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Vision has been released of the dramatic moment NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars.
Food riders' claims high
Deliveroo has cut its annual workers’ compensation premiums by changing the insurance for food delivery riders.
NBN bonuses rise
NBN Co executives and employees received over $77 million in bonuses between July and December last year.
New probe and drone on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has landed on Mars after a seven-month journey over nearly half a billion kilometres.
Robo-advice could fill trust gap
A new study looks at whether people would want to take financial advice from AI.
Key sites cut in broad news ban
Important government services have been blocked in Facebook’s news ban.
BOM sued over balloon crash
Legal action is being taken over a serious balloon incident in Victoria.
Defence drags out file shift
The Defence department will continue to store sensitive documents with a Chinese-owned firm, despite pledging to move them.
AI aiding eye health
Researchers say eye health is one of the areas where artificial intelligence is having the greatest effect.
Depression seen between Tweets
Experts say a person’s social media posts could reveal symptoms of depression.
Drones flown for health boost
A new project will investigate using drones for remote NT health delivery.
Molecules controlled for new CPU
Researchers are working on a way to compute using long-distance interactions between individual molecules.
New firm seeks giant fibre
A new company has announced plans to build a $1.5 billion, 20,000km fibre-optic “backbone” for Australia.
ACCC watching software deal
Regulators have some concerns about a proposed purchase by finance software giant MYOB.
Locals keen for gene edits
Australians have reported a high level of optimism about the new field of synthetic biology.
Cool future for local qubits
Australian researchers are working on a ‘cryogenic chip’ to boost the power of quantum computers.