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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Trump Mocks DeSantis’ Botched Campaign Announcement With a Hitler Deepfake
Former President Donald Trump released a clip of a fake Twitter spaces event Wednesday where he used what appeared to be the deepfaked voices of Elon Musk, George Soros, Klaus Schwab, a coughing Dick Cheney, Satan, and, yes, Adolf Hitler, to mock Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The bizarre two-minute clip, which was originally uploaded to…
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Georgia GOP Chair Pushes Flat-Earth Conspiracy, Says Globes Brainwash Us
Kandiss Taylor, a GOP district chair in Georgia, claimed the Earth is flat on her podcast, Jesus, Guns, & Babies, alongside fellow flat-Earther David ‘Flat Earth Dave’ Weiss and Matt Long. She becomes the latest GOP member to jump on the flat Earth bandwagon, tacking this ideology onto her previous conspiracy theory exclamations that the…
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Jim Butcher’s Cinder Spires Fantasy Series Returns With The Olympian Affair
Best-selling author Jim Butcher’s most famous series is the Dresden Files, but here’s a treat for fans beyond that ongoing contemporary fantasy: The Olympian Affair, the second entry in his Cinder Spires steampunk series, is arriving in November — eight years after it began with The Aeronaut’s Windlass.
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Peep Another Sneak Peek at Blue Beetle in Full Anime-Inspired Action
We’re heading into blockbuster season. The writers’ strike for a fair deal reaches the tail end of its first month. The PlayStation reveal gave us some juicy details yesterday. This morning, we’ve got new casting, a few productions underway, and a couple episode trailers. Spoilers, strap in! It’s going to be a bumpy ride.