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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HBO Max’s Titans Entered the DC Multiverse, Which Included Grant Morrison
Call it the sequel to the DC CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths, if you’d like. This week’s episode of HBO Max series Titans — titled “Dude, Where’s My Gar,” which both delights and enrages me — took Gar “Beast Boy” Logan (Ryan Potter) on a brief trip to the current DC multiverse, from live-action to…
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Evil Dead Rise Puts Its Own (Deliciously Gory) Spin on the Cult-Beloved Series
It was risky for Evil Dead Rise, the latest entry in a series that set the standard for “cabin in the woods” horror, to choose a Los Angeles high-rise as its principle setting. But that risk pays off in writer-director Lee Cronin’s new film, which balances reverence for Sam Raimi’s classic with an entertaining exploration…
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Not Even Jeopardy Contestants Know What the Metaverse Is
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only person who’s lost a lot of money on the Metaverse. On Thursday, three additional public figures made the mistake of betting their cash on the concept. All of the contestants on the April 20, 2023 episode of Jeopardy failed to correctly answer the final prompt of the game, and all…
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Elon Musk Drops All Media Labels on Twitter, Even for State-Run Outlets
After making a huge deal about sticking labels on the likes of NPR and the BBC in the name of transparency, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has decided labelling media outlets’ Twitter accounts wasn’t so important, after all, even removing them from known propaganda outlets like Russia Today.