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View of the SRC F-35 jet from above. Picture: SUPPLIED

Awkward problem with US fighter jets

THE United States has two of the most potent and expensive stealth fighter jets in the world, but there’s an embarrassing flaw with them.

Billionaire entrepreneur and founder of SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the 68th International Astronautical Congress 2017 in Adelaide on September 29, 2017. Musk said his company SpaceX has begun serious work on the BFR Rocket as he plans an Interplanetary Transport System. / AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS

Big problem Elon Musk is tackling next

BILLIONAIRE Elon Musk just can’t help sharing his harebrained ideas with the world — but maybe it’s not as crazy as it sounds.

Shocking new footage of Miami bridge collapse. Picture: OfficalJoelF/YouTube

Shocking new footage of bridge collapse

HEART-STOPPING dash cam footage has emerged of last week’s Miami bridge collapse, showing the deadly incident from the point of view of the drivers.

Pictured is Centrral Station on the Monday 15th of January 2018 during the afternoon peak hour. Picture: Christian Gilles

Big problem with our stations

A RANKING of the world’s best rail hubs has Grand Central at the top and Sydney Central at the bottom. There’s a big reason why Australia scores so low.

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Why this house only costs $12,000

IT SOUNDS like it’s too good to be true but a new type of housing design could be the key to a mortgage free life.

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$4bn ‘bungle’: Massive train fail

DAYS after it was discovered NSW’s new trains were too big for the tunnels, turns out Queensland’s new trains are kind of illegal.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on July 12, 2017 shows Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, arriving for the third day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos became the world's richest person on July 27, 2017, as a jump in the share price of the US tech giant enabled him to overtake Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Forbes magazine estimated. The magazine said its real-time tracking of personal fortunes showed Bezos with a net worth of $90.5 billion, ahead of the $90 billion for Gates. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Drew Angerer

Amazon boss’ $50m mountain project

WHEN you have all the money in the world you can do some wacky and wonderful things, but even Jeff Bezos admits this is a little different.

An artist's impression of The Apple Campus 2, which will become the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc in Cupertino, California.

Huge flaw with Apple’s $6.3b HQ

APPLE’S futuristic ring-shaped headquarters are the fifth-most expensive building in the world, but all that money could not fix one major design flaw.

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A Chinese Chengdu J-20 fighter jet. Picture: Supplied

‘Embarrassing’ flaw in China’s new jet

THE superpower wants to show off its strength and growing capability in air combat but its long awaited J-20 stealth fighter has failed some important tests.

Ferdinand of Aragon letters. Picture: Radio Television Espanola

Spain cracks 500-year-old secret code

MADE up of more than 200 codes and 88 symbols, the secret letters between a famous Spanish king and his general confused historians for centuries.

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What you missed in Starbucks logo

MOST of us see the Starbucks logo every single day, but chances are you might have never noticed the secret hiding in plain sight.

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Also here is a little more information on Battery Powered, the Battery's member led philanthropic giving circle of the Battery: https://www.thebatterysf.com/batterypowered Battery Powered is designed to help its 550+ members, made up of leading investors, artists and tech innovators in the Bay Area, come together, explore themes, share ideas and activate their generosity. Each trimester, the Battery Powered community tackles a new theme, representative of timely important issues, such as prison reform, women's health & dignity, mental health and most recently gun safety. Since its inception in 2014, Battery Powered has allocated over $11 million and awarded funds to over 60 organizations that are making society stronger. Picture: Douglas Friedman/The Battery

Inside an ultra-luxe club for tech elites

A SECRET club frequented by San Francisco’s tech elite has dropped its strict no-photos-allowed policy to give a rare glimpse of what goes on behind its doors.

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Wynyard Station installation

‘Best thing the state has done in years’

MILLIONS of people descended this CBD station’s escalators over eight decades. Now they’ve been reborn in the most unexpected way.

