Daniel Van Boom

Huawei implied a P9 phone shot this pic, but it actually was a $4,500 Canon combo

When CNET’s Andrew Hoyle reviewed Huawei’s P9 smartphone, he found the camera to be quite spectacular. But now Huawei has come under fire for implying that the camera is better than it actually is. The Chinese electronics giant uploaded the picture above to its Google+ page, writing alongside it in a now deleted post: “We …

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Oculus CEO’s Twitter gets hacked

Earlier this month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had his social media accounts hacked. Now, Brendan Iribe, CEO of the Facebook-backed Oculus, has apparently suffered the same fate. “We here @oculus are very excited to announce our new CEO. @Lid!”, a tweet made by his account read. That was just the beginning, with the intruder following with:”imagine creating the coolest s*** …

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NBN boss to quit the day before federal election

NBN’s chief architect, Tony Cross, has resigned from the company. His last day will be Friday — a day before Australia’s federal election. Cross has been the National Broadband Network’s chief architect since 2014, and began with the company in 2010. He’s overseen the company’s shift from a fast fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network provider to a slower, so-called multi-technology mix of …

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Lady Gaga is now banned in China

China is known for having a heavily censored internet, with a system dubbed the Great Firewall of China blocking local access to sites like Facebook and Twitter. Now, it looks like that same Firewall will also block access to any mention of musician Lady Gaga. Chinese officials soured on the singer after she had a meeting with the Dalai Lama …

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Instagram will soon automatically translate foreign languages in

Fresh off hitting 500 million users, Instagram has announced that user bios, comments and captions posted in foreign languages will be automatically translated to the user’s native language. Now, we can better enjoy the snaps of breakfast, dogs and memes posted by our friends abroad (and the occasional photo featuring actual humans, too). “The Instagram community has grown faster and …

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Want to develop an app but have no expertise? Google now has a course for you

Apps are big business, with industry leaders like Snapchat worth billions in just a few years. Now, Google is hoping to help the average Joe and Joanna make the next big thing. The company on Wednesday launched an app-development course with online university Udacity, aimed specifically at the building of apps for its Android operating system. The difference between this …

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Huawei P9 to see major Australian release July 5, starts at AU$799

Huawei’s new P9 smartphone is coming to Australia, and it’s coming in strong. Launching on July 5, the P9 will cost AU$799 and be available through all major local telcos, including Telstra and Optus. It’ll also be sold at numerous chains, like JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman, as well as some boutique photography stores thanks to its cameras being approved …

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Hard of hearing? Pornhub now provides audio description for its adult films

In March, Pornhub sent out thousands of VR goggles so its tech-savy users could enjoy the virtual reality revolution for free. Now, the porn streaming site is looking to take care of another section of its userbase: the visually impaired. Pornhub on Wednesday announced its “Described Video” feature. It adds audio description to the site’s most popular videos to explain …

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This is the future: YouTuber uses drone to cut hair

From photography to racing, drones are becoming increasingly useful as people explore the evolving technology. On Tuesday, Simone Giertz, a YouTube blogger known for making humorously dodgy robots, tried to take drones to their next logical frontier of glory: haircuts. She paired up with computer hacker Samy Kamkar to make the above video, which sees the duo attempt to give …

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What does Brock Lesnar’s UFC return mean for the WWE Network?

Brock Lesnar. There’s three things you need to know about him: He’s an extreme genetic outlier, he’s one of the UFC’s biggest ever box office draws and he currently wrestles exclusively for the WWE. On Sunday at UFC 199 in California, it was revealed that the WWE had agreed to a special “one off” deal allowing Lesnar to return to …

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