Monday’s Biggest Stories

Every evening, we wrap up the day’s biggest stories in one place for you to easily check out. If you’ve been off the grid all day, jump in here and catch up on current events.

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What Gizmodo’s Editors Want For Christmas
Here’s some of the new, exciting and usually expensive tech that’ll be on our Christmas lists.

Aussies Can Now Buy Microsoft’s First Windows 10 Phone
From today onwards, walk on into a Microsoft store, and you can get the first Microsoft smartphones pre-loaded with Windows 10.

Australia’s $1.1 Billion “Ideas Boom”, By The Numbers
Malcolm Turnbull today unveiled a funding scheme to promote innovation in Australia over the next four years, and there’s plenty of good news for the technology sector.

This Is Why We Want To Send CEOs To Prison
The Knobe Effect is a psychological double-standard that allows us to blame people for a bad outcome, yet not give them credit for a good one.

How Two Environmental Changes Took Down The Most Powerful League In Medieval Europe
Environmental change is big news these days, as is speculation on how that change will re-order the world powers.

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• Woolworths’ First Post-Paid Mobile Bundle Includes A Two-Year-Old Samsung
• Foxtel Go Now Works On All Android Devices
• How Do You Study Nuclear Bombs When You Can’t Use Them Anymore?


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