An NYU student had developed a website that uses Google Street View to transport Bernie Sanders and his chair anywhere in the world.
Facebook has reiterated a previous threat to get rid of news for Australian users, this time reminding Australian politicians that news is a “very small” proportion of the content that they show to users. As part of the inquiry into the Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory…
On Friday Google threatened to remove Search from Australia if the government’s media bargaining code is passed. Fortunately, Google is not the only search engine on the internet. Here are some great alternatives. Best Google alternative for privacy: DuckDuckGo When it comes to privacy focused search engines, DuckDuckGo tends to…
The year isn’t even a month old and Hollywood has already begun to delay many of its 2021 releases.
Wireless gadgets are cool, but we still live in a world where a lot of our peripherals use a cabled approach. That’s totally fine if you’ve only got one or two devices to hook up, but that number can quickly multiply. A decent mechanical keyboard, wired mouse, printer, storage devices,…
Google says it will stop Australians using search if the government’s news media bargaining code bill goes ahead that would force the tech giants to pay for Australian news. As part of the inquiry into the Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2020, Google…
We love much of the CW’s DC Comics output for being so willingly, earnestly embracing of the goofy, fun roots of its source material, and its takes on Clark Kent and Lois Lane have been no exception. But our first good look at the Metropolis power couple’s new show is…
The Raspberry Pi is one of the smallest and cheapest mini computers you can buy. It has an HDMI port, USB ports, and runs Ubuntu or other open-source operating systems like a champ. The new Raspberry Pi Pico, on the other hand, is like the CPU of a more complex…
Last year, Samsung broke out the “Ultra” adjective for the first time on the Galaxy S20 Ultra. That phone was certainly ambitious, but between its $2,000 price tag and features that didn’t quite live up to expectations, Samsung’s super premium phone felt less like an Ultra and more like a…
If you made it through our two other big television preview lists, congratulations — there’s one more to go: all the streaming TV you will never possibly be able to ingest in 2021.
In recent years, vertical farming has emerged as a futurist’s solution to the world’s agricultural problems. The growing trend seeks to use controlled environments to boost food production, leveraging indoor labs where temperature, light, and nutrients can be mechanically controlled.
Facebook has handed the keys locking Donald Trump off its platforms over to its Oversight Board, which will decide whether the former president can once again spew his thoughts on a major social network.
One of the longest-running jokes in the smartphone industry is that anytime Oppo puts out a new phone, OnePlus will release something very similar a few months later. But now, the two companies along with Realme are making that kind of cooperation official by merging parts of their research and…
If you’ve visited the AMD subreddit, the Linus Tech Tips forums, or elsewhere over the last several months, you might have come across a conspiracy theory that Intel and Nvidia struck a secret deal with one another to keep higher-end GPUs out of AMD Ryzen 4000-series laptops. If you looked…
The Apple TV might be shiny, black, and sleek, but it’s also kind of boring. If you’re unimpressed by its design, you can either hide it behind a TV or wrap it in this fun silicone case from Elago that turns the streaming box into a retro console reminiscent of…
It’s an open secret that Apple is working on some kind of augmented reality or virtual reality headset. Some, have been so bold as to predict sleek Steve Jobs-style smart glasses as soon as summer 2021. But now Bloomberg is reporting that before we get smart glasses, Apple is attempting…
U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick to be the new comptroller of the currency at the U.S. Treasury Department, Michael S. Barr, used to be an advisor to the controversial cryptocurrency company Ripple, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.
Are you ready for an all-electric Mustang? No, I don’t mean that all-electric Mustang — I mean a Mustang car, with batteries. If the latest from Autoline and AutoForecast Solutions is true, you’d best warm up to the idea over the next few years, because the Mustang EV is reportedly…
Last week Apple decided to sneak in one last cheeky product launch for the year — the AirPods Max. They’re the company’s first over-ear headphones and we just got a pair to try out.
There’s more than one way to get an idea of how fast an NBN plan is. Providers self-report typical evening speeds, the ACCC publishes a quarterly report, or you could listen to what Netflix says. Up until the pandemic hit, Netflix used to publish a monthly speed index that compared…
It’s come to my attention that not everyone know what Google’s ‘Im Feeling Lucky’ button actually does. And that’s okay, here’s the answer. Are you feeling lucky, punk? The I’m feeling Lucky button is one of the oldest Google Features. Hitting it when Googling something will take you directly to…
Former Donald Trump’s part in egging on the riotous mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6 has now earned him permanent bans from Twitter, Snapchat, Shopify and most recently, Twitch.
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess made his first tweet earlier today in an apparent effort to start some beef with Elon Musk. The reality, though, is that VW’s $US50 ($65) billion electric push hasn’t gone so swell.
On his first day in the Oval Office, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an array of executive orders to overturn several of the Trump administration’s most egregious environmental rollbacks. The third one he signed set the U.S. on course to rejoin the Paris Agreement.
QAnon is not going away. But it’s reeling in abject confusion and despair after Joe Biden took office on Wednesday without Donald Trump leading an army of federal agents and National Guardsmen to storm the inauguration and arrest the entire leadership of the U.S. Democratic Party.
Another Guardian of the Galaxy is confirmed for Thor: Love and Thunder. She-Hulk’s cast expands. There’s good news for more Snowpiercer. Plus, what’s to come on The Expanse, and get a new look at Netflix’s Winx Club reboot. Spoilers now!
We’re actually in a good mood today for reasons, but to say it’s been generally bleak during the pandemic would be an understatement. With no outlet for his comedy stylings during covid-19, a Los Angeles man grabbed his board and a Mandalorian costume, and set about lifting moods in an…
For a movie about a woman fighting a giant creature on an aeroplane during World War II, Shadow in the Cloud is surprisingly complex. It’s basically two movies; one is a claustrophobic, paranoid thriller with a character in a single location under intense distress, the second a swashbuckling adventure film…
Put those next-generation controllers to good use on your streaming device.
Drug overdose deaths caused by methamphetamine use in the U.S. have increased sharply over the past decade, according to a new government report released Wednesday. Since 2011, the report found, annual rates of methamphetamine overdose deaths have risen across every demographic group in America and are especially high among American…
Velcro is great when you need to open stuff fast or with ease, but Velcro is not so great when you’re trying to discreetly open your shoulder bag to grab your headphones. Researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands have come up with a new design for Velcro, inspired by mushrooms,…
The latest WhatsApp privacy kerfuffle once again has us wondering whether it’s a good idea to be giving so much of our data to a company with Facebook’s track record.
A cross-country road trip can serve up the ultimate adventure, all the more if it’s done in a vehicle not really meant for the job. But it’s possible that even Steinbeck (travelling with Charley, of course) couldn’t hold a candle to what Tom Stanniland from the United Kingdom tried. The…
