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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5,000-Year-Old Remains Might Be Oldest-Known Horseback Riders
Researchers interrogating the skeletal remains in kurgans — 5,000-year-old burial mounds — found evidence that some of the Neolithic people were riding horses.
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Meta Drops Quest Pro’s Price by $US500 ($694) Just a Few Months After Launch
Sorry to all those folks who shelled out for that big expensive Meta Quest Pro headset when it launched for $US1,500 ($2,082) in October. A little under a half year after release, Meta has decided to slash the price of its most-recent VR offering by over a third.
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New Crew Reaches ISS Despite Docking Glitch
Four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, finally crossing through the space station’s hatch after ground teams troubleshooted a faulty sensor on SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.
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The Pokémon Reboot’s First Footage Teases a Big New Adventure
The Pokémon franchise is on the precipice of an unprecedented change: The two-and-a-half-decade-old anime adaptation of the game series is preparing to leave behind its protagonist, Ash Ketchum (known as Satoshi in the Japanese version of the show). And now we know just when its new generation will begin their own Pokémon journey.