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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Instagram Is Getting NFTs But What the Hell Does That Mean?
Instagram has plans to allow users to display their NFTs and even mint new NFTs within the app, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. But what does that even mean? There are quite a few possibilities, and none of them make a whole lot of sense.
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Aussie Broadband Makes Its First Acquisition for $344 Million
Aussie Broadband has made its first acquisition, a Brisbane-based IT solutions company called Over the Wire, for $344 million.
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Australia’s Environment Minister Doesn’t Have to Care About the Kids, Court Rules
An Australian federal court recently ruled that the country’s Federal Environment Minister does not have a “duty of care” to protect young people from climate change.
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Rick and Morty’s Fast-Food Fascination Has Taken a Stomach-Lurching Turn
Back in 2017, the world beheld the awesome power of desperately hungry Rick and Morty fans when that McDonald’s “Szechuan Sauce” tie-in promotion went sideways — then righted itself, sort of. Last year, the Adult Swim series aligned itself with a new fast-food partner: Wendy’s, pushing the chain’s new and improved French fries. That relationship…