generation of wealthy clients to the lure of global giants like Amazon and Google, according to the latest report on the habits of the rich.
Subscription software is death by a thousand cuts
![Always available and up to date, software as a service can be very attractive.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/g/9/0/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyqb92.png/1506607082089.jpg)
Over the last decade, the software business has undergone a revolution, but are we better off?
Hands on Humax H3 Espresso streaming player
![Fling live footy around your home with Humax's PVR and H3 Espresso combo.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/q/4/j/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyqa3v.png/1506576036227.jpg)
Flinging live and recorded television around your home, Humax's tiny H3 breaks the lounge room shackles.
Apple opens up on privacy amid Face ID concerns
![Apple's iPhone X was launched on September 12.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/h/0/a/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyq765.png/1506605085832.jpg)
Apple has released more details about the iPhone X's Face ID feature, publishing a new privacy site which addresses some of the concerns that people have had since the face-scanning feature was announced.
We're becoming numb to hacks and breaches
![Equifax: Data security not assured.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/p/f/m/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gypfmk.png/1507065967421.jpg)
We seem to be resigned to signing away our privacy rights in order to access products and services.
Nice tech, awful battery
![Well-built, but low on power.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/p/f/f/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gypfdl.png/1506483063143.jpg)
The Garmin VIRB 360 camera is expensive, but is it worth the outlay?
This could be the best way to kill off fake Facebook accounts
![Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/p/m/6/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gypewv.png/1506481121128.jpg)
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has some ideas on how to monitor the fake accounts on Facebook and Twitter.
Sony's a9 is more camera than I could reasonably need
![A professional-grade camera calls for professional grade lenses, which will blow out the cost even more.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/o/z/2/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyoyvv.png/1506520624044.jpg)
When you need to take 20 photos per second, with each and every frame individually autofocused and autoexposed, this is the camera you go to.
Twitter to test 280-character tweets, doubling existing limit
![The length of tweets has been limited to 140 characters since the company launched in 2006.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/u/2/d/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gypf8v.png/1506575653675.jpg)
The days of Twitter limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered.
What 'yes' campaign's SMS blast would have cost
![The Yes campaign 'is using every resource available' to reach Australians.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171003224830im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/i/2/u/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gyowhs.png/1506924621590.jpg)
It would have cost the 'yes' campaign for same-sex marriage at least $620,000 to send its bulk text message to all 31 million mobile phone subscribers at the weekend, Fairfax Media can reveal.