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.
Design
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”.
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.
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’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.
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.
Big problem with facial recognition push
WE WILL be no safer with a national facial recognition database, says University of Canberra law professor.
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’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.
‘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.
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.
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.
74-yr-old Aussie inventor takes on China
THIS Australian entrepreneur doesn’t speak the language and faces a mountain of red tape, but he is taking his invention to China anyway.
Call to ban ‘terrifying’ killer robots
ELON Musk has joined 116 robotic and artifical intelligence founders to call for a ban on these lethal weapons or welcome a “terrifying future”.
How we’ll live in the year 2050
THE global population is growing at a rapid rate and the way we live is likely to change. A new report has made a number of predictions for our lives in 2050.
What you never knew about Clippy
MICROSOFT’S Clippy was one of the most annoying features ever, but there’s probably a lot you don’t know about the famed paperclip.
‘Vastly more risk than North Korea’
ELON Musk has used an old Victorian government anti-pokies poster in a strange apocalyptic twitter rant about the dangers of AI.
Most embarrasing design fails
FROM the dangerous to the completely inappropriate, these design fails must have cost a fair few people their jobs.
New $10 note has cool hidden feature
HOT on the heels of the new $5 note introduced last year comes a revamped tenner. It’s due to land in your pockets soon.
Most embarrassing design fails
THESE hilarious pictures reveal the world’s funniest slip-ups in the design department.
The sickest artwork of all time
A GRUESOME virtual reality installation named ‘Real Violence’ allows viewers to watch a man being beaten to a bloody mess.
Gigantic battle of the tanks in Russia
DEFENCE forces from Russia, China and Iran are currently battling it out in a gigantic spectacle competing for the title of best tank.
Why this image is worth $157,000
A PRINT of Nobel prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein is one of the most widespread and iconic images ever. So why is it worth so much?
The billion dollar battle over Bitcoin
THERE is a civil war brewing within the ranks of the most popular digital currency, and billions of dollars are at risk.
Life-like sex dolls a ‘game changer’
THE company behind the new dolls say they can listen and answer questions and move like a real person. And that is only the start.
China’s plan for Holy Grail of tech
CHINA has a plan to become a world leader by 2030 and it involves pursuing what many believe to be the Holy Grail of modern technology.
Inside Atlassian’s crazy new offices
IT’S worth $10 billion and offers its employees a free bar, kitchen and ice cream freezer. But believe it or not, this company does draw the line somewhere.
Before ‘it’s too late’: Elon Musk’s dire warning
BILLIONAIRE Elon Musk has delivered a stark message to politicians telling them we need to act soon to avoid a potential killer.
Hyperloop completes big first test
A US start-up has pulled off a major test of Elon Musk’s super speed train idea. “We essentially invented our own sky in a tube,” the company said.
Map fills half-a-billion-year gap in history
A GAP of 500 million years in our understanding of Earth’s history has been solved. This map gives us unparalleled insight into the missing millenia.
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