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REGULARS

2016 Ford Mustang: Australian Hands On

CAMPBELL SIMPSON22 JANUARY 2016 1:00 PM

The Mustang is an iconic car. In Australia, we’ve rarely seen it outside of films like Bullitt, Gone In 60 Seconds and the new Need For Speed — the last locally delivered model was the relatively unpopular 2001 4.6-litre, and companies like Performax charge upwards of $100,000 for right-hand-drive conversions of US-delivered variants. Now, in 2016, the first made-for-Australia version of the Ford Mustang is here — it’s launching this week, starting at under $46,000.

ONLINE

'Everything Is Terrible' Is The Only Good Vine Account

MATT NOVAKTODAY 10:00 AM

Vine just released their playlist of popular vines from the past year. Frankly, most of them are dull as shit. So instead of squeezing off a blog post directing you to mediocre crap curated by Vine, we’ve decided to compile a list of high-quality crap curated from the world of garbage video by Everything Is Terrible.

GADGETS

These Hateful Eight Figures Are Delightfully Retro

JAMES WHITBROOKTODAY 9:30 AM

The old school vibe of Quentin Tarantino’s latest wild west movie doesn’t just extend to the director’s trademark styles or it setting — it extends to the merchandise, too. Fluffy, oversized coats for everyone!

SCIENCE & HEALTH

Ping Pong With Water Drops Is Another Cool Thing That Happens In Space

CHRIS MILLSTODAY 9:00 AM

Video: There’s a long, long list of fun things to do in zero gravity, but when you spend an entire year in space, you probably get quite bored. That’s where space ping-pong with water droplets and hydrophobic paddles comes in.

SCIENCE & HEALTH

NASA Has Completed Welding Together The Orion Spacecraft's Crew Module

ANDREW LIPTAKTODAY 8:30 AM

The launch of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft isn’t slated for another two years, but preparations are well underway for the first mission into deep space: engineers have just completed welding together the Orion crew module.

ONLINE

Skype Finally Hides Your IP Address

JAMIE CONDLIFFETODAY 8:00 AM

Way back in 2012, it came to light that a flaw in Skype made it easy for hackers to acquire your IP address. Now, finally, Microsoft has updated the software so those details are hidden by default.

ENTERTAINMENT

Apple's Hired One Of The World's Leading VR Professors

JAMIE CONDLIFFETODAY 7:30 AM

Apple is playing virtual catch-up. It’s just hired Doug Bowman, an expert in VR who was until now the Director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech.

CARS

This Toy Car Reaches Speeds Of 328 Kilometres Per Hour

CASEY CHANYESTERDAY 8:00 PM

Video: This ain’t no regular car model car because this speed model car can hit speeds of up to 328km/h on the track. Watch it build up to that speed and just zip around and around until it starts smoking and becomes a total whir.

MOBILE

It Cost Google $US1 Billion To Keep Its Search Bar On iPhones

CHRIS MILLSYESTERDAY 7:00 PM

Google’s search bar has been a fixture on Apple devices for years, something that’s always seemed counterintuitive, what with Android being iOS’s only real competitor. According to Bloomberg, Google’s search engine is only present because of a $US1 ($1) billion payment made to Apple in 2014.

ENTERTAINMENT

Watch A Tanker Completely Implode In Slow Motion

CASEY CHANYESTERDAY 6:00 PM

Video: The tanker in the video is 20m long with a 3m diameter and can hold up to 113,562L of liquid. It’s made of thick steel and weighs 30,391kg and yet it can be crushed with just the sweet simple science of air pressure. Watch as the gang at Mythbusters made the giant tanker implode in glorious slow motion. It just gets obliterated like it’s barely a Coke can.

ONLINE

Google (aka Alphabet) Is About To Surpass Apple As The Most Valuable Company In The Galaxy

ALISSA WALKERYESTERDAY 5:45 PM

Google had a big 2015: It divvied up its business into startups like Footpath, Calico, X, Fibre, and consolidated all those companies into one brand named Alphabet. Now Alphabet is very, very close to being named the world’s most valuable company — yes, more valuable than Apple.