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.

  • Cruise and Waymo Self-Driving Taxis Are Terrorising Transit Operators

    Cruise and Waymo Self-Driving Taxis Are Terrorising Transit Operators

    In San Francisco, tech “disruption” is often framed as good. It’s the goal of “move fast, break things” start-ups and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs: innovation, paradigm shifts, etc…. But, so far, it’s in the original sense of the word that self-driving taxi companies Cruise and Waymo are disrupting San Francisco’s streets.


  • Untethered Sky Exposes the Raw Nerve of Loving Your Pet Unconditionally

    Untethered Sky Exposes the Raw Nerve of Loving Your Pet Unconditionally

    Combining ancient Persian mythology with the impossible-to-explain bond between pets and humans, Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee captures pain, guilt, and revenge in a single tidy novella. As man-eating manticores stalk the countryside, giant rocs, their only known natural predator, are trained up in royal mews by ruhkers as the first line of defence against…