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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30,000-Year-Old Tusk Reveals Male Mammoths’ Horny Aggression
The animal kingdom is full of sexual competition, and extinct creatures are no exception: Researchers found evidence that male woolly mammoths experienced hormone-induced states of aggression towards their rivals, much like modern bull elephants.
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Unicorn: Warriors Eternal Is Genndy Tartakovsky Unleashed
Since his 1996 series Dexter’s Laboratory premiered on Cartoon Network, Genndy Tartakovsky has become a household name in animation. His new show, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, feels like a natural extension and endpoint of his previous work up to now.
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NASA Set to Launch Satellite Constellation to Better Track Extreme Storms From Space
NASA is finally, once again, scheduled to get its constellation of small, storm-monitoring satellites into space after a 2022 launch failure tanked two of the six planned cubesats. Launch of the TROPICS mission is set for May 8, at 11:00 a.m. AEST from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s North Island.
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Free TV’s Chock-Full of Ads Are on the Way
Pluto TV is working to revolutionise the television industry with free ad-supported TV sets which will reportedly be released later this year. Co-founder Ilya Pozin has quietly created the startup Teevee Corporation, which will produce complete TV sets that will include a second screen solely for advertising, Lowpass reported.