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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The Human Genome Project Turns 20: Here’s How It Altered the World
On April 14 2003, scientists announced the end to one of the most remarkable achievements in history: the first (nearly) complete sequencing of a human genome. It was the culmination of a decade-plus endeavour that involved thousands of scientists across the globe. Many people hoped the accomplishment would change the world for the better.
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Melissa Barrera Is Reuniting With Her Scream Directors for a Mysterious Universal Monster Movie
Radio Silence — directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and producer Chad Villella — successfully rebooted one of horror’s biggest franchises with Scream and Scream VI. Now they’ve tapped the star of those films, Melissa Barrera, to join another movie reviving a beloved property from horror’s past, in the form of a mysterious Universal Monster…
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Stability AI’s New ‘XL’ Is a Super Powered Deepfake Generator for Businesses
As more companies realise it costs quite a bit to create generative AI content, we may be coming to the end of free, open source AI models. One of the biggest companies that once proclaimed open source from the rooftops to all that would hear is quickly trying to sell a bigger, badder, more deep…
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The Latest Push for Monetisation at Twitter Is Here
Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on Thursday that users will be able to offer subscriptions to their followers, piggybacking off the platform’s previous “Super Follow” function. The new money-making effort will allow users to offer subscription content to their followers for a small fee.