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.

  • Microsoft Thinks It Can Do Corporate, Legless VR Avatars Better Than Meta

    Microsoft Thinks It Can Do Corporate, Legless VR Avatars Better Than Meta

    Kyle Barr

    Big tech’s big dreams of a corporate metaverse filled with virtual reality workplaces aren’t quite dead yet, at least according to Microsoft. The Redmond, Washington tech giant finally unveiled its 3D Mesh integration for Microsoft Teams, offering a new wave of generic-looking, legless avatars for making work meetings a fair bit more awkward. As envisioned…

  • Taylor Swift AI Porn Is Becoming a Huge Problem on X

    Taylor Swift AI Porn Is Becoming a Huge Problem on X

    Thomas Germain

    A series of AI-generated images of Taylor Swift in suggestive and pornographic situations are causing an uproar on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Though some of the images have been taken down, others remain on the platform. Swift’s army of fans have embarked on a campaign to bury the images by flooding the…