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NSW Blues halfback Trent Hodkinson in talks to join struggling Newcastle Knights

Newcastle have emerged as favourites to sign NSW halfback Trent Hodkinson in a move that could pave the way for Kieran Foran to join Canterbury next season if his deal with Parramatta collapses. The odds of that happening shortened dramatically on ... >> view original

Giant Basking Shark Caught: Amazing Pictures Show Rare Species Snagged Off ...

A giant basking shark was caught off the coast of Australia, but instead of going on the mantle the enormous fish is headed straight to the museum to be studied. The basking shark is one of the largest and rarest species of the giant fish, and unlike its more ... >> view original

The iPhone might lose the Home button

Apple's iPhone might be about to lose its most iconic feature - the Home button - if new rumours are to be believed. Apple is reportedly working on a chip that would allow fingerprint sensing from the touchscreen itself, negating the need for a home button. >> view original

AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Official Benchmark Results Released

The much awaited official performance benchmark results were released today by AMD for Radeon R9 Fury X against NIVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 Ti and not the Titan X. Let's take a look inside the Radeon R9 Fury X; so it has the Fiji XT graphics processing ... >> view original

Welcome to the Dawn of the Age of Robots

Growing up, I believed that very soon we would all have robots like Rosie, from The Jetsons, cleaning up after us. For those out there who are too young to remember The Jetsons, Rosie is the family's domestically adroit robot maid. After all, why should ... >> view original

2015 Holden Insignia VXR review | first drive

Just 71 examples of the Insignia were sold in this sporting guise wearing Opel badges in the 11 months General Motors introduced the German brand to Australian buyers in 2012 and 2013. It was an epic fail and GM should have known better than to think its ... >> view original

Guy puts 1990s MacOS 7 on an Apple Watch – without jailbreaking it

An Apple Watch tinkerer has managed to get his wristslab running an operating system that hasn't been updated in nearly two decades. New Yorker Nick Lee said he used an emulator to get his Apple watch running a disk image of the MacOS 7.5.5 operating ... >> view original

Borderlands Series Gets Steep Discounts in New Humble Bundle

Humble Bundles are always great, and the new one is no exception. This bundle features steep discounts for the popular Borderlands series on PC. It also includes a whole bunch of the games' DLC, so if you already own one of the games, there is still ... >> view original

The Elder Scrolls Online: the 100 word review

Skyrim this is not. The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited has a huge, social world and plenty of opportunities for questing with friends, but at the expense of the solitary, fantastical experiences that made the series' name. The lore, politics and magic is ... >> view original

Greg Hunt: Australia's emissions reductions are well on track for the 2020 target

This article is part of Climate for Change, a Fairfax Media series on global warming. Full coverage can be found here. Follow our coverage on Facebook. Australia has just held what is arguably the most successful emissions-reduction auction anywhere in the ... >> view original