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Autocorrect is getting personal

As devices use your regular communication to learn about you and correct your messages, errors are now likely to tell the person on the receiving end something unintended about you.

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CES 2015: The most ridiculous exhibits on show

HANNAH FRANCIS | From giant props to free booze and dancers, vendors will do almost anything to stand out in the crowd.

Australia's internet lags behind despite NBN

In the slow lane: Australia's internet isn't getting much better in terms of speed.

MISA HAN | Despite the imminent rollout of the NBN, Australia has slipped to 44th in the world for average connection speed.

Google loses search share, Yahoo rises

Google's search share has fallen to its lowest mark in five years, although it still holds a massive lead.

12:04pm | Google has seen its share of the US internet search market slip to its lowest mark since 2008.

Translation technology beginning to deliver on its promise

Science fiction: The tech used by the characters of Star Trek (or at least functionally similar tech) will soon be reality.

Quentin Hardy 8:19am | The single biggest thing that separates us — our language — has started to disappear as instant translation becomes viable.

In connected future, Big Mother is watching

Mother, created by French company sen.se, was one of thousands of devices on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

HANNAH FRANCIS | The growing trend of connected devices - from fitness wearables to Wi-Fi-enabled coffee machines - was the standout attraction at this year's CES.

Victorian bushfire app under fire over 'inaccurate' data

Victoria's FireReady phone app has come under fire for giving residents information about bushfires that don't exist.

Sydney suburbs urged to switch to NBN as soon as possible

Rolling out: the NBN will become available to 20,000 homes in western Sydney in next few months.

INGA TING 12:15am | About 20,000 homes and businesses in western Sydney will soon have to swithc or use mobile.

Obama to announce cybersecurity plans in State of the Union

Preview: President Obama, pictured here at a community college in Tennessee, has been giving out 'spoilers' ahead of his State of the Union address.

Michael D. Shear 9:22am | US President Barack Obama will announce new initiatives next week designed to bolster online security and improve access to cyberspace.

SpaceX fails in attempt to land booster upright

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as it heads for space carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Christian Davenport 6:39am | Billionaire Elon Musk's daring and unprecedented attempt to land a rocket booster upright on a barge in the ocean was unsuccessful.

Charlie Hebdo murders: Anonymous threatens cyber-revenge

A screengrab of the video posted by hacktivist group Anonymous.

Elizabeth Weise | One of the hacktivist groups using the name Anonymous has vowed to attack Islamic terrorist websites and social media accounts in revenge.

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