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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How the Private ISS Mission Crew is Settling Into Zero Gravity Life
The International Space Station (ISS) just welcomed new guests, a private crew of four astronauts who are settling in on board the orbiting lab and learning to adapt to the microgravity environment.
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Elon Musk Advocates for More Job Cuts in Silicon Valley
Twitter’s soon to be ex-CEO Elon Musk claims there’s more room to cut jobs in the tech industry. Musk cleaned house the moment he took over as Chief Twit, laying off thousands of workers. But it seems he’s now ready to beef up staff levels once again. In an interview at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO…
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It Takes an Hour to Load This Dart-Blasting Minigun but 9 Seconds to Empty It
Hasbro tends to design its dart-firing Nerf blasters to look like toys, or classic sci-fi props, with performance geared towards keeping kids safe. Grown up dart blaster enthusiasts, by comparison, strive to create absolutely terrifying, over-powered, foam-flinging weapons. The latter approach, thanks to YouTuber GatlingTommy, has now yielded a fully functional replica of the military’s…
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Indira Varma Joins Doctor Who, Adding New Genre Title to Her Stellar Resume
Most fans recognise Indira Varma for her standout roles on Game of Thrones and Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as Rome, Carnival Row, and the recent Extrapolations; she’s also set to be in that upcoming Dune: The Sisterhood prequel series. But some might also know her from Torchwood — a connection that’s brought…