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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Which Animal Kills The Most Humans?
Animals fatally maul, sting, trample and chew about a million humans per year. Pretty nice of them, given the numbers on our side – the average of 551 million chickens killed in Australia every year, for instance. In an ideal world, no one would ever get mauled by a bear, or contract rabies from a…
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Subreddit Forces People to Post ‘Greg Abbott Is a Little Piss Baby’ to Protest Texas Social Media Law
Understanding the wacky laws that get passed in Texas — my home state — to “reign in” Big Tech can get confusing. Is it free speech to tell a private company what its users are and are not allowed to post? Or is that censorship? One of the Texas’ most recent laws targets social media companies…
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Researchers Say Fewer Pricks Could Help Combat Covid Vaccine Hesitancy
If you’ve ever found yourself reeling in your chair, heart rate thumping, and skin burning red after angrily sending link and after link of CDC data to that anti-vaxxer in your life who just doesn’t get it, turns out you’re probably doing it wrong.
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Deadpool 3 Will Bring Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Into the MCU
Out of nowhere this evening, Ryan Reynolds teased that a new Deadpool film, coming in 2024, will bring Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine into the Marvel Cinematic Universe — alongside his beloved take on the merc with a mouth, of course.