The digital age was built on connection. We started by rekindling old connections, like how the now-defunct Friends Reunited blossomed as one of the first UK social media platforms, allowing users to connect with those they'd lost touch with.
But platforms like Friends Reunited aren't needed in 2024 because cutting ties and losing connection is harder than ever. (The site did shut down in 2016)
The stench of Cambridge Analytica is still hovering over Facebook, as parent Meta just agreed to pay 311,000 Australian users AUD $50 million ($31.7 million) over the scandal. The settlement with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) comes after a four-year dispute with Meta and follows a $725 million award in the US, along with payouts in the UK and elsewhere.
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Bill Skarsgård may be starring in Nosferatu – arguably the least Christmassy of movies – this Dec. 25, but that doesn't mean he can't get in the festive spirit.
In the Late Show clip above the IT star brings Stephen Colbert some Swedish delicacies, raising a glass of Akvavit before introducing the host to a traditional Swedish Christmas song. Looks like a fun time.
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We all love a bit of exercise gear around the house. Especially now that so many of us are still working from home and living more sedentary lifestyles.
But there’s one exercise machine that’s still daunting: the terrifying treadmill. Maybe it’s because they’re big, bulky, and there’s no escape
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Australia secured an emphatic 10-wicket victory over India in the 2nd Test to level the series at 1-1. And now, all eyes are on the Gabba as both sides look to gain an advantage in this electric contest.
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About 20 years ago, scientists used the powerful Hubble telescope to look at the oldest-known exoplanet in space.
How this gas giant, about 2.5 times the mass of Jupiter, could have come to be less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang befuddled them. This world, about 5,600 light-years away in the summer constellation Scorpius, is more than twice the age of Earth. Its mere existence conflicts
