Australia’s phone companies are giving away free phones and gift vouchers in a last-minute bid to lure customers off 3G
Briefly: Almost 200,000 Australians still rely solely on 3G devices, which will stop working within weeks. Telstra and Optus are now giving away phones and...
Apocalypse not now: Google’s cookie carpet pull points to ‘deprecation by default’, but the market has already moved on – and regulators are lining up
Google has clearly taken negotiation lessons from my teenage children: I’ll get it, I’ll get it, I’ll get it. Oops. Yesterday’s announcement by the digital...
Satellites help monitor forests from space
Information such as forest canopy height can be useful in assessing the health of a forest, but current measurement methods are not always feasible for...
Coles, Woolworths reject offer to break protocol as state claims ‘shelves have been removed’
Coles and Woolworths have responded after an Australian state announced it would bend the rules following a global IT outage that saw millions of systems...
eSafety increases pressure on tech giants over child abuse content
Apple, Meta and other tech giants have been ordered to report on the steps they are taking to address child sexual abuse material on their...
Today’s NYT Strands Tips (and Answers) for Wednesday, July 24, 2024
If you’re looking for Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 24, 2024, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, and finally the solution to...
Elon Musk promises “more affordable” EVs as rival discounts hit Tesla’s profits
Elon Musk has promised that Tesla will deliver a “more affordable” electric vehicle in early 2025, after he admitted that discounts and increased competition were...
Core Lithum closes Northern Territory mine as it hopes for recovery in global prices
Briefly: Core Lithium suspended mining in January and has since processed all of its remaining reserves. Lithium prices have fallen by about 85 percent in...
Nintendo World Championships NES Edition Review: Esports for Seniors
Outside of the four Mario games, which are relatively pure speedruns due to their predictability and repeatability, the games are pretty diverse. Zelda AND Zelda...
Should all pharmacies have an LAIB clinic?
For patients undergoing opioid dependence treatment (ODT), long-acting injectable buprenorphine (LAIB) can be a life-changing therapeutic option. Since 2020, demand for LAIB has grown steadily,...