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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Biden Looks to Close China’s Underground Loophole for Receiving American Chips
President Joe Biden is reportedly considering a new measure that hopes to block the small number of American chips that still make their way to China, in spite of an export ban, according to Reuters Friday. A United States rule restricting the export of advanced chips to China was revised this week, and yesterday went…
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DARPA’s a Bit Concerned About Tactical-Puking Attacks
In a scene seemingly pulled directly out of Cyberpunk 2077, DARPA, the army’s top research and development arm, is reportedly exploring ways to defend Army soldiers against “cognitive attacks” that could result in them puking under their HoloLens mixed reality headsets. Future wars, it seems, will be fought with guts in more ways than one.…
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TikTok Has a Misinformation Crisis on Its Hands. Or Does It?
Regulators in the EU sent letters to Meta, TikTok, and X/Twitter Thursday, giving the platforms 24 hours to address misinformation and other “illegal” content related to the Israel-Hamas war. It’s hard to say exactly what’s happening on these platforms, however, especially when it comes to the algorithmically defined endless scroll of TikTok. Standing in stark…
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A Lot of Pet Owners (Wrongly) Think Vaccines Are Bad for Dogs
The anti-vaccination movement is going to the dogs. Recent survey data has suggested that a substantial proportion of American dog owners have doubts about their pets’ vaccines, including the rabies shot. Rabies is almost always fatal if not treated promptly, and routine canine vaccination has helped make pet and human cases of the viral disease…