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Huawei MateBook X Pro review: a Windows workhorse in MacBook clothing

Huawei MateBook X Pro review: a Windows workhorse in MacBook clothing

With beautiful thin looks, plenty of grunt and a lower price tag than the competition from Microsoft and Apple, Huawei's ultrabook is an appealing alternative.

  • by Tim Biggs

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Tech to help you run: what the experts use
Gadgets

Tech to help you run: what the experts use

What's useful, and what's just hype? And how much tech is too much when you're running?

  • by Alice Clarke
The US slams China for cyber 'theft' while Canberra takes a back seat
Cyber security

The US slams China for cyber 'theft' while Canberra takes a back seat

'China shows no sign of ceasing its policy and practice of conducting and supporting cyber-enabled theft,' says the White House.

  • by Nick McKenzie, Jacob Greber & Angus Grigg
How China diverts, then spies on Australia's internet traffic
Investigation
Security

How China diverts, then spies on Australia's internet traffic

For six days last year, China Telecom appears to have deliberately diverted Australian internet traffic to China and logged as a routing error.

  • by Nick McKenzie, Angus Grigg & Chris Uhlmann
Local esports stars score in a league of their own
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Local esports stars score in a league of their own

As Australia's esports scene continues to thrive, star players like Sydney's Jordan “Only” Middleton are finding they can turn pro without the traditional need to move overseas.

  • by Adam Turner
Bowers and Wilkins, and the lost art of hi-fi manuals
Home tech

Bowers and Wilkins, and the lost art of hi-fi manuals

Many speaker manufacturers assume buyers already know how to make their speakers sound the best, which is brave.

  • by Rod Easdown
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'Something went wrong': Facebook users in meltdown after social media site crashed
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Facebook

'Something went wrong': Facebook users in meltdown after social media site crashed

Many Facebook users were told "something went wrong" after they tried to access their news feeds on Sunday afternoon.

  • by Justine Landis Hanley
Twenty years of Pikachu: Pokemon Let's Go blends old with new
Games

Twenty years of Pikachu: Pokemon Let's Go blends old with new

Fuelled by a touch of nostalgia, Pokemon is healthy and heading into a third decade.

  • by Tim Biggs & Mathew Dunckley
MacBook Air (2018) review: a welcome but unexciting upgrade

MacBook Air (2018) review: a welcome but unexciting upgrade

If you've been waiting for your old reliable MacBook Air to get the one upgrade it really needed — a nicer screen — this new version will make you very happy.

  • by Peter Wells
Facebook said to cut ties with opposition research firm after outcry
Facebook

Facebook said to cut ties with opposition research firm after outcry

The development follows a bombshell New York Times investigation that found Facebook has sought to spread disparaging information about its critics.

  • by Mike Isaac
Frozen planet three times the size of Earth found in our neighbourhood
Space

Frozen planet three times the size of Earth found in our neighbourhood

If you were travelling at the speed of light, it would take you just six years to reach it. In the context of the universe, that's basically right next door.

  • by Deborah Netburn