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Foxtel Now streaming puck takes pay TV beyond the box
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Locked in a turf war with Telstra and Netflix, Foxtel is fighting to defend its foothold in Australian lounge rooms with its new tiny streaming media player.
Family Link: how Google's new accounts for under-13s work
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Parents will be able to keep a closer eye on their children's use of Android devices from this week, as Google announces the availability of Family Link in Australia.
Charismatic, but character-building
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Marantz's $1240 NA6005 network streamer is perfect for audiophiles -- as long as they have a patient disposition.
Padding the story
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Plugging in cables into a device is a small action, but it's just easier to throw a phone on a flat thing, especially if you're charging it every other day.
Twitter officially moves to a 280 character limit
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Twitter's iconic 140 character limit for tweets is no more.
iPhone X sold at a higher margin than iPhone 8
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Apple's latest phone costs more to make than the iPhone 8 that came before, but it's also being sold at a higher mark-up.
Game on: Nintendo has risen from the ashes
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Two years ago it was not unusual to ask what future Nintendo had, if any.
Hands on Telstra TV 2 streaming set-top box
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Marrying free-to-air and pay television with the best of the internet, Telstra's new Ultra HD streaming set-top box is a serious contender in the battle for HDMI 1 in your lounge room.
Disturbing videos slip past YouTube Kids filters
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It was a typical night in Staci Burns's house. She was cooking dinner while her 3-year-old son, Isaac, watched videos on the YouTube Kids app on an iPad. Suddenly he cried out, "Mummy, the monster scares me!"
Teething problems: when your $US999 iPhone won't activate
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Some iPhone X customers said they can't activate their new devices, a potential hiccup for Apple's most important product launch in years.
Are we ready for the rise of the robots?
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Should we fear what the future holds? In just a week's time, innovators and scientists from around the world will converge on Melbourne to talk about it.
Xbox One X offers true 4K gaming on a console
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Much more powerful, but somehow smaller, than the Xbox One S released last year, the Xbox One X is a marvel of technology and engineering that provides the most technically impressive console gaming experience you can get, especially if you're running a 4K TV.
PC versus console: where should a young gamer swear their allegiance?
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Support for teenage gamers is hard when they push the limits of your tech.
Six gestures you'll need to learn for iPhone X
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If you want a quick guide to everything new before you get your own new iPhone X, here's your cheat sheet.
iPhone X first impressions: some re-learning required
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The iPhone X is as weird and wonderful device. And it will take some time to get used to.
Waymo's autonomous cars ready to roll
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Alphabet's Waymo unit demonstrated a self-driving minivan with no one behind the wheel last month, declaring the vehicle as ready for public use.
Pixel 2 is very impressive and extremely Google
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The Pixel 2 fixes a lot of the issues that kept the original Pixels from being perfect Android phones.
Headphones measure heart rate
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An Australian start-up is taking on the difficult fitness wearables market from a unique new angle. Co-founded by Dr Sven Rees, formerly of the NSW Institute of Sport, the BioConnected HR+ looks like yet another pair of sport-focussed Bluetooth headphones, but inside is highly accurate heart rate monitor.
NBN director blasts ISPs for poor speeds
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Australian internet service providers that complain about the fee they have to pay per megabit for access to the national broadband network don't care about consumers or quality of service, according to NBN Co non-executive director Michael Malone.