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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Judge Says Tesla Is Still Racist, but Not $190 Million Racist
A federal judge dropped the price of a jury’s $US137 million (around $190 million) penalty on electric car giant Tesla to just $US15 million ($21 million) over a widespread pattern of racist mistreatment of a Black worker at its northern California plant.
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Star Trek: Picard Gets Lost in Its Hero’s Head
The past few episodes of Star Trek: Picard have been a bit chaotic, but in a largely fun way — a little dash of the absurd to make the strange ideas it was hastily setting up in the background go down smoothly, so you could have a bit of a chuckle when that setup came…
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Wikipedia Editors Tell Cryptobros Their Donations Aren’t Welcome
Do you love the world’s online free encyclopaedia, but only do commerce in ether? Soon, you may no longer be able to demonstrate your Wiki appreciation monetarily.
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Elon Musk Wants to Buy 100% of Twitter in Hostile Takeover for $60 Billion
Elon Musk, who recently bought a 9.2 per cent stake in Twitter, has made an offer to buy the company outright for $US54.20 (around $75) per share in cash in a hostile takeover of roughly $US43 billion (let’s say $60 billion), according to a new from Bloomberg News and documents filed with the SEC. Musk…