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Google grants Aussie pollies free soapbox
Adam Turner 7:45 AM Feature will show words, photos and videos direct from politicians on top of search results.
Google patents human flypaper
Tech giant invents weird solution to reduce impact of cars colliding with pedestrians.
Ted Pretty's next big bet is farm data
Android, Chrome OS come closer together
Google's Project Tango: phone augmented reality
When YouTube pranks break the law
Chatty AI at core of Google future
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I hate my iPhone, and I'm not alone
There's a nagging feeling that Apple hasn't been giving us what we want for a while now.
Social
Russian app identifies strangers from photos
Ben Guarino Software allows you to use a photo of a stranger to track down their profile on eastern Europe's most popular social network.
VR
Daydream to bring high quality VR to Android N
Adam Turner Google has unveiled a second-generation virtual reality viewer, accompanied by a motion controller, as it prepares to build its new Daydream VR platform into the upcoming Android N smartphone operating system.
Kim portrait had an inevitable response
Adam Taylor Remarkably, the photo appeared not to have been digitally altered. Until the internet saw it.
Security
LinkedIn breach affected more than 100 million
Brian Krebs A 2012 data breach that was thought to have exposed 6.5 million hashed passwords for LinkedIn users instead likely impacted many more.
A French billionaire aims to disrupt Silicon Valley
Leonid Bershidsky The French have something to teach Silicon Valley about tech. At least, Xavier Niel thinks so
The new iPad Pro is awesome
Peter Wells The new iPad Pro is back to the original 9.7-inch form factor.
Ultra HD Blu-ray ends region-coding, for those who can afford it
Adam Turner The arrival of Ultra HD Blu-ray discs heralds the end of the much-hated region coding that has long prevented Australian consumers buying movies from overseas.
Six things you probably didn't know you could stream on Spotify
Patrick Allan Spotify is essential for music lovers, but it's got a lot more to offer than good tunes. You can stream audiobooks, radio dramas, language lessons, famous speeches and more for free.
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Increasing demand from Israel start-ups
Rapidly expanding tech scene is turning to Australia for capital — and experience.
IBM is training Watson to hunt hackers
Andrea Peterson Tech giant is taking a big data approach to cybersecurity that will have the supercomputer scour vast troves of security research at a rate humans could only dream of.
'1000 will have to go. It's that simple'
Henry Belot Fear government's cyber security recruitment drive will lead to job cuts.
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Hands on review: LG flat Ultra HD OLED EF950T television
Adam Turner Finally conceding that not everyone is in love with curved screens, LG has delivered a flat Ultra HD OLED masterpiece with full HDR support to help it look better than ever.
Social Radar
Should you stalk your child's smartphone?
Catherine Armitage Keeping an eye over your child's shoulder on the home computer is so last century
MacMan
How my Apple Watch saved my life
Garry Barker I woke up feeling a bit odd. I strapped on my Apple Watch, unlocked the iPhone, and then felt for my pulse on my right wrist. Soon I was in the hospital cardiac unit for observation and treatment.
Imaging
Not wholly negative: digitising your old photographs
Terry Lane Unearthing your own archive of long-ago photographic negatives and slides opens the mind to the world that was – and perhaps points to money to be made.
