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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‘Our Moon Landing’: NYC Mayor Celebrates New Garbage Trucks the Rest of the World Already Had
New York City unveiled the prototype for a new garbage truck on Thursday, but it seemed like Mayor Eric Adams was opening a new subway line by the way he arrived at the press conference. I have a fair bit of municipal pride, but it was ridiculous. The unpopular elected official made an unusual entrance…
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MORNING SPOILERS: Tim Burton Will Direct Gillian Flynn-Penned Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Netflix has a teaser for Family Pack, the board game-based film starring Jean Reno. Taika Waititi is adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and the Sun with Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams set to star, and there’s a new poster for murderous teddy bear movie Imaginary. It’s spoilerin’ time! Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Deadline…
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Music Piracy Is Back, Baby
“You wouldn’t steal a car. You wouldn’t steal a handbag,” said that infamous 2000s anti-piracy commercial from the Motion Picture Association. “Piracy is stealing.” But would you pirate a song? Last year, over 17 billion visits were made to music piracy websites around the world, first reported by Wired. Music piracy is on the rise,…
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One of Horror’s Greatest Masters Gets His Due in Dario Argento Panico
The influential career of Italian horror master Dario Argento gets a well-curated tribute in Dario Argento Panico. Simone Scafidi’s new documentary features interviews with the director as well as famous collaborators and admirers, including fellow boundary-pushing filmmakers Guillermo del Toro, Gaspar Noé, and Nicolas Winding Refn. Scafidi (who also made 2019 Lucio Fulci spotlight Fulci…