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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Comics Publisher IDW Hit By Massive Layoffs
IDW, generally considered the fifth-largest comic book publisher, has laid off 39% of its workforce this week. Editorial has also been gutted, and “half” remain. This move was done in an effort to “preserve capital, and put the Company in the strongest position possible to unlock value from its assets, including its intellectual property and…
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The NYC Subway Will Stop Tweeting Because Twitter ‘Isn’t Reliable’
Twitter became less useful on Thursday after New York City’s transit operator said it would stop tweeting about service outages because “the reliability of the platform can no longer be guaranteed.” It’s the latest in a growing number of government agencies ditching Elon Musk’s social network.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s First Reactions Hype an Emotional Farewell
It’s the bittersweet, powerful end of an era as Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director James Gunn — who’s now the co-head of DC Studios — bows out of Marvel. But he’s leaving on an excellently high note, as the first social media reactions to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (which opens May 5)…
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Watch Live as Sultan Al Neyadi Becomes First Arab Astronaut to Perform a Spacewalk
Two astronauts are gearing up for a nearly seven-hour-long spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, with one of them set to make history as the first Arab astronaut to take on the extravehicular activity.