In the second of 3 interviews, we delve into the growing threat posed by various forms of cyber crime - to business, government and the internet itself.

Primordial building blocks of life found by ESA's Rosetta orbiter.

Our weekly news round-up: Doubts about Australia's response to cybercrime; 3rd safe barge landing for Falcon 9; Open access to scientific research papers; Cell phone cancer link; New wearables from SkinTrack and Pebble; Super accurate strontium clock; Foxconn replaces Chinese staff with robots.

Primordial building blocks of life found by ESA's Rosetta orbiter.

Cheeky enforced software add-ons create angst and alienate users.

A brief history lesson with Dr. Ian Storey, lecturer in Information Systems at RMIT. From Babbage's Difference Engine of 1822 to Turing's decryption machine at Bletchley Park in WW2, right through to quantum computers and Kurzweil's prediction that we're approaching the Singularity, when computers become so smart they can't explain what they know to us.

Melbourne company Tomcar seals deal to supply the big miners; will make only electric vehicles by 2018.

Could this new wearable be the best gadget of 2016?

Scramjet technology promises to revolutionise air travel.

Our weekly news round-up: Posts with Google; Man-made meteors for 2020 Tokyo Olympics; Nano-wire battery breakthrough; UBER update - driver wins Victorian court case on appeal and how Uber can see if your phone battery is low; YouTube Red paid service for Australia; At Google's IO convention - Google Home takes on Amazon's Echo, plus Instant Apps.