Top stories 8:12am | BlackBerry has abandoned hopes of finding a buyer, and will peg its future on a $US1 billion cash infusion as it searches for new CEO. | NICKY PHILLIPS 7:25am | An extinct species of giant, toothed platypus, about a metre in length, has been discovered and identified using a single tooth. | Lucy Cormack | The uptake of robotic prostate surgery is growing worldwide, but opinion on its efficiency is divided. | ALEISHA ORR 12:17pm | In the age of the smartphone, most Australians today carry a device every day that has the potential to provide vital information that could make the difference between life and death in the case of a serious bushfire. | BEN DOHERTY | At 2.38 Tuesday afternoon, local time, India will go to Mars. | James Dominguez 7:18am | After several games' worth of declining quality and originality, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag has made the franchise fun again. | 11:49am | As many as one in five sun-like stars may have a planet the size of Earth, and the nearest could be in systems visible to the naked eye, astronomers say. | 10:26am | Cyber bullies could face up to three years' imprisonment, with their bullying set to be criminalised in a new bill being introduced to the New Zealand Parliament. | 9:09am | North Korea is using Russian technology to develop electromagnetic pulse weapons aimed at paralysing military electronic equipment south of the border, according to South Korea's spy agency. | British supermarket chain Tesco is installing hundreds of high-tech screens that scan the faces of shoppers as they queue at tills to detect their age and sex for advertisers. | Sylvia Pennington 8:21am | A pilot program credited with reversing ICT enrolment decline is to be rolled out nationally. | Brad Howarth 3:00am | Big Data isn’t just about helping retailers sell more products. Thanks to a project in development in Western Australia, it might also help reduce accidents on large mining and construction sites. | 11:31am | Google's Eric Schmidt says reports the US government spied on the internet giant's data centres are "outrageous" and potentially illegal if proved true. | | | Advertisement  Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | |