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Six crazy buildings that never were

THE Sydney Opera House might be ‘out there’ in design, but it pales in comparison with a dome over half of Manhattan.

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Generic photo for facial recognition. Picture: iStock

China seeks ultimate weapon of warfare

A REPORT on China’s pursuit of artificial intelligence technologies claims the country is less constrained by legal and ethical concerns.

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 file photo, Bill Gates talks to reporters about the 2016 annual letter from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in New York. Gates says he's giving $50 million to help fight Alzheimer's disease. The Microsoft co-founder said Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, that the donation to the Dementia Discovery Fund is personal and not through his charitable foundation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig,File)

Bill Gates invests $104m in ‘smart city’

CO-FOUNDER of Microsoft Bill Gates wants to develop a “smart city” and has just dropped $104 million on a plot of land to do so.

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Rylan Kindness, the teen entrepreneur.

Teen CEO solves our biggest gripe

RYLAN, 16, is earning more in one day than he earned in three months working at a cafe. And it’s all thanks to a simple idea.

Some of the faces look eerily familar.

Crazy reason this woman looks familiar

THIS woman looks familiar but she is the product of a freakish new technology that is set to change how we see the world.

Owner of sex doll 'brothel' in Barcelona says he's had requests from clients for sessions that include rape and paedophila. Picture: Lumidolls

Inside Barcelona sex doll brothel

THIS Barcelona brothel replaced sex workers with dolls so clients could act out their weirdest fantasies but it has faced swift backlash.

The interactive activation for the House of the Future will be on display at Property Buyer Expo in Sydney.

Our future houses are going to be so cool

FUTURISTIC houses are almost here with toilets that conduct medical tests, “smart mirrors” that virtually dress people and much more “around the corner”.

3d rendering robot working with monitor in factory

AI not held back by human knowledge

A GOOGLE-owned artificially intelligent computer is “no longer constrained by limits of human knowledge,” its creators say.

Who wouldn't want to work in a tree house?

Is this the world’s coolest office?

THE biggest tech companies on the planet seem to be competing for who can build the coolest offices — and we have a new favourite.

US Army - Abrams V3 tank. Picture: US Army

US Army’s deadly new weapon

LETHALITY, survivability and sustainability have all been flagged as the improvements from a new weapon about the rolled out by the US military.

3D visual of a humanoid robot pointing/touching the screen

Hidden threat of robot revolution

THERE is an often overlooked challenge to creating artificially intelligent machines and it could have major implications for all of us.

U.S COMFIT sample..... Current methods of digital finger printing and facial recognition. Photo taken at Police Headquarters, 1 Charles Street Parramatta.

Big problem with facial recognition push

WE WILL be no safer with a national facial recognition database, says University of Canberra law professor.

Fashion Designers

Denim from Lee's Body Optimax contouring line. Picture: Supplied

Jeans that will make you skinny

CONTOURING is usually reserved for Kim Kardashian’s face. Now, a fashion brand has created a line of denim that claims to shave off kilos.

Porsche have launched their new yacht worth $20.5million - with only seven to be made. Picture: Dynamiq

Porsche’s ultra rare $21m super yacht

AFTER keeping fans waiting for months, Porsche has finally launched its hybrid super yacht — and the water bird is certainly opulent.

OzAsia. AI robot Skeleton - Ishiguro lab, Osaka univiversity. Picture: Justine Emard, copyright

‘Beyond anything that we’ve seen’

IN THE next 10 years a technological revolution will sweep aside old notions of education and change the world forever, says a university vice-chancellor.

Solar Car 2017 - Team testing the 2017 Solar Car in the leadup to the Opening

Aussie’s ‘top secret’ solar car unveiled

THE challenge is to drive from Adelaide to Darwin as fast as possible on nothing but the power of the sun. And this is how they intend to do it.

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Russia reveals its secret new weapon

RUSSIA’S new aircraft, the “Ghost”, possesses capabilities such as the ability to be piloted remotely, like a drone.

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