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Major IT firm workers strike, electrifying freight trucks and sexy fruit AI slop

Mar 30, 2026

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11 min read

Major IT firm workers strike, electrifying freight trucks and sexy fruit AI slop

Plus: This ISP's chatbot is telling customers to file complaints against them to the ombudsman

Wikipedia bans AI slop, Trump's Anthropic blacklisting stopped and farewell Trifold!

Mar 27, 2026

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11 min read

Wikipedia bans AI slop, Trump's Anthropic blacklisting stopped and farewell Trifold!

Plus: I think this is the unintentionally funniest subreddit

Meta, YouTube landmark legal losses, QLD cyber L and using AI to fight being sacked for overusing AI

Mar 26, 2026

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12 min read

Meta, YouTube landmark legal losses, QLD cyber L and using AI to fight being sacked for overusing AI

Plus: The economics of installing a giant anime statue in your town

Telstra hikes prices again, Uber price discrimination and OpenAI ditches video

Mar 25, 2026

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12 min read

Telstra hikes prices again, Uber price discrimination and OpenAI ditches video

Plus: Mozilla is now giving away its free 50GB/month VPN plan with Firefox

Reddit wants to fight bots with your face, Apple Maps ads and flabby websites

Mar 24, 2026

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13 min read

Reddit wants to fight bots with your face, Apple Maps ads and flabby websites

Plus: An art historian on desktop wallpapers

Data centre approval sped up for patriots, Android sideloading and a new (alleged) fraud AI company

Mar 23, 2026

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12 min read

Data centre approval sped up for patriots, Android sideloading and a new (alleged) fraud AI company

Plus: Surf YouTube like it's TV

(Some) self-driving cars are safe, OpenAI's plans going awry and The Sizzler Say

Mar 20, 2026

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12 min read

(Some) self-driving cars are safe, OpenAI's plans going awry and The Sizzler Say

Plus: A simple, cheap and no-brainer way to protect yourself from facial recognition

UK ditches AI copyright reform, FBI using data brokers to track Americans and CYBER COCKROACHES

Mar 19, 2026

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12 min read

UK ditches AI copyright reform, FBI using data brokers to track Americans and CYBER COCKROACHES

Plus: What if Wikipedia were a trading card game?

Meta's Metaverse is dead, Western Sydney city council hacked and satellite image providers pressured

Mar 18, 2026

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12 min read

Meta's Metaverse is dead, Western Sydney city council hacked and satellite image providers pressured

Plus: Kagi will translate LinkedIn speak, or Australian, or, really, anything

A plan to make Australia make gadgets again, Nvidia's doing everything and Atlassian's 'rich jerk' sacking

Mar 17, 2026

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12 min read

A plan to make Australia make gadgets again, Nvidia's doing everything and Atlassian's 'rich jerk' sacking

Plus: How about a trip to the small web?

Musk and Zuckerberg can't buy AI success, anti-encryption powers and did AI cure a dog's cancer?

Mar 16, 2026

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13 min read

Musk and Zuckerberg can't buy AI success, anti-encryption powers and did AI cure a dog's cancer?

Plus: How to figure out which LLMs you can run locally

Rich people's emails, DOGE's damage and the Sizzler Say

Mar 13, 2026

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12 min read

Rich people's emails, DOGE's damage and the Sizzler Say

Plus: Turn the tables and take AI’s job!

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