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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Netflix’s New Anime Exception Promises Sci-Fi Horror Galore
Space is a reliably terrifying place, but things elevate to a new level of “Oh hell no” in Netflix anime series Exception. With Earth in the rearview mirror, a terraforming mission sets out for a distant planet, but the mission soon goes dangerously — nay, monstrously — awry. Check out the trailer here!
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Disney Animation Marks 100 Years by Celebrating Its Own Wishing Star
It’s an important Disney character you probably never thought too much about: the star, as in the “When You Wish Upon a Star” that Jiminy Cricket sings about, the star that Princess Tiana looks up to ask for her palace restaurant, and the star that Simba gazes at while missing his father. Now, the star…
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Hundreds of Students Sign Letter to Support Professor Who Wished Queen Elizabeth II ‘Excruciating Pain’
Hundreds of students have signed an open letter condemning Carnegie Mellon University for publicly throwing professor Uju Anya under the bus after tweeting that she wished the late Queen Elizabeth II “excruciating pain” in death for serving as the head of a “thieving raping genocidal empire.” Coincidentally, Carnegie Mellon actions came after Amazon founder Jeff…
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Here Are 10 Tinder Competitors You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
It’s not a stretch to say that Tinder revolutionised what it means to date online. While the shift to online dating was already in full swing, it was relegated to web browsers, with websites like Plenty of Fish and eHarmony taking the reign as the one-stop-shop for people looking for love amongst the digital landscape.…