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United will soon roll-out Wi-Fi for flights to and from Australia.

Zoom meetings at 35,000 feet: How superfast Wi-Fi is changing flying

United planes flying to and from Australia will begin featuring superfast internet later this year.

  • Chris Zappone

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Made by Chinese company Xpeng, this 6-metre vehicle can be driven or flown.
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Xpeng X2 flying car's first public flight

Made by Chinese company Xpeng, this 6-metre vehicle can be driven or flown.

University of NSW professor Veena Sahajwalla and RenewIT chief executive James Lancaster in his warehouse of old office equipment.

These plastics were ‘unrecyclable’. An Australian invention is changing that

Groundbreaking technology developed by University of NSW researchers transforms hard plastics from old office equipment into 3D printer feedstock.

  • Andrew Taylor
It is one of the greatest innovations in music history, and it came from Sydney, Australia. Video by Tom Compagnoni.
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The Fairlight Story

It is one of the greatest innovations in music history, and it came from Sydney, Australia. Video by Tom Compagnoni.

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Every despot has his day

There’s just one small snag.

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Payback is just a stone’s throw away

Even with a blind lunatic at the controls.

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Flush with technology

On the face of it.

Computer scientist William Wulf at the University of Virginia.

William Wulf, computer pioneer who opened way for internet, dies at 83

This computing visionary played a pivotal role in the transformation of the internet from a small network to the modern information superhighway.

  • Brian Murphy
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Nicki plays Dylan

Or was it just a Minaj?

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Open season on top seeds

While some find themselves in hot water.