 | | |  | Dangerous chemicals are killing workers in factories that assemble smartphones for Apple and Samsung, writes Mahesh Sharma. | | Top stories LIA TIMSON 1:46pm | The Commonwealth Bank and Australia's competition watchdog are warning consumers to disregard unsolicited phone calls purporting to be from the bank. | HEATH GILMORE 9:55am | Australian quantum computing star Michelle Simmons has joined Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein and Alexander Graham Bell as an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. | Iain Gillespie | Invisibility is one of the most startling technological wonders we will see in the future. | Edward Wyatt 12:35pm | WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission will propose rules that would allow Internet service providers to offer a faster lane through which to send video and other content to consumers, as long as a content company was willing to pay for it, according to people briefed on the proposals. | Charles Wright | Stronger passwords are required to avoid being stung by Heartbleed. | Mark Mazzetti 2:42pm | An informant working for the FBI co-ordinated a 2012 campaign of hundreds of cyberattacks on foreign websites, including some operated by the governments of Iran, Syria, Brazil and Pakistan, according to documents and interviews with people involved in the attacks. | Jessica Garner 10:41am | Emily, a 30-year-old economist, became so addicted to Candy Crush Saga, a free iPhone game, that she would lie awake at 1am imagining her finger swiping across the screen to line up rows of brightly coloured lollies. | Vindu Goel 9:19am | Continuing its recent strong growth, Facebook reported on Wednesday that its revenue grew 72 per cent and net income nearly tripled in the first quarter. | ASTRONOMY | In your lifetime there've been about as many solar as lunar eclipses. | New York police didn't quite get the response they were hoping for after asking users to post photos of themselves with officers as part of a PR campaign. | Eric Adler | ?Anyone who's ever encountered internet trolls - vile, racist, sexist and often profane people who gorge themselves on others' misery - might have concluded such individuals are psychologically disturbed. | Brian X Chen 9:01am | Apple's remarkable growth streak - now more than a decade old - is starting to show its age. | Sylvia Pennington 1:27pm | Australian schools have embraced online systems automating everything from canteen ordering to selling seats at the end of year concert. | Cynthia Karena | We review the RealChords and TEDxSydney 2014 apps. | Rod Easdown | Plug your smartphone or tablet into one of these portable speakers. | | | Advertisement  More stories Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | | | | | Security Reminder: Fairfax Media digital never requests personal or credit card information via email. Be wary of suspicious emails claiming to offer Fairfax Media digital services. You are receiving this email as a registered Fairfax Media digital member. Your username is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. Your email address is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. If you do not want to receive further announcements from Fairfax Media digital, please unsubscribe here. Fairfax Media Limited. ABN 15 008 663 161.
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