Month: February 2021

The announcement is in response to Australia’s proposed Media Bargaining law, which would force the company to pay publishers for content Facebook announced on Wednesday that it would restrict publishers and users in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content. The move comes in response to Australia’s proposed Media Bargaining law, which …

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Two of the three creators of Why Are You Like This chose these funny items for this column (they told Mark Samual Bonanno he had to sit out) The last time two women did this list, they split it into two halves and said while they are both girls, they are not the same. Well, …

Naomi Higgins and Humyara Mahbub: the 10 funniest things we have ever seen (on the internet) Read More »

The growth and spread of misinformation poses a fundamental threat to Australian society, experts say. The government’s cautious approach to countering it won’t work Australia: fertile ground for misinformation and QAnon When Michael Marom steers his Telstra-branded company car past the site of a planned 5G tower on the streets of Mullumbimby, it draws a …

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Options for couples with different skin tones and a bearded man or woman also part of iOS 14.5 More than 200 new emojis will arrive on iPhones with the release of the next operating system update, including a vaccine-ready syringe, a flaming heart and a vast array of options for couples with different skin tones. …

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Lawsuit claims ‘disregard for health and safety requirements’ and retaliation against employees who raised alarms New York is suing Amazon, claiming the company failed to provide workers with a safe environment at two warehouses in the state as Covid-19 infections surged nationwide. The suit from Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, landed just days after …

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Matt Hancock should spend less time watching Hollywood films and more time studying the Asian country’s innovative approach to misinformation Matt Hancock, we learned recently, got a few pointers on how to shape the UK’s vaccine strategy from the 2011 movie Contagion. I don’t know if that is something I would boast about if I …

Humour over rumour? The world can learn a lot from Taiwan’s approach to fake news | Arwa Mahdawi Read More »

Labor says the payments are ‘offensive’ given the cost of the NBN has blown out by $6bn and there’s been a nationwide recession The government-owned company responsible for building and operating the National Broadband Network paid its staff and executives $77m in bonuses between July and December last year, new documents reveal. New data released …

NBN Co paid staff and executives $77m in bonuses in last six months of 2020 Read More »

Need your hair cut? Cake served? No problem! Lockdown has led millions to discover the work of Joseph Herscher and friends, whose absurdly complicated ‘labour-saving’ machines reveal the potential for magic in the everyday “It’s one thing to maim myself,” says Joseph Herscher. “But maiming someone else? I’m not sure I could live with that. …

Tights! Spatulas! Action! The madcap world of chain reaction videos Read More »

The exclusive invitation-only social networking app is a hybrid of conference calls, talkback radio and Houseparty China blocks access to Clubhouse app after surge in user numbers Part talkback radio, part conference call, part Houseparty, Clubhouse is a social networking app based on audio-chat. Users can listen in to conversations, interviews and discussions between interesting …

Clubhouse app: what is it and how do you get an invite to the exclusive audio app? Read More »

Purchase by Shpock owner Adevinta could lead to less choice for consumers, says watchdog A $9.2bn (£6.5bn) deal to create the world’s largest classified ads business could reduce consumer choice and increase the fees people are charged for advertising goods online, Britain’s competition watchdog has warned. Shpock operator Adevinta’s proposed purchase of Gumtree from eBay …

eBay’s $9.2bn Gumtree deal raises competition concerns, says CMA Read More »