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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Senators Are Hopping Mad and Demanding Answers for the Crypto Collapse in a Hearing
Sceptical members of the Senate Banking Committee will hear from both crypto believers in a Valentine’s Day hearing to try and make sense of the recent “crypto crash” and advocate for new, more strenuous regulatory safeguards to protect consumers. The hearing comes at a pivotal moment for cryptocurrencies. Scandals, fraud, dramatic arrests, international manhunts, and…
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Tesla’s Autopilot Workers Tell Elon They Want to Unionise
Today, Tesla Autopilot workers in the company’s Gigafactory in Buffalo, New York have officially kicked off the union push with a letter to management, formally announcing their bid to unionise.
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ChatGPT Passed a Major Medical Exam, but Just Barely
Anyone anxiously holding their breath for a competent robot doctor may need to wait a bit longer. A group of AnsibleHealth AI researchers recently put OpenAI’s ChatGPT to the test against a major medical licensing exam and the results are in. The AI chatbot technically passed, but by the skin of its teeth. When it comes…
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Bella Ramsey Says Last of Us Haters Can Stay Mad — It’s Their Loss
Bella Ramsey — who identifies as non-binary and uses all pronouns — is entirely unsympathetic to the plight of the homophobe who wants their media to remain as straight as an arrow. The third episode of The Last of Us, which many critics praised for its storytelling and the post-apocalyptic queer romance at the centre…