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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Famed Japanese Toy Company Good Smile Has Reportedly Propped Up 4chan for Years
Good Smile, one of the world’s most popular toy companies, reportedly acted as the brace for one of the internet’s worst cesspools, financially backing 4chan. The site has gone on to facilitate harassment campaigns, racism, misogyny, and homophobia while being a vortex for internet conspiracy theories.
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Starbucks’ Billionaire Ex-CEO Moans About How Unfair It Is to Be Called a Billionaire
Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is currently under investigation for the coffee chain’s labour practices and he has some choice words for lawmakers on the Health, Education, Labour, and Pensions committee. He doesn’t like being referred to as a billionaire. Like seriously…stop calling him that. He just has billions of dollars and grew up poor.
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10 Tweets That Could Tank Company Stocks Amid the Great Un-Verification
Last year, Elon Musk changed Twitter’s verified program from a quasi-signal that a user is notable to a pay-for-checkmark $US8 free-for-all. Immediately, trolls and comedians seized on the opportunity, making verified fake accounts for politicians, reminding people of Chiquita Banana’s involvement in genocide, and arranging a pretend, but disgusting, conversation between Ben Shapiro and Ted…
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Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City Is a Retrofuture First Contact Film
Wes Anderson’s newest film, Asteroid City, has the same bright-lit and bold aesthetic he’s come to be known for over the course of his career. There is, as always, a bit of a twist. This time, there’s aliens… maybe?