A running joke at Google Japan is the release of a novelty keyboard every year, and the latest is one measuring 1.6m long. It’s touted as great for stretching, sharing with a friend like a piano, and keeping the cat from stepping all over your keys…

Aussie software giant Atlassian is looking to hire more than 1,000 new employees and has launched a literal recruitment drive in the form of a branded RV that will travel around Oz. Here’s hoping it has a better run than Pauline Hanson’s Battler Bus…

And Flippy 2 – the sibling of burger-flipping robot Flippy – is being rolled out across several US fast food chains and is said to make fries faster and better than humans. As long as it doesn’t skimp on the salt…