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Electricity companies could soon roll out the next big energy revolution - offering large home battery systems to customers.
Local team takes high-tech title again
Australia has again taken out the most prestigious prize in the world of robot soccer.
Police glitch arrests to be compensated
Compensation will be paid after errors in the New South Wales police database led to the wrongful arrest of more than 100 young people.
Queensland councils see no fast-track for new fibre
Two Queensland councils in desperate need of netter internet will apply for a $22 million telecommunications fix-up, even though Prime Minister Tony Abbott has already told them they will get the support.
Google's robo-car checklist revealed
Google has applied for patents that could let its autonomous cars choose not to drive.
Monash tips hat to Moore in supercapacitor studies
Monash engineers have reported on their successful miniaturisation of supercapacitors – an important step in the constant advance of batteries and power technology.
90 gigahertz blink for optical computer link
Researchers have developed a light-emitting device that can turn on and off up to 90 billion times per second.
Bitcoin boss nabbed in Japan
Japanese police have arrested Mark Karpeles, chief executive of the failed company MtGox - once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange.
NBN unrolls big hiring plan
The architects of the NBN say they are on a hiring drive, looking to pick up 4,500 new workers in a $40 million recruitment program.
SA spends millions after false power concession
The South Australian Government will spend $2.2 million on new software after almost $1.5 million was mistakenly paid to energy retailers.
Solar mega-drone to boost 'net access
Facebook has unveiled its first full-scale, solar-powered, internet-broadcasting drone.
Uber won't go quietly in push for taxi tax
Uber is seeking to overturn orders from the Australian Tax Office (ATO), which could force its drivers to pay GST.
Australian space race could keep great minds
The first female and first Australian principal investigator on a mission to Mars says Australia should embrace the opportunity to inspire - and retain - the next generation of home-grown scientists, engineers and technologists by joining the space exploration game.
Experts give AI warning to global gun-slingers
Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and about 1,000 robotics experts have signed a letter to ensure that in the future of warfare- human fingers are on the trigger.
South Australia sued over use of health software
Software company Global Health Limited (GHL) is suing the South Australian Government for continuing to use the CHIRON patient management program without a valid licence.
Huawei's tech training gets new home
Chinese tech firm Huawei has come a long way in the last few years – moving from a ban in Australia on national security grounds to become an educator and benefactor of Government contracts.
Refugee files spread for political purposes
Media reports suggest that the personal medical records of asylum seekers have been handed over to Australia’s immigration department for “political purposes”.
Big help could be hidden in data
One expert says there is a goldmine of data at many major that could be used to enhance a range of outcomes.
Executive heads roll in Toshiba's profit scandal
The president and former president of tech firm Toshiba have resigned over a $US1.2 billion accounting scandal.
Parkes to probe for deep-space radios
Physicist Stephen Hawking has helped launch the most in-depth search for intelligent life in outer space ever undertaken; a quest with a distinctly Australian angle.
Drone race win flies Australia to top of new sport
An Australian man has smashed his international drone racing competition to take home $15,000 in prizes.