Enlarge / The Robo-bass, along with some actual fish. (credit: Giovanni Polverino) The mosquitofish is a particularly troublesome invasive species that has spread from its original home in North America to various locales around the world, including Europe and Australia. The small, 3 cm-long fish likes to chew the tails off fish and tadpoles and […]
We can’t even imagine going through something like this… Police officers in Brisbane, Australia have confirmed that a baby girl was killed in an almost unimaginable way after a magpie attacked her mother. In turn, the mother — who was carrying the baby in her arms at the time of the attack — apparently tripped […]
Wtf… An Australian father jumped off a 118-foot dam while holding onto his 9-month-old daughter in a shocking murder-suicide. Wednesday afternoon, police rushed to the scene after witnesses reported a man and an infant had gone 40 meters over the edge of a structure called the Whispering Wall in South Australia. Upon authorities’ arrival, the […]
Enlarge (credit: Jackie Niam | Getty Images) Last week, Arizona’s House of Representatives approved legislation to prohibit platform owners like Apple and Google from locking app makers into their own payment systems. The bill passed only narrowly, and it must be approved by the Arizona Senate and Gov. Doug Ducey before it can become law. […]
On March 6, Sydney held its 2021 LGBTQI+ Mardi Gras parade, and the city glowed with a magnificent display of colors. Rita Ora headlined the event — and she performed for a whopping 35,000 people. Yes, that’s a crowd of 35k smack dab in the middle of a pandemic. We’re definitely concerned about this, but […]
Enlarge / Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (credit: Sam Mooy/Getty Images) The Australian parliament has passed a final version of legislation designed to force Google and Facebook to pay to link to news articles. The passage of the News Media Bargaining Code marks the end of a contentious months-long negotiation between the Australian government and the […]
Enlarge / Facebook’s Menlo Park, California, headquarters as seen in 2017. (credit: Jason Doiy | Getty Images) Facebook has apparently emerged victorious from its standoff with the entire nation of Australia, as lawmakers in that country have agreed to amend a proposed law that would have required Facebook to pay publishers for news content linked […]
Enlarge / News is still very much happening both around the world and in Australia… but you wouldn’t know it if you’re one of the tens of millions of Australian Facebook users. (credit: Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images) A long-simmering battle between tech firms and the government of Australia became explosive yesterday when […]
Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Munich Security Conference in 2020. (credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook has gone nuclear in its long-running battle with the Australian government over news content. Australia is considering legislation that would require Facebook to pay to link to Australian news stories. In response, Facebook has announced a […]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (credit: Microsoft) Google has portrayed itself as a defender of the open Internet as it battles an Australian proposal to force Google and Facebook to pay Australian news organizations to link to their articles. Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has argued that the ability to link to […]