All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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Report: NSO Spyware Hit Boris Johnson’s Office, Dozens More European Leaders
Spyware manufactured by the NSO Group has been used to hack droves of high-profile European politicians and activists, The New Yorker reports. Those targeted allegedly included phones connected to the networks of the British Foreign Office and the office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as well as dozens of members of the Catalan independence…
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Doctor Who Managed to Make a High Seas Adventure as Dull as Dishwater
Doctor Who’s had a bit of event exhaustion lately, thanks to a schedule more dictated by the chaos of the past two years than of its own particular volition. Between Flux and the special episodes closing out Jodie Whittaker’s time as the Doctor, we’ve been taught to expect big things, exciting things, because this is…
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Caribbean Sea Urchins Are Mysteriously Dying in Droves
Sea urchin die-offs are being recorded by researchers and divers near the shores of multiple Caribbean islands. According to the Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA), there aren’t any clues yet as to why the urchins are dying at such quick rates. The organisation is especially concerned because other forms of marine life cannot…
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It’s Time to Play the Music and Light the Lights For Lego’s New Muppets Minifigure Collection
Over the weekend Lego revealed its next collection of accessorized minifigures and it finally features the world’s favourite not-quite-puppets and not-quite-mops performers as the Muppets finally take the stud-covered stage.