Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.

Show Notes:

PAX Australia plays its cards right [SMH]

MyRepublic wants you to lobby for a better NBN, launches unlimited gamer plans [CNET Australia]

Foxtel launches fibre-to-the-premises NBN service [ZDNet]

Amazon Shopping Is Coming To Australia [Gizmodo Australia]

Adobe's New Audio Software Eerily Mimics Human Speech [Pitchfork]

LastPass is now free across all your devices [Engadget]

YouTube is still having trouble getting people to pay for YouTube [The Verge]

Microsoft announces its Slack competitor - Microsoft Teams [The Next Web]

Slack shows it's worried about Microsoft Teams with a full-page newspaper ad [The Verge]

'Doctor Strange' Reigns Supreme With $240M+ Overseas/$325M+ Global; Gives China A Shot In The Arm - Intl Box Office [Deadline]

'Back to the Future' Screenwriter Bob Gale Happy for Cubs, but Bummed a Good Joke Is Now Spoiled [The Hollywood Reporter]

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.

Show Notes:

Australia's biggest data breach sees 1.3m records leaked [iTnews]

Australian government invests AU$4.8m into revenge porn reporting tool [ZDNet]

Telstra apologises for NBN outage that affected thousands [The Age]

Telstra and Optus improve services complaints [CRN]

Twitter is shutting down Vine [TechCrunch]

Pornhub offers to buy Vine [CNET]

Tesla's Electric Domination Moves Forward With Debut Of Beautiful Solar Shingles [Gizmodo Australia]

Microsoft announces upgraded Surface Book with 16-hour battery life, for $2,399 [The Verge]

Microsoft Surface Studio PC announced with "world's thinnest LCD monitor" [The Verge]

Hacker who stole nude photos of celebrities gets 18 months in prison [The Guardian]

Here's How Much Jail Time You'll Get for Destroying the Apple Store [Fortune]

Apple's New MacBook Pro: Everything You Need To...

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.

Show Notes:

Samsung sets up exchange booths at airports to prevent the Note 7 from blowing up planes [The Next Web]

Australian tech guru Leslie Nassar killed in hit-and-run [ABC News]

Leslie Nassar [GoFundMe]

'Tinder murder' trial almost derailed by juror's daily Instagram habit [Mashable]

Technology giants look to tap into Australian content [AFR]

DDoS Attack Snarls Friday Morning Internet Traffic [eWeek]

AT&T will acquire Time Warner for $85.4B in content play [PCWorld]

The Nintendo Switch is Nintendo's new home console, out March 2017 [Vooks]

Apple plans to launch new Macs at an October 27 event [Recode]

Report: Apple slams the brakes on electric Apple Car to focus on auto software [Macworld]

AirPods review: Apple's promise of wireless wonder [The Age]

Director Tim Miller, Ryan...

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.

Show Notes:

Pauline Hanson receives seat on NBN committee [ZDNet]

Census meltdown played out in new FOI documents [SMH]

MPs warned smartphone app messages could be released under FOI laws [ABC News]

Telstra's fight to keep mobile network to itself [SMH]

No one wants to buy Twitter [The Verge]

Twitter to stream Melbourne Cup live [SMH]

The New $5 Note Can Play Vinyl Records, Seriously [The Huffington Post]

Brisbane Apple Store staff sacked in explicit photo sharing scandal [The Age]

Samsung permanently stops Galaxy Note 7 production [ABC News]

Samsung Note 7s are getting difficult to return [CNN Money]

Qantas and Virgin ban troubled Samsung phone [ABC News]

Coen Brothers to Write Internet Thriller 'Dark Web' for Fox [The Hollywood Reporter]

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.

Show Notes:

Yahoo Reportedly Spied on Millions of Users' Emails for the Government [Vice]

High-speed travel is coming... fast [The Australian]

Would you get behind the wheel of Australia's first self-driving car? [ABC News]

Bureau of Meteorology launches simple-to-use weather app [ABC News]

Samsung Note 7 replacement emits smoke on US plane: report [CRN]

Samsung is suspending production of the Galaxy Note 7, says Korean news agency[The Verge]

Man's Replacement Galaxy Note 7 Catches Fire, Samsung Accidentally Texts 'I Can Try And Slow Him Down' [Gizmodo Australia]

Facebook Marketplace could be the new eBay [SMH]

Pixel 'phone by Google' announced [The Verge]

Here Are Telstra's Plans For The Google Pixel [Gizmodo Australia]

Google's Daydream View Is A Super Soft, Super Light VR Headset [Gizmodo Australia]

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.

