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Wireless audio brings the cone of silence to your lounge room
![Wireless audio ensures your late-night "me time" doesn't bother anyone else.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/1/0/k/8/i/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzpjpd.png/1511224725428.jpg)
Fetch TV is the latest device to bring Bluetooth to the lounge room, to ensure your television is seen but not heard after dark.
Uber to buy 24,000 self-driving Volvos
![One day soon you could be hailing an autonomous car with Uber's app.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/p/e/w/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzpeal.png/1511218137875.jpg)
Uber plans to put the vehicles into its extensive ride-hailing network once the technology is production-ready.
Apple's smart speaker 'needs a little more time'
![The HomePod is not ready for primetime.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/l/4/8/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzongy.png/1511164385539.jpg)
Apple is pushing back its plans for a Siri-powered smart speaker until sometime early next year.
Switch's big week: Four massive games hit Nintendo's system
![Battle dragons dressed as Link — or not — in Skyrim on Switch.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/n/j/w/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzloxv.png/1510912797561.png)
Past hits get a second life on Nintendo Switch, as big developers invest in the platform ahead of Christmas.
Spota is Tinder 'minus the sleaze-factor'
![Justin Borg (left) and Matthew Kalanos (right) have launched Spota, with financial assistance from their former boss ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/n/8/4/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzn73n.png/1510902662339.jpg)
Spota is a 'social discovery' service which enables a 'fun way for people to connect to other people they see in real life'.
Apple GymKit lets you collect data from workout equipment
![Apple Watch users can simply tap on and off the gym equipment to sync data.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/n/6/f/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzn6ex.png/1510869733135.jpg)
Hoping to extend your digital health and fitness tracking data beyond what a phone or watch could measure, Apple is partnering with gyms to let workout equipment and its Watch work together.
SMS company's $500k gift to 'Yes' campaign
![SMS Broadcast's Lee Gaywood, with his fiance Gemma Cooper.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/m/h/h/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzmgj6.png/1510829344914.jpg)
More than 10 million texts supporting the campaign were sent to Australians in September, for free.
Google's translating headphones work, if you have the right phone
![Google's Pixel Buds have adjustable loops to keep them in your ears, rather than a selection of differently-sized tips.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/m/c/g/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzmcax.png/1510783494027.jpg)
Google has set out to make its mark on the headphone world with Pixel Buds, wireless headphones that can control your phone and claim to translate conversations in real time. But how do they stack up?
Three new iPhones in 2018, analyst says
![KGI imagines what next year's iPhones may look like, compared to those released in 2017.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/k/r/z/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzkr01.png/1510616314011.jpg)
With Apple having released its iPhone X earlier this month after a year of speculation and hype, it's time to get the cycle started all over again with fresh rumours about the company's 2018 phones.
Apple's new iPad will be like the iPhone X
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The next iPad will eliminate the home button, but OLED display is unlikely.
Tech giants turning Sydney's CBD into 'Silicon Place'
![Martin Place is becoming known as Silicon Place in the commercial property industry.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/j/p/j/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzjlqm.png/1510541822824.jpg)
Global technology titans including Amazon.com, LinkedIn and Expedia are congregating in Sydney's central business district, providing a commercial property fillip just as Australia's record housing boom starts to tire.
Cup punters placed record 850 bets a second on most popular app
![In the immediate lead-up to the Melbourne Cup, Sportsbet processed 17,000 transactions per second.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/g/s/0/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzikf1.png/1510664644234.jpg)
Wagering data reveals a new record was reached in the immediate lead-up to the 2017 Melbourne Cup.
Will Amazon bring its Fire TV to Australia?
![Amazon's Android-powered Fire TV media player, compatible with a Bluetooth remote and gaming controller.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/j/k/c/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzjk3k.png/1510732854612.jpg)
Amazon's Fire TV is the latest in a long line of smart media players aiming to be one home entertainment device to rule them all.
Foxtel scuttles own player with sub-par Now streaming box
![The Foxtel Now streaming box is an underwhelming effort by Foxtel to claim Australia's home entertainment throne.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/z/1/c/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzjf0r.png/1510579779552.jpg)
Too little, too late, Foxtel's long-awaited streaming media player is outclassed by the Telstra TV 2.
Hands on Chuwi SurBook hybrid tablet
![Chewi's SurBook looks for all the world like a Microsoft Surface Pro 4, but compromises are made.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/j/e/t/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzjczb.png/1510692352853.jpg)
Direct from Shenzhen, Chuwi's SurBook hybrid aims to be the perfect budget travel companion when you need to stay productive on the move.
Netflix still killing Freeview rather than Foxtel
![Scary times lay ahead for Australia's free-to-air broadcasters unless they can work together to stem the bleeding.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/7/y/w/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzil7r.png/1510321473283.jpg)
Pay TV numbers remain steady while free-to-air television continues to bleed viewers.
Apple, RMIT University partner on coding courses
![Swift is an open-source programming language created by Apple, which can be used to make apps for iOS.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/i/n/k/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzikuw.png/1510321339018.png)
RMIT has become the first university in Australia to offer courses based on Apple's 'App Development with Swift' curriculum.
Underwater drone enables mission to assess Barrier Reef
![Blueye's Pioneer drone is less expensive and more user friendly than previous gear.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/z/i/h/7/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzigrv.png/1510263815369.jpg)
Researchers embark on a 21-day expedition to explore the Great Barrier Reef's most remote, unexplored reaches, and assess the region's declining coral reef corridor.
'God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains': Facebook's first president has some regrets
![Billionaire Sean Parker is set to give the bulk of his fortune away.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171121140839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/x/2/n/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gzigsm.png/1510263671626.jpg)
Sean Parker, the first president of Facebook, has a disturbing warning about the social network.