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My Health Record: The Case For Opting Out
The My Health Record (MHR) opt-out period has begun, and you have until October 15 to decide whether or not to be part of the scheme. Unless you take action to remove yourself from the My Health Record (MHR) system, the federal government will make a digital copy of your medical record, store it centrally,…
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More Of Us Are Opting For ‘Digital Detox’ Holidays
John Briggs, a 40-year-old on holiday, texted his wife Shirley: “Look at the glacier out there.” He waited for the reply, which came through on his mobile. At the time they were sitting next to one another on board the deck of their small cruise ship, along northern Alaska’s icy shores.
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Caught In The Spider’s Web Of Facebook
It was Generation X: the children of Nirvana, Super Mario Brothers and warehouse rave parties that were the first to let Facebook into the centre of our lives. After all, the youth of the 1990s were the first to dance all-night to entirely computer-generated music, the first with mobile phones, the first to download stuff…
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Win! A $2000 Pacific Rim Prize Pack (Including An Alienware 13 Laptop)
Hey there, Pacific Rim fans! Uprising is out on Blu-ray, but that’s not the only good news. To celebrate, Gizmodo has an Alienware 13 laptop to give away. Want it? Enter here.