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Google Glass enters medical practices

Google's futuristic eyeglasses are finding their way into hospitals and clinics throughout the United States.

Smart cup can tell Coke from Pepsi

Vessyl can perform a detailed analysis of what's inside, delivering data on sugar content, calorie count, even the brand.

Futuristic sea vessel could explore indefinitely

The science behind the flight of a soccer ball

Talks ordered on Dotcom freeze

Music and movie giants have joined forces to freeze Kim Dotcom's assets.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has his sight on drone deliveries.

Logistics

Amazon's drone dream

Thomas Black Engineers are racing to overcome fundamental challenges.

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Vodafone published its transparency report on Friday evening (Australian time).

Surveillance

Vodafone calls for transparency

Telco report raising questions from Dublin to Delhi about government spying.

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Piracy

iiNet lashes out at piracy crackdown

Ben Grubb ISP urges users to write letters.

While the new vulnerabilities pose less of a threat than Heartbleed, they still open a window of opportunity for hackers.

Security

New bugs found in Heartbleed

Security researchers have uncovered new leaks.

Instagram on the blink because of 'server issue'

Michael Koziol Popular site for sharing images and videos goes down.

Marketers can now use search engine queries to better target their Facebook ads.

Tech

Your searches decide your ads

Kurt Wagner Marketers on Facebook are now able to take keywords from searches.

Carey Eaton, cofounder of One Africa Media and former CIO of Seek

Former SEEK executive killed

Rose Powell Eentrepreneur shot in home invasion in Kenya.

Robert Gorkin, left, and Sina Naficy demonstrate the new latex-replacement they are triallng for condoms.

Sci-Tech

Condom that feels like skin closer

Nicky Phillips Many strange things take place in the name of science.

Tech

Parks get Street View treatment

Sydney Harbour, Blue Mountains, Kosciuszko to be mapped by rangers.

The Secret Service wants to automatically, algorithmically scan all your posts to detect sarcasm and deduce your intended meaning? Sounds like a great idea.

Monitoring

Secret Service seeks out sarcasm

US looking to buy software that can spot sarcasm online.

Blogs & Columns

Has Apple ramped up iPhone tracking?

Adam Turner Does your iPhone know where you're going before you do?

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Infamous Second Son: Powerful

The lively Second Son clearly has ambitions to be more serious than the PlayStation 3 Infamous games.

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Focus on lenses

Terry Lane If you buy a Sigma 18-35mm lens as the ‘‘kit’’ optic for a new camera, what other lenses would you need to make up a useful set?

Your iPad and Mac will soon be united

Garry Barker Everyone expected an iPhone 6 or an iWatch last week, but what we got was vastly more important to the development of consumer computing and always-on connectivity.

Martin fans pray for WordStar longevity

Charles Wright The author of A Song of Ice and Fire admits he writes his epic fantasies using decades-old technology.

'Godzilla of Earths' boosts case for life on other worlds

Melanie Kembrey Astronomers have discovered a new type of rocky planet dubbed the ‘‘Godzilla of Earths’’ that they say has positive implications for the existence of life and habitable worlds outside our solar system.