Show Notes:

At Chobani, Now It's Not Just the Yogurt That's Rich [The New York Times]

NBN Co dumps Optus HFC for FTTdp [iTnews]

South Australia blackout: entire state left without power after storms [The Guardian]

Telcos grapple with storm aftermath in South Australia [Computerworld Australia]

Vodafone Hands Out 2GB Of Free Data After Nationwide Network Outage [Lifehacker Australia]

Catching The Right Tram, At The Right Time [Premier Of Victoria]

FREE Wi-Fi in Melbourne CBD (Finally) [Craving Tech]

Square launches 'queue busting' Apple Pay reader in Australia [SMH]

BlackBerry to stop making its own smartphones and will focus on software [CBC News]

Swipe right for a sperm donor [Quartz]

UK retailer leaks Google's Pixel phones in detail [Engadget]

Google brings Cloud Platform to Sydney [iTnews]

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.

Show Notes:

Amazon Australia expansion set to shake up JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman [The Age]

ABS claims IBM's botched geoblocking failed the Census [iTnews]

Census 'completed by 95pc of households' as deadline looms [ABC News]

Victorian police warn of harmful letterbox USB drives [ZDNet]

Yahoo hit in worst hack ever, 500 million accounts swiped [CNET]

What To Do With Your Hacked Yahoo Account [Gizmodo Australia]

Twitter reportedly in talks with Google, Salesforce for potential sale [The Verge]

Twitter's new, longer tweets have arrived [The Verge]

Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric for Two Years [Wall Street Journal]

macOS Sierra is now live! Here's what's new [The Next Web]

The Verge's Deputy Editor Chris Ziegler Was Secretly Working for Apple for Two Months [Gizmodo]

Man arrested in connection with Pippa Middleton iCloud hack claim [The Guardian]

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek.Show Notes:

Amazon Australia expansion set to shake up JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman [The Age]

ABS claims IBM’s botched geoblocking failed the Census [iTnews]

Census ‘completed by 95pc of households’ as deadline looms [ABC News]

Victorian police warn of harmful letterbox USB drives [ZDNet]

Yahoo hit in worst hack ever, 500 million accounts swiped [CNET]

What To Do With Your Hacked Yahoo Account [Gizmodo Australia]

Twitter reportedly in talks with Google, Salesforce for potential sale [The Verge]

Twitter’s new, longer tweets have arrived [The Verge]

Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric for Two Years [Wall Street Journal]

macOS Sierra is now live! Here’s what’s new [The Next Web]

The Verge’s Deputy Editor Chris Ziegler Was Secretly Working for Apple for Two Months [Gizmodo]

Man arrested in connection with Pippa Middleton iCloud hack claim [The Guardian]

Monty Python’s Terry Jones diagnosed with dementia [BBC News]

Netflix exec says it’s “absolutely inaccurate” that Aussies get “screwed” [News.com.au]

‘Magnum P.I.’ Sequel About His Daughter In Works At ABC From John Rogers & Eva Longoria [Deadline]Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome.

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Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.

Show Notes:

Samsung is capping Note 7 batteries at 60% capacity [The Next Web]

Samsung Australia restocks Galaxy Note 7 after battery problems [iTnews]

Samsung crisis began in rush to capitalise on 'uninspiring' iPhone [SMH]

Consumers want ACCC to monitor broadband speeds, industry doesn't [The Age]

Senator Stephen Conroy resigns [Computerworld Australia]

Govt denies plans to block retail sites that don't pay GST [iTnews]

JB Hi-Fi buys The Good Guys [Appliance Retailer]

Adblock Plus now sells ads [The Verge]

Instagram now lets everyone filter comments using blocklists, will show friends' comments first [TechCrunch]

'Bad people messed it up': misuse forces changes to New York's Wi-Fi kiosks [The Guardian]

Google Street View blurs bullock's face in Cambridge [BBC News]

Google Maps gets lane guidance in...

Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Nathan Littel.

Show Notes:

Galaxy Note7 'explodes' in Perth hotel causing $1800 damage [The Age]

Airlines ban Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 [Sky News]

Repair, replace, refund? What to do about the Samsung Note 7 recall [CNET Australia]

WA become fourth state to criminalise 'revenge porn' following NSW, SA and Victoria [Yahoo News]

Girls in Tech to launch first Australian chapter [ABC News]

Foxtel confirms NBN offering next month [ZDNet]

The PS4 Pro: A stronger GPU, 4K & HDR support and more [Stevivor]

The PlayStation 4 Slim Has Finally Been Announced [Press Start Australia]

Twitter just turned DMs into a chat app [Engadget]

Porn Site Hacked: Brazzers' Accounts, Users Personal Info Leaked Online [International Business Times]

Everything Apple announced at today's iPhone 7 launch event [The Next Web]

Apple Watch Series 2: Our Complete Overview [MacStories]