The story of Pong
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The story of Pong

50 years ago,Allan Alcorn created Pong as a demo for his boss. It spawned a $296 billion supernova.

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A man,a plan,and back again
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A man,a plan,and back again

Teddy task-force takes to the trees.

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‘It’s a beautiful thing’:How the global 3D-printing community is aiding Ukraine

Nearly four months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,critical shortages of medical supplies and weapons accessories persist. But help has come from an unlikely source:Those with 3D printers.

  • byPranshu Verma
Labor to establish Australian version of US agency that helped create the internet

Labor to establish Australian version of US agency that helped create the internet

The American version of the strategic research agency Labor says it will create helped invent the internet,the computer mouse,GPS,and Siri.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Uber jettisons its flying car project

Uber jettisons its flying car project

A day after Uber handed its autonomous car project to a Silicon Valley startup,the company is doing the same with an ambitious and money-intensive effort to build flying cars.

  • byCade Metz
The age of tech has been an age of stagnation
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The age of tech has been an age of stagnation

What has tech done for you today that is anything like as significant as the impact of washing machines or motorways on generations gone by?

  • byHarry de Quetteville
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Aussie tech gurus driving local,low-cost solar panel breakthrough
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Aussie tech gurus driving local,low-cost solar panel breakthrough

A startup that developed breakthrough solar technology to supply households with cheaper,more efficient rooftop panels has secured federal government support.

  • byMike Foley
Japanese supercomputer Fugaku crowned the world's most powerful

Japanese supercomputer Fugaku crowned the world's most powerful

China and the United States are locked in a contest to develop the world's most powerful computers. Now a massive machine in Japan has topped them both.

  • byDon Clark
Brisbane’s ‘iPhone of the 1800s’ watch to go under the hammer

Brisbane’s ‘iPhone of the 1800s’ watch to go under the hammer

A watch described as"the iPhone of its day"belonging to the city of Brisbane's namesake Sir Thomas Brisbane is expected to fetch about $500,000 at auction.

  • byStuart Layt
Sextech:the innovators disrupting the way we think about sex

Sextech:the innovators disrupting the way we think about sex

It's estimated to be a $30 billion industry,but the people disrupting the sextech industry aren't focusing on what you might think.

  • byNicole Precel
App fights back against pest callers by suing for payouts

App fights back against pest callers by suing for payouts

Named Robo Revenge,the free app is the work of Joshua Browder,who is also behind DoNotPay,a"robot lawyer"that fights parking fines and bank fees.

  • byMatthew Field