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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Reddit Launches $1.4 Million Program to Bring Subreddits’ Ideas to Life
In a blog post on Monday, Reddit expanded its Community Funds pilot with a $US1 (around A$1.4) million budget, guaranteeing that we’ll see more ideas generated in subreddits brought from the social network to the wider world in the near future.
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We’ve Seen 15 Minutes of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won’t be in theatres until next summer but you can now read about its first 15 minutes. Producers and writers Phil Lord and Chris Miller showed up to CinemaCon 2022 in Las Vegas this week to give theatre owners a little taste of what’s in store for Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy,…
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Festival Grogu Was an Icon at Coachella 2022
Coachella 2022 was my first-ever music festival and in the weeks leading up to it, I kept asking myself: will it be the music version of Comic-Con? This year’s lineup included acts like composer Danny Elfman with a live orchestra and rock band, Marvel Studios’ Eros aka superstar Harry Styles, Bond theme song Oscar winner…
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NFTs Worth Millions Stolen After Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram Hacked
The Instagram account belonging to the popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) was hacked on Monday. According to BAYC itself, the hacker used the access to launch a phishing scheme that stole millions of dollars in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from the account’s followers.