Technology
Aussies among elite Warcraft players duking it out at BlizzCon
World of Warcraft is taking off as a competitive esport, and it could just be the perfect event for Australians to excel at.
- by Alex Manisier
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Social media
'Heartbreaking': Facebook banishes controversial pages in political purge
Matt and his wife ran a group of left-leaning and anti-Trump pages as their only source of income, and tried to play by Facebook's rules. They were wiped out.
- by Adam Turner
Home tech
Jabra's Elite 65t are truly comfortable 'truly wireless' earbuds
With great battery life, sound superior to Apple's AirPods and a light, comfy design, these are wireless buds you could actually wear for hours.
- by Peter Wells
Home tech
Why CD players are making a comeback
Sales of players are up 30 per cent on last year, despite the the availability of much cheaper DVD and Blu-Ray machines that play CDs.
- by Rod Easdown
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Security
Australian IT link in Chinese hack of jet companies
An Australian-based IT company was allegedly used by Chinese hackers as a back door to steal the commercial secrets of aviation companies.
- by Nick McKenzie & Angus Grigg
Hands on with Apple's new Macs and iPads
Apple's lineup now has the high-end tablet graphic designers need, and the entry level laptop everyone's been asking for.
- by Peter Wells
Apple reboots iPad Pro, revives MacBook Air
Apple refreshes its lineup of computers with new powerful iPads that can connect to a monitor and run full Photoshop, plus the return of the entry level Mac laptop.
- by Tim Biggs
Space
NASA spacecraft sets record for closest approach to sun
The Parker Solar Probe has surpassed the record of 43 million kilometres from the sun set by Helios-2 back in 1976.
Games
Red Dead Redemption 2 review: a Wild West work of art
Far from just Grand Theft Auto V on horses, Red Dead 2 sets a new bar for believable open world games and features Rockstar's most interesting story yet.
- by Tim Biggs
Home tech
Telstra's new modems mean NBN outages won't kill your home phone
The Smart Modem Gen 2 will use Telstra's 4G mobile network to supply internet and phone calls in the event of an outage, at no extra cost.
- by Adam Turner
Twitter looking to remove 'like' button to improve debate
The heart-shaped 'like' button will be removed as part of an effort to "incentivise healthy conversation", the social media platform said.