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Kevin Rudd's website mistakenly blocked

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd's website has been unblocked by federal parliament's internal internet filter after it was given the classification of "weapons".

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Samsung JS9500 review: the HDR future is here, and it's curved

Mind the curve: Samsung's JS9500 makes a convincing argument for why you should have 4K and HDR in your loungeroom today, and it goes at least part of the way to selling the idea of a curved TV as well.

Tim Biggs 1:09pm | Samsung's JS9500 is packed with the technology of the future, but is it worth having in your lounge room today?

Minecraft gives players more control over gender with feminine option

Drew Harwell 2:07pm | Minecraft's creator once said he designed the world to be a place without gender, but the game's developer now says blocky hero Steve 'doesn't really represent the diversity of our playerbase'.

Apple struggles to keep up with Apple Watch demand

The Apple Watch made an unusual debut for Apple.

Tim Higgins 1:08pm | Apple can't keep up with early demand for its new watch though it's trying to make sure there are enough products to ship by the end of June.

Australia misses out as Facebook launches video calling in Messenger app

Like FaceTime, Facebook's Messenger app now has video calling.

10:00am | Facebook has introduced free video calling in its Messenger phone app - but not in Australia.

Chilesaurus: 'Platypus' dinosaur was so strange scientists first thought it was fake

An odd duck: An artist's depiction shows the Chilesaurus diegosuarezi.

Rachel Feltman 4:35am | It's an unusual hodgepodge of features that can tell us something about dinosaur evolution.

Stephen Hawking has a theory on Zayn Malik and One Direction

Alternative: Physicist Stephen Hawking has proposed a theory of multiple Zayn Maliks.

NICKY PHILLIPS | Stephen Hawking may be one of the greatest living scientists, and now he's the hero of millions of teenage girls.

How a PhD in linguistics prepared me for motherhood

Origins: Modern linguistics' greatest schism revolves around the role of mothers and significant others in the development of a child's language.

Annabelle Lukin 6:57pm | Are babies born with grammar hard-wired into their brain? Or is language something bestowed by culture and socialisation?

No more science fiction: graphene 3D displays bring holographic images closer

Princess Leia sends a message in Star Wars: Science fiction-style holograms could be closer than you think.

Min Gu and Xiangping Li 3:38pm | The prospect of 3D images on your smartwatch or cellphone is looking increasingly likely.

World’s first genetically modified human embryo raises ethical concerns

A Chinese University says it has created the first genetically-modified human embryo.

Hannah Brown 4:32pm | It all started with a rumour. Then a warning rang out in the scientific journal Nature, expressing "grave concerns".

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