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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Hacker Takes Over Drake, Eminem, and Justin Bieber’s YouTube Channels
“We just hacked Travis Scott,” a Twitter account under the name of Los Pelaos announced in Spanish on Tuesday at 3:37 a.m.
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Twitter Bans State Media’s War Prisoner Pics Because of the Geneva Convention
Twitter announced Tuesday that it would ban content featuring prisoners of war from government and state-affiliated media organisations amid the online information war between Russia and Ukraine playing out on its platform. The company said it social network would no longer amplify or recommend government accounts from Russia.
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Google Doesn’t Get It, Offers E-scooters to Get People Back Into the Office
After multiple delays thanks to COVID, Google employees are expected to start heading back to the office this week. And while the company already provides shuttle service to its employees that need to get to the office, The Verge reports that Google appears to think e-scooters will get people hyped about coming back into the…
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The Coolest Cosplay of WonderCon 2022
After a few years of covid-19 pushing conventions online, 2022’s con season is off to a strange start, as fans head out with their finest geeky masks and their best in costuming. This past weekend’s WonderCon was no exception, bringing everyone from comic book heroes to the stars of Trek and Wars out in force…