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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Building Galactic Starcruiser Forced Disney to Think Where Star Wars People Poop
As the design director for six mainline Star Wars films as well as The Mandalorian, Lucasfilm vice president and executive creative director Doug Chiang has spent a lot of time figuring out what stuff looks like in the galaxy far, far away. But mapping out the interiors of the Halycon — the “luxury starship” that…
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The DMZ Trailer Has Rosario Dawson Going Through Hell to Save Her Child
Apparently, it’s a big day for post-apocalyptic shows set in Manhattan. Mere hours after the news broke of a new Walking Dead show with that premise, the first trailer for DC’s upcoming HBO Max show DMZ is here. In it, Rosario Dawson plays a mum who goes into the demilitarized zone once known as New…
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Screw Magic — It’s Time for Electric School Buses, Biden Admin Says
The Biden Administration wants to make that plume of noxious smoke sputtering out of your neighbourhood school bus’ exhaust a thing of the past, and it’s ready to pump out some cash to do so.
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Shell Grabs Discount for Russian Oil, Says It’s Donating Profits to Ukraine
On Friday, Royal Dutch Shell went against most of its industry counterparts and international goodwill to scoop up a record discount on Russian oil during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. But the company still wants you to think it’s a good guy, as it’s promised to donate profits to humanitarian aid for Ukraine.