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Branson, Bezos, and the Kármán line: how everybody wins this month's space race

Billionaires posturing over commercial spaceflight is the ultimate cockfight, but with Virgin below 100km up everyone gets to say 'First!'

Branson, Bezos, and the Kármán line: how everybody wins this month's space race
Technology

Study shows free divers can drop heart rates as low as 11 beats per minute

New research shows elite free divers incredible control puts them in the same oxygen management league as dolphins, seals and whales.

Study shows free divers can drop heart rates as low as 11 beats per minute
Ideas

LEGO is prototyping bricks made from recycled bottle plastics

The company is investing $400M into sustainability projects, including turning recycled PET plastics into LEGO. And research is going well.

LEGO is prototyping bricks made from recycled bottle plastics
Business

Telstra and TPG just defragged the airwaves to make your 4G faster

Without being forced to, Telstra and TPG just restacked their wireless spectrum allocations to make things smoother for users in many cities.

Telstra and TPG just defragged the airwaves to make your 4G faster
Security

Google kicks app with 5.8M downloads for stealing Facebook logins

Photo editors, horoscopes, and fitness apps amongst the genres found to be intercepting Facebook login data across nine apps.

Google kicks app with 5.8M downloads for stealing Facebook logins
Technology

The freedom to Sonos Roam: a review after two months usage

After using the Sonos Roam for two months, is it still good? And how does it compare to the more expensive Sonos Move?

The freedom to Sonos Roam: a review after two months usage
Media

Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???

Yes, what we really needed Twitter to do was to make some NFT artworks – and not even make them tradeable for whoever gets them...

Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???
Ideas

Pentagon report says UFOs can’t be explained – that really is a big deal

The big report has arrived, and with no clear explanations we don't have to say 'aliens' but we do have to take UFOs seriously.

Pentagon report says UFOs can’t be explained – that really is a big deal
Technology

Duolingo, the app that guilts you into studying languages, is about to IPO

The owl that keeps trying to remind you to work hard to achieve your goals is about to get an IPO cash injection.

Duolingo, the app that guilts you into studying languages, is about to IPO
Computers

HyperX Alloy Origins 60 keyboard review: tenkeyless gorgeousness

The HyperX Origins 60 keyboard brings a convenient small form factor in a beautiful package with surprisingly little compromise.

HyperX Alloy Origins 60 keyboard review: tenkeyless gorgeousness
Media

Instagram is ready to make your timeline an even messier hot mess

With a fresh test of Suggested Posts that will appear ahead of actual people you follow, welcome to more algorithm than ever before.

Instagram is ready to make your timeline an even messier hot mess
Technology

Is your phone really listening to you? It's so smart it doesn't have to.

Your phone is reading your mind, but it's because it's getting all the data it needs without access to your microphone.

Is your phone really listening to you? It's so smart it doesn't have to.
Technology

How will data make your car better? BlackBerry has some ideas

Sarah Tatsis tells us about how vehicle data and in-car information systems are evolving and how to protect the data while making it useful.

How will data make your car better? BlackBerry has some ideas
Technology

TCL is launching a wearable display in July that might be better than awful

It's not trying to AR or VR. It doesn't have a camera. Don't wear it walking around. With all that said, this wearable screen seems useful!

TCL is launching a wearable display in July that might be better than awful
Media

Instagram is finally letting you post via the web from your desktop

All the better to upload that pristinely edited photo (or meme, or ad), Instagram has quietly opened the door to posts from your PC.

Instagram is finally letting you post via the web from your desktop
Business

Windows 11 is official: top features, key details

From Android apps (!!) to loads of new design features, we take a look at what was announced for the next generation of Windows today.

Windows 11 is official: top features, key details
Business

Of course you've been waiting for Facebook ads inside your VR, right?

Engagement vampire Facebook is ready to thrust floating ad units into your enraptured eyeballs inside the solitude of virtual reality.

Of course you've been waiting for Facebook ads inside your VR, right?
Business

Windows 11 event: an exciting step into the future for PCs?

Ready to watch the future of Microsoft Windows arrive? We've got the link you need, plus why we think this upgrade really matters.

Windows 11 event: an exciting step into the future for PCs?
Art & Culture

Canva teams up with Snap (the other one) for direct print services

Australian DIY design unicorn Canva is teaming up with Snap Print and Design to offer direct access to printing services from its tools.

Canva teams up with Snap (the other one) for direct print services
Ideas

Turning crop waste into jet fuel with AgBioEn technology

Melbourne's, AgBioEn, is working with La Trobe University and LAB3 to run trials for turning crop waste into bio diesels and jet-fuels.

Turning crop waste into jet fuel with AgBioEn technology