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| UpdatedThe Kingdom of Tonga is joining several other developing countries in getting a formal postal system for the first time.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, tonga, pacific, united-kingdom
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Last year children spent an average of 12 hours a week online, compared to 10.5 hours spent in front of the TV, according to a survey of Australian kids aged six to 13.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, internet-culture, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, television, social-media, children, sydney-2000
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Dr Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab, the CEO of Cyber-Security Malaysia about the arrest of dozens of men who had scammed millions of dollars from lonely women.
Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-culture, internet-technology, community-and-society, marriage, singapore, malaysia
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| UpdatedA Melbourne boy's piano that can be played inside a pocket earns him Australia's top student inventor's prize.
Topics: inventions, music, secondary-schools, computers-and-technology, instrument-making, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedYour phone holds a tiny collection of modern art – and this is the man behind it. The first emoji’s are on show at New York’s MOMA, creator Shigetaka Kurita went for a visit.
Topics: digital-multimedia, science-and-technology, arts-and-entertainment, library-museum-and-gallery, computers-and-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedThe technological world may be on the cusp of a revolution, the extent of which is predicted to mimic the take-up of the smartphone in the late 2000s, but some experts call for caution.
Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-technology, science-and-technology, health, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Is Trump's tech company backlash really a big deal?
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, world-politics, computers-and-technology, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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| UpdatedInvestors pile into Facebook shares, helping lift the stock 2.2 per cent, as the world's largest social media network's revenue jumps 51 per cent, on an advertising boost.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, stockmarket, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedPatients suffering from locked-in syndrome may soon be able to communicate with their doctors and loved ones through a scanner linked to their brain.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, brain-and-nervous-system, computers-and-technology, switzerland
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| UpdatedFans of ABC TV's Good Game express disappointment at the news the show will be cancelled, rallying around the #ggtv and #putoutyourcontrollers hashtags on social media.
Topics: computers-and-technology, games, arts-and-entertainment, abc, australia
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| UpdatedGlobal tech giant Atlassian scrambles to ensure none of its 1,800 employees will be caught up in US President Donald Trump's executive order stopping citizens from seven countries entering America.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, donald-trump, community-and-society, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia, united-states
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Queensland University of Technology researchers have mounted a high definition, or UAV camera, on a drone to help build a fingerprint of the Ningaloo Reef, showing coral, sand, algae and other species.
Topics: marine-biology, science-and-technology, biology, computers-and-technology, ningaloo-6701, exmouth-6707
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If you've thought of using a VPN to get around the Federal Court’s blocking of The Pirate Bay and other file-sharing websites, you might want to take a closer look – especially if have an Android device.
Topics: internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedA blowout costing up to $60 million to Brisbane City Council's technology upgrades will result in more money being spent on a new system than it is projected to save over 10 years.
Topics: computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, local-government, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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There may soon be an influx of people applying to be firefighters in Dubai with the introduction of water jetpack systems for battling blazes.
Topics: fires, human-interest, computers-and-technology, united-arab-emirates
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| UpdatedWhen you think of virtual reality, you think of fancy headsets used for gaming and entertainment, but what if the technology could be applied to make life decisions, such as building a house, easier?
Topics: science-and-technology, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, computers-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedThe recent release of the latest Star Wars move has sparked an unexpected controversy, with the digital resurrection of an actor who died in 1994.
Topics: action, science-fiction-films, computers-and-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedA drone using LiDAR technology is being used to map out a weed which is threatening crocodile nesting areas in the Kimberley.
Topics: rural, computers-and-technology, weeds, fitzroy-crossing-6765
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| UpdatedThe use of technology in primary school classrooms is a divisive issue among parents and teachers, so are there any proven benefits of children using devices such as tablets?
Topics: education, computers-and-technology, primary-schools, children, states-and-territories, internet-culture, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedAlmost a third of all people to report having their identity stolen last year are over the age of 55, according to figures from the Federal Government's Scamwatch website.
Topics: hacking, telecommunications, industry, business-economics-and-finance, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedIt started off with a series of suspicious emails and ended in a catastrophic con that saw scammers gain access to union officials' phones, private social media accounts and even their bank accounts.
Topics: hacking, telecommunications, industry, business-economics-and-finance, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, nsw
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| UpdatedMore than 3,000 government-linked email accounts have been compromised as part of what is believed to be the largest hacking attack ever — but what does that actually mean? And has your account been affected?
Topics: hacking, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedPrivate email accounts belonging to high-profile politicians and senior Defence officials are among the 1 billion victims of the massive Yahoo data breach. Who were the hackers and how serious was the attack?
Topics: hacking, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThousands of Australian government officials, including high-profile politicians, senior Defence officials and ambassadors posted overseas, are among the 1 billion victims of the Yahoo data breach, according a secret dataset obtained by the ABC.
Topics: hacking, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia