Month: June 2021

We asked Australian humourists to tell us what’s funny online. Andrew Sholl’s Twitter account @OzKitsch is devoted to doing just that. Consider this the bumper edition The original intent behind the @OzKitsch Twitter account was to have a laugh at cringey aspects of Australian life, like concrete koala letterboxes and Ned Kelly bottle openers. There’s …

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Portugal footballer can command as much as $1.6m to endorse a product on social media Cristiano Ronaldo has shot to the top of Instagram’s annual rich list of celebrities who can charge the most for a sponsored post, with the footballer able to command as much as $1.6m (£1.2m) to endorse a product on social …

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It turns out that Facebook is more powerful and resilient – and American antitrust law less helpful – than critics of Big Tech had hoped Within 12 hours of a federal judge tossing out a state and federal antitrust lawsuits against Facebook, the market value of the adolescent company exceeded $1tn. Facebook became the fifth …

So the government’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook failed. Where now? | Siva Vaidhyanathan Read More »

Michael Cole says urban air mobility could free up congestion and help with emissions in cities Flying cars will be a reality in cities around the globe by the end of this decade, according to a leading car manufacturer, and will help to reduce congestion and cut vehicle emissions. Michael Cole, the chief executive of …

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Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of taking pictures of the moon When a full moon rises, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately it’s really challenging to take a great picture of the moon. Two reasons: it is very …

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Lawyers will try to persuade Canadian court to permit new documents to be introduced as evidence to clear Meng Wanzhou US justice department’s battle to extradite Meng Wanzhou from Canada has taken a fresh turn as lawyers for Huawei’s chief financial officer claimed that internal emails and bank documents prove there is no grounds to …

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Graphic depicted Kashmir region as separate country, adding to tension between social media firm and state Twitter is facing criminal charges in India after the site published a map that incorrectly showed the turbulent Indian region of Kashmir as a separate country. On Monday night a report was filed to police in the state of …

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During the pandemic many workers have felt more under siege than ever from work emails that arrive at all hours. Could the legal right to disconnect help? For 10 years, Jonathan has been available on email. He receives messages as early as 6am and as late as midnight, and steadily for a 12-hour stretch every …

‘It just doesn’t stop!’ Do we need a new law to ban out-of-hours emails? Read More »

Federal judge ruled suits by FTC and state attorneys general didn’t provide enough evidence to prove Facebook was a monopoly A federal judge on Monday dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of state attorneys general, dealing a significant blow to attempts by regulators to rein in tech …

Lawsuits seeking breakup of Facebook dismissed in setback for US regulators Read More »

Information was parsed from gov.uk website incorrectly, leading to possible confusion over Covid requirements Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Google has been sharing incorrect instructions on contact tracing through its Covid-19 “common questions” feature, advising some users that they can stop self-isolating when NHS rules say the opposite. The flaw is …

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