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7/10/2019
Robert Downey Jnr set to host Youtube AI doco
Youtube Red, Youtube's online streaming subscription service, has announced a new docuseries about Artificial Intelligence - and what better host than Tony Stark himself? Probably Ultron, IMHO. Anyway, considering neither of those dudes are real, Youtube have found a host in beloved actor and noted Tony Stark cosplayer Robert Downey Jnr. The
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1/10/2019
Google Duplex Passes the Turing Test
If you're interested in internet news and artificial intelligence, you may like to know that like the MIT algorithm and the Facebook CEO Bot before it, Google Duplex has successfully passed the Turing Test. You may have seen the video going around of the new Google Duplex software calling up a salon to book an appointment for a haircut, fooling the
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1/10/2019
Facebook Announces Dating App, Wants To Know What Gets You Hot
Internet daters rejoice! At the peak of community paranoia about Facebook's invasive privacy policies, what better time for the conglomerate to announce that it wants to learn about your romantic desires? After passing committee interrogations and Turing tests with flying characters, Facebook CEO & expert Bladerunner Evader Mark Zuckerberg spoke
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1/10/2019
Biohacker Fights Transport NSW Over Cyborg Rights
NSW seems to be the place for taking unprecedented ethical disputes to court. Besides legislators trying to hash out who will inherit your dank memes after you die, a Sydney bio-hacker has taken legal action against the New South Wales government for infringing upon his cyborg rights. Though this story is certainly a far cry from the sci-fi tales
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1/10/2019
Australia Lands World's First 5G Trial
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Australia has landed the world's first 5G public trial. The country's largest telco Telstra announced the switch that kicked off alongside the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Cited as the next generation of Wi-Fi, 5G networks are built from cutting-edge technology that promises to deliver faster speeds and better connectivity to
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20/08/2019
Apple announces credit card & streaming service
Apple's big keynote events -  in which the company announces all of their fancy new upcoming devices - have become a lauded tradition for the conglomerate, and an excitable time for tech-heads and Mac-Loyalists everywhere. The sort of gadgets Apple usually announce at these things have ranged from "cutting edge world-changing technology" to "the
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2/07/2019
Telstra Bundles for Pensioners and Discounts
In recent times, many pensioners and senior citizens have been submitting queries in about whether there are any government subsidises broadband schemes available to them, and how they can go about getting involved and hooked up to such a plan. The fantastic news for all is that Centrelink does indeed have a ‘Telephone Allowance’package, which
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27/02/2019
Captain Marvel is coming!
Marvel studios have released the first full trailer for "Captain Marvel", and it's sent the internet into a frenzy. Starring Brie Larson in the titular role, it will be the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first female led super film. There was already a lot of excited buzz about the project, and now the trailer has rocketed that buzz sky (or space)
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27/02/2019
The best broadband plans for streaming TV and movies
Instead of scheduling your life around when your favourite TV show, movie, or sport is going to air, watching content online means you can schedule the shows you want to watch around you. All you need is a fast internet connection with enough gigabytes. Some providers also offer unmetered content, meaning you can stream some TV shows or movies
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16/01/2019
World prepares for new data protection rules
Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR for short) has got many curious about how it will effect the "world wide" parts of the web. The throughly revised regulations, that are effective as of May 25th (or today at the time of writing this), are all about protecting your data and your privacy. For the average consumer, it's a good
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16/01/2019
Will net neutrality repeal reach Australia?
Net neutrality - the lingering bastion that was ensuring that internet service providers treat all data the same and not discriminate or charge differnetly by user, websire or application - has successfuly been burnt to the bloody ground by the Federal Communications Commisions (or FCC) of the United States. The rules that stipulated that internet
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16/01/2019
Cut cable leaves thousands without internet
Thousands of Sydney-siders were left without internet after a cable was cut. After a construction crew accidentally cut an integral Telstra cable whilst working in the north shore suburb of Chatswood, internet users all across New South Wales found themselves in the midst of a major internet outage.  According to a spokesman for Telstra, the fibre
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