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Australian spies now have much more power to monitor people

Laws giving Australian intelligence agencies stronger powers have passed the nation's upper house of parliament, as the government also introduced new wording to prohibit torture. Attorney-General George Brandis said the...

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Police can detect you texting while driving using a new radar gun

A new type of radar gun being developed in the United States may one day help Canadian police crack down on people who text and drive. Virginia based Comsonics is...

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This new vulnerability could be even worse than Heartbleed

Remember that computer vulnerability dubbed the Heartbleed bug discovered earlier this year, which security specialists said could put about two thirds of all websites at risk of being hacked? Well,...

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Facebook will begin testing its Wi-Fi drones next year

By this stage, Facebook's plan to bring internet to the whole world with a fleet of drones and lasers is pretty well documented: what's a little vague has been the...

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Car-pooling app Hitch has been acquired by Lyft

Car-sharing service Lyft has acquired Hitch, a startup in the mobile app-enabled car-pooling business, to integrate the service with its own shared rides business that it set up last month....

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The Vrvana Totem virtual reality headset is even better than Oculus Rift

It does look as though the Oculus Rift is the de facto virtual reality headset for developers to work with at the moment, but are there any decent alternatives in...

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Australia is getting its first bitcoin-compatible EFTPOS card

Australian-based startup CoinJar has announced CoinJar Swipe, the first EFTPOS card compatible with bitcoin. As part of the trial announced yesterday, bitcoin holders will be able to use their CoinJar...

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Printable solar cells are one step closer to becoming a reality

Australian solar power scientists are one step closer to making available a cheaper and faster way to print solar cells onto plastic. CSIRO's senior research scientist Dr Fiona Scholes said...

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Uber’s CEO claims that the company creates 50,000 new jobs every month

How fast is Uber growing? Pretty darn fast, CEO Travis Kalanick claims the company adds tens of thousands of new drivers every month. "There are hundreds of thousands of partners...

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Olloclip’s 4-in-1 camera-enhancing lens is coming to the Galaxy S5

When it comes to smartphone accessories, manufacturers tend to prefer creating for the iPhone because their designs tend to be fixed, at least for a couple of years, unlike Android...

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