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TechnologyNASA gets ready for first flight on Mars

NASA has delayed its first flight on another planet as it seeks to fix technical issues in the Ingenuity miniature helicopter.

Nilima Marshall

Suburbia to Silicon ValleyHow a driven schoolgirl became WA’s third richest woman

In 2008, Melanie Perkins started a small business from a Duncraig lounge room. Thirteen years later, she’s WA’s third-richest woman. How did the determined schoolgirl become a billionaire tech tycoon?

Charlotte Elton

RIDE SHARE‘$5000 richer’: Uber moves into car-sharing

The rideshare giant has contacted customers offering to pay them to loan their cars out. But experts warn to check the fine print.

David McCowen

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Easter pop-up arcade a bust for City of Perth

The City of Perth splashed $100,000 on a pop-up arcade and “pop culture hub” that attracted just 6000 people to the CBD across three days over the Easter weekend.

Josh Zimmerman

TelecommunicationsUS blacklists Chinese supercomputer firms

Seven Chinese supercomputing entities have been added to a US economic blacklist for assisting Chinese military efforts.

David Shepardson

InternetVodafone outages prevent phone calls, data

Vodafone says it's gradually fixing a nationwide outage across its mobile services, with customers unable to make calls or use internet for hours.

Andi Yu

TechnologyCholesterol drugs could help Tassie devils

Australian and Spanish researchers have found drugs to lower cholesterol could slow the spread of the deadly facial tumour disease in Tasmanian devils.

Ethan James

Public CompaniesRising Sun Pictures sold to US studio

One of Australia’s best film special effects company and international award winner Rising Sun Pictures will receive the funding boost it needs to grow under new US owner FuseFX, co-founder Tony Clark says.

Valerina Changarathil

Worldwide outageFacebook, Instagram and Messenger down

Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger have experienced outages worldwide.

Forensic probeD-day for Crown as $5m royal commission date revealed

A start date for WA’s first royal commission in nearly two decades has been determined, with the inquiry tasked with assessing whether Crown is suitable to continue operating its Burswood casino.

Josh Zimmerman

TechnologyWA bone tools changing scientific thought

Deep-rooted scientific assumptions about Aboriginal culture are being challenged by the discovery of ancient bone tools in the Kimberley region.

Aaron Bunch

InternetFacebook bans Iranian exile troll accounts

Hundreds of fake Facebook accounts linked to Iranian exile group MEK and an Albanian troll farm have been removed by the social media giant.

AAP

New milestoneCrypto market cap tops $US2tr after doubling this year

The total market value of cryptocurrencies pushed past $US2 trillion ($2.6tr) for the first time, doubling in about two months amid surging institutional demand.

Olga Kharif

TelecommunicationsSouth Korea's LG to exit mobile phones

Electronics maker LG says it is getting out of its loss-making mobile phone business.

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TechnologyBoileau’s new division a big sign of the times

Boileau Business Technology has launched a digital signage division following a hit to its traditional printer services caused by the work-from-home revolution.

Giuseppe Tauriello

Hanging upLG axes smartphones forever: What it means for you

LG showed off a new smartphone with a ‘rolling’ screen recently, but now it’s pulling out of the market for good. This is how it will affect you.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

SecurityJordan prince will disobey army orders

Jordan's Prince Hamza says he will disobey orders by the army not to communicate with the outside world after he was put under house arrest.

AAP

InternetFacebook data on over 500m accounts found

The personal data of more than half a billion Facebook users have been founds on a hackers' website, showing the limits to how secure such information is.

AAP

InternetAmazon sorry for bogus 'peeing' tweet

Amazon admits it was wrong for blasting a US politician on Twitter when he criticised high-pressure working conditions forced drivers to urinate in bottles.

Joseph Pisani

PollUrgent change needed to stop Aussies paying ransoms to crims

Australian businesses are paying criminals billions of dollars and there are many more attacks on high-profile targets to come.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

TelecommunicationsRobot sells art for $900,000, eyes music

Sophia the robot has caused a stir in the art world after a digital work she created was sold for more than $900,000 in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT).

Zen Soo and Alice Fung

Your SayNew alarm for Great Barrier Reef if world gets 3 degrees warmer

Experts are trying to save the Great Barrier Reef as Australia may face the effects of three degrees of global warming in the future.

David Mills

Pet recordsUS giant backs vet software

Perth-based start-up VetDB is getting ready to roll out its software nationally after receiving investment from a subsidiary of a US health care giant in its latest round of seed funding.

Kate Purnell

Radical reformsShock call for 100 ID points on Tinder, social media

Australians would be forced to submit 100 points of identification, before setting up any social media or Tinder account under proposed changes to crack down on high-tech harassment and abuse.

NATASHA BITA