10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

The first hump day of the year – what a treat.

US company Zero Mass Water's 'hydropanels', which produce water from sunlight and air, are being used in towns in schools in regional Australia

Zero Mass Water makes "hydropanels" which use sunlight and air to make water. The panels have been used in more than 30 countries around the world, including towns and schools in regional Australia.

Aussies are donating millions online this bushfire season, but they're being urged to be cautious about where and how they do it

Australians generously donating to bushfire appeals this year are being urged to consider how they choose to do so with so many online options available.

Sheryl Sandberg has announced Facebook will donate up to $1.25 million to Australian bushfire relief efforts

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced the company will match up to $1 million in Australian bushfire relief donations made to donations platform GlobalGiving.

Celeste Barber's bushfire fundraiser on Facebook is officially the largest in the platform's history, raising over $40 million

Celeste Barber's Facebook fundraiser for the NSW Rural Fire Services is the largest ever created on the platform globally. Barber's fundraiser has raised more than $41 million dollars in four days.

Uber announced Hyundai will be the first partner making flying cars for its planned air taxi service

Last year Uber announced that Melbourne would be the first Australian city to to get the company's flying ride sharing service - Uber Air. We now know that the first launch partner is Hyundai, which has a full scale concept vehicle on display at CES. We haven't laid our eyes on it just yet, but the renders sure have a 1940s retrofuturism vibe.

Carlos Ghosn rips Nissan's investigation into his alleged conduct at the company, calling it a 'gross perversion of the truth'

Nissan said Tuesday that it finds former chairman Carlos Ghosn's bail-jumping is "extremely regrettable" and that it will continue to seek damages for his alleged misconduct.

The stock market is dismissing the threat of war with Iran so far — and that's in line with how it's historically responded to major political crises

There's one place where the recent US-Iran crisis has barely registered so far: the stock market. In the immediate aftermath of an American airstrike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani last week, investors on Wall Street so far have largely dismissed escalating tensions in the Middle East that some fear could lead to a full-blown war between the United States and Iran.

14 photos that show what New York, London, and other major cities almost looked like, based on old city designs

Companies like Barratt London and NetCredit found old city plans and reimagined what major cities could have looked like, had those plans been realised.

The assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani could be Trump's Chernobyl moment

The Trump administration's assassination of Qassem Soleimani is turning into a man-made disaster, one with a fallout so potentially disastrous it cannot be obscured by lies and propaganda.

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