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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Star Trek: Discovery’s Crisis of Faith Gets Lost in the Woods
Just a few weeks after Discovery showed how much confidence it had in taking a Star Trek trope it knew it was good at and damn near perfecting it, this week we get the series diving into another—and not really finding much interest in why it even took it on in the first place. “Filler”…
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Hasbro’s Star Wars Day Celebration Is a Prequels Party
‘Twas the afternoon before Star Wars Day, and all through the internet, Hasbro was stirring our wallets with yet another big stream of reveals from the galaxy far, far away. Appropriately, given that 2024’s Star Wars Day coincides with the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, many of these goodies are celebrations of the prequel…
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7 Extremely Weird Inventions From the Grandfather of Science Fiction
Hugo Gernsback was a pioneer in the world of science fiction during the first half of the 20th century—so much so that the Hugo Awards are named after him. But Gernback also edited serious tech magazines and came up with ideas that were often way ahead of their time. Or, in the case of the…
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Today’s Best Australian Tech Deals
Great tech deals alert! If you’re in the market for some some gadgets, plans and other goodies, we have rounded up some of the best in Australia.