The richest man in the world reckons robots should be taxed and the money used to fund new human jobs. And Aussie company Fastbrick Robotics aims to speed up construction and reduce costs by 3D printing houses.

The serial entrepreneur's latest thought bubble is that we should be digging more tunnels, or using his Hyperloop technology, instead of taking to the skies.

Our weekly news round-up: Emirates ambitious embrace of high tech; Dawn orbiter finds organics at dwarf planet Ceres; Juno mission suffers blow due to problem with main engine; Objectives of Mars 2020 mission; YouTube will kill unskippable ads next year; Zuckerberg manifesto raises eye brows; Sony patents contact lenses with built-in cameras; Nokia 3310 brick phone to relaunch.

The richest man in the world reckons robots should be taxed and the money used to fund new human jobs. And Aussie company Fastbrick Robotics aims to speed up construction and reduce costs by 3D printing houses.

The serial entrepreneur's latest thought bubble is that we should be digging more tunnels, or using his Hyperloop technology, instead of taking to the skies.

The original Silk Road market place was hidden in the dark web, until the FBI busted its founder and closed the site. We explain what forms the dark web, why it exists and how it works.

The original Silk Road market place was hidden in the dark web, until the FBI busted its founder and closed the site. We explain what forms the dark web, why it exists and how it works.

Young Australian leaders of the future rewarded for their innovative solutions to real-world problems. From music made wearing a hoody to cleaning up oil slicks, winners capitalised on a variety of STEM disciplines.

Hackers are exploiting an old version of the very popular open source website software WordPress. An update to rectify the issue is available, but 2 million pages are affected.

Our weekly news round-up: Japanese drones to pollinate crops in place of bees; Possible hidden chambers investigated at Tutankhamen's tomb; NASA study outlines lander mission to look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa; Cassini's final months at Saturn show ring system in unprecedented detail; Oz government legislates to force organisations to publicly disclose if they've been hacked; Twitter's viability questioned due to diminishing uptake.