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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Plant Literally Named Extinctus Is Back, Baby
A plant named for its own disappearance isn’t quite so extinct after all. In new research this week, botanists provide clear evidence that populations of the wildflower Gasteranthus extinctus can still be found in the cloud forests of Ecuador, decades after it was thought to have been killed off. The plant’s rediscovery, the scientists say,…
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Report: Susan Sarandon Will Play the Villain in DC’s Blue Beetle
The upcoming DC Universe film Blue Beetle has added Susan Sarandon as main antagonist Victoria Kord, the Wrap reports. Previously Sharon Stone was in talks to join the film in the same role; Kord is a new character created for the movie.
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This 1970s-Style Star Trek: The Next Generation Animated Series Is Beyond Perfect
There are few perfect things in this world, so it’s worth celebrating them when we find them. Case in point: this unbelievably outstanding video from Gazelle Automations, which imagines if the classic animation studio Filmation had managed to get its hands on the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew.
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Judge Says Tesla Is Still Racist, but Not $190 Million Racist
A federal judge dropped the price of a jury’s $US137 million (around $190 million) penalty on electric car giant Tesla to just $US15 million ($21 million) over a widespread pattern of racist mistreatment of a Black worker at its northern California plant.