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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The Government’s Secret Footage of Nuclear Tests Is Still Eerie Decades Later
Christopher Nolan’s new movie Oppenheimer, eponymously named after the creator of the atomic bomb, has renewed public interest in America’s dark history with nuclear weapons. Nolan’s movie focuses primarily on the “Trinity” test—the first test of a nuclear bomb to occur in the U.S. But for years after Trinity, the U.S. continued to spend a…
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You Can Download Instructions for More Than 6,800 LEGO Kits for Free
Since the LEGO system was introduced in the mid-1950s, the sets of interlocking blocks, figures, and other pieces have been popular with people of all ages (except, maybe, the people who accidentally step on the blocks while barefoot). In addition to providing the opportunity for creative play—allowing children to design and build their own structures—LEGO…
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Zoom Contradicts Its Own Policy About Training AI on Your Data
Zoom updated its Terms of Service in March, spelling out that the company reserves the right to train AI on user data with no mention of a way to opt-out. On Monday, the company said in a blog post that there’s no need to worry about that. Zoom execs swear the company won’t actually train…
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Google Sticks an Inconsistent Grammar Check AI in Search
Google is just plain tired of all your grammar flubs in Search. The company announced Monday it had added a simple grammar check feature into the world’s largest search engine, though you won’t be using it to shore up any writing you want to show someone else. When users type a sentence into Search, they…