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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Judge Upholds Ban on Feds Asking Social Media Companies to Take Down Posts
A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump held firm this week by declining a request to delay a controversial order barring government agencies from making content moderation requests to social media companies. The Justice Department is already appealing the decision, according to court filings, and said in a statement it would seek an emergency action from…
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For Sale: A Formerly Popular Dark Web Marketplace
Anybody in the market to buy a defunct darknet site? If you are, you might try reaching out to the backers of Genesis Market, the once high-and-mighty peddler of stolen data. They seem to be getting desperate to sell their once prized possession for scrap. The Record reports that a number of posts have recently…
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Zuck Mocks Musk as Threads Hits 100 Million Users
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg traded insults over the weekend as competition between the billionaires heated up majorly in Zuck’s favor. On its fifth day of existence, Meta’s new Threads app hit over 100 million user signups, becoming one of the fastest growing apps in history. Meanwhile, Twitter’s traffic is “tanking,” according to Mathew Prince,…
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Indiana Jones Imitators, Ranked From Worst to Best
With Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny now out, here’s a look back on movies and television that aimed to capture that same artefact-heist genre gold that started with Raiders of the Lost Ark.