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The company behind Snapchat is valued at $44 billion after shares soar on its first day of trading on Wall Street, defying doubts about the company's early-stage business model and slowing user growth.

A North Queensland program that inspires Indigenous girls to pursue careers in science is being extended to Western Australia thanks to a grant from Australian surfing legend Layne Beachley.

Are you guilty of weeing in the pool? Well, scientists now know how to accurately measure it.

Energy Minister Mark Bailey says he will reactivate a private email account he controversially closed after revelations it was used for official business, and while the Opposition has referred him to the corruption watchdog, he says LNP MPs are doing the same.

Snap passes its first major test on Wall Street, with the company pricing its initial public offering of 200 million non-voting shares at $17 each.

An Australian researcher is turning bulky chemical labs into portable devices that can be carried around in your pocket.

Students at Yirara College in Alice Springs have traded books for driving skills with their own high-tech mining truck simulator.

Russian officials reject allegations hackers are already interfering with European elections in a bid to have Moscow-friendly candidates elected.

A ground-breaking partnership between university researchers and a virtual reality start-up will allow people to experience the future before it arrives.

Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick apologises after a video surfaces showing him getting into an argument with a driver for the ride service who complained about pay rates.

NBN Co says it is working on a way to offer wi-fi to air travellers from the same satellite that supplies regional internet.

The lawyer for a man accused of manufacturing 3D printed guns says his client is a fan of science fiction whose hobby got "out of hand", but a judge denies him bail saying "being a nerd" is not reason enough for release.

A Melbourne dog-owner discovers the ups and downs of internet celebrity after a video of her puppy sliding across floorboards attracts more than 15 million views online.

A Sydney is been charged after allegedly manufacturing imitation firearms — including a Glocks, a Sig and two air pistols — using a 3D printer.

A station manager in WA's Kimberley region says their internet will certainly be cut off on Tuesday night, despite completing an application to change service back in August.

Methane emissions gain less attention than emissions of carbon dioxide in the climate change debate, yet, when it comes to global warming, methane matters.

A failure of the National Broadband Network's Sky Muster satellite leaves about 65,000 consumers across regional, rural and remote Australia without internet access just one day before a secondary satellite is decommissioned.

Two tourists are paying SpaceX an undisclosed sum to take a trip around the Moon in 2018, in what would be the first privately funded space flight beyond the International Space Station.

Nokia's decision to revise a mobile phone classic should appeal to a movement of people who prefer to play with the older technologies, write Ozgur Dedehayir and Tomi Nokelainen for The Conversation.

Elon Musk has suggested we merge with machines so we're not replaced by them — but that might only delay the inevitable, writes Michael Milford from QUT.

If you get scammed online it is likely you will never hear from police, let alone see justice done to the culprits, according to the head of Australia and New Zealand's cybercrime helpline.

From love bombing and ether states, these are the emotional traps scammers are using against us.

Australia can build an affordable and secure electricity network with 100 per cent renewable energy, using existing technologies, according to research by the Australian National University.

For the first time, Australians will be able to check when the NBN network will be available in their area, after an update to the company's website.

The only Australian to secure a scholarship to attend the world's largest gaming conference is challenging the belief that online games are frivolous and anti-social.