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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Japanese Startup Announces Stratospheric Balloon Tour Plans
In the near future, space tourism may no longer be the exclusive domain of billionaires. A startup in Japan is aiming to allow customers to travel into the stratosphere for less than $US200,000 ($277,640). Yes, millionaires can now see the Earth’s curvature without handing their entire net worth to an Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos-backed…
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Lance Bass of NSYNC Says He Tried to Go to Space in 2002 but Got a Gun to the Head Instead
The year was 2002 and popular boyband NSYNC was on its last tour for the album Celebrity before going on an indefinite, heartbreaking hiatus. Meanwhile, the band’s most forgettable member Lance Bass was set to embark on a much more memorable journey to space — a journey that never happened.
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Jonathan Hickman’s Next Big Marvel Project Will Bring Back the Ultimate Universe
No one stays dead in comic books, and no universe does either, apparently. Because a mere eight years after writer Jonathan Hickman destroyed it (and the rest of Marvel’s multiverse) in the Secret Wars saga, he’s set to bring it back in Ultimate Invasion, a new miniseries coming this summer that will also bring back…
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Shazam: Fury of the Gods Merch Parades the Shazamily With New DC Studios Gear
The newest gear for DC Studios’ upcoming release Shazam: Fury of the Gods is beginning to hit stores — including the exclusive DC Shop online as well as Hot Topic and other retailers — with fandom fashion, Funko figures, and more!