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It's raining spiders in Australia

Last week, people in the city of Albury in New South Wales, Australia, encountered an eerie sight — silky webs coated the land, teeming with millions of small baby spiders. The spiders parachuted down from the sky, a process known as “ballooning,” reports ... >> view original

Dallas Buyers Club foreshadows more piracy suits

Voltage Pictures has argued it shouldn't be forced to fork over AU$108,000 in security to get the details of users infringing on Dallas Buyers Club because it would make future cases more expensive. In April, Justice Nye Perram ordered iiNet, Dodo, and four ... >> view original

Woman punched and robbed while trying to sell iPhone 6 in St Kilda

A WOMAN who was selling her iPhone online has been punched in the stomach by a prospective buyer. The 23-year-old arranged to meet a man, who called himself Jeffery, outside a cafe on Brighton Rd in St Kilda about 7.50am on May 5. He contacted her ... >> view original

2015 Toyota Hilux Revo - pics, specs and prices

The country's best-selling pickup gets all-new design, bigger body, more economical powertrains, car-like interior, more safety features and a new moniker. Toyota has staged the world premiere of its eight-generation Hilux in Thailand today after selling its ... >> view original

OPPO announces two new Australia-bound midrange smartphones

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO last night announced two new midrange handsets, the OPPO R7 (pictured above) and OPPO R7 Plus. The OPPO R7 is the smaller of the two devices, boasting a 5-inch screen a 6.3mm thick body. The new phone ... >> view original

Hand-wringing as leap second approaches, threatens to disrupt markets

Man the bomb shelters. The leap second is coming and it threatens to knock planes out of the sky and shut down the connected world as we know it. Well, not really. However, your airport check-in time and web browsing might be affected if time-dependent ... >> view original

the risky strategy of the world's biggest mobile games maker

Clash of Clans is the world's biggest mobile game and one of only three currently run by Supercell. Photo: Supercell. Mobile games maker Supercell will focus on just a few titles and quickly kill off ones that do not immediately catch on as it seeks to remain the ... >> view original

Here's why Apple would be wise to stay out of the TV business

Whereas savvy smartphone shoppers look at software, memory, processing power, and other tech specs when deciding on a phone or computer, people tend to choose TVs based on picture and price. Photo: Bloomberg. Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn ... >> view original

Bright lights ... NASA has captured the mysterious “alien lights” on dwarf planet ...

NASA's Dawn mission has captured a sequence of images of dwarf planet Ceres which showcases a group of bright spots which continue to mystify scientists. The images, taken on May 16 from a distance of 7,200 kilometres, show two rough circle-shaped ... >> view original