Should parliament ban phones?
In today's bulletin, parliament considers trialling limits on phone use on the House floor, plus SpaceX, Google, YouTube and more.
Google lowers Play Store cut to 15%, goes slightly further than Apple
Google's new Play Store revenue cut is more flexible than Apple's similar approach. Does it really solve the mobile marketplace, though?
Terraria's coming back to Stadia after Google makes up with scorned dev
After sensationally cancelling the Stadia port over frustrations with Google, Terraria's developer has reconciled and put the game back on the menu.
Bargaining Code amendments give Facebook all it wanted and then some
We handed Facebook fewer rules and no mandatory code while giving it an excuse to gain data on what a Facebook without news looks like.
Terraria dev to Google: "doing business with you is a liability", cancels Stadia port
Terraria developer Andrew Spinks has unceremoniously dumped the Google Stadia port of indie hit Terraria, tells the company where to stick it.
Everyone looks ridiculous in the Australian media bargaining code fight
Big media, big tech, and big politics. Everyone is trying to look like the biggest tool in the name of winning a fight about the wrong thing.
DeepMind AI claims massive breakthrough in protein folding
New advances in AI are smashing the competition and determining the structure of proteins which has huge implications for scientific research.
Google Chrome tab hoarders rejoice: browser update reduces CPU usage
Latest Chrome release has neat changes to reduce CPU usage for tab fiends, plus new productivity features which look surprisingly helpful.
Free as in anti-competitive
There's big questions in what it means for Google to offer free cloud photo storage and then take it away when the free service spoiled the market for paid competitors for so long.
Google Photos unlimited storage coming to an end in 2021
Starting June 2021, you'll need to pay up to store all your cat photos on Google Photos beyond the basic 15GB Google account limit.
Google will now tell you what that song is you can't stop humming
Got a tune stuck in your head and can't remember anything about it? Now Google will let you hum for answers (try not to feel judged).
The dark value of uninformed consent
The Australian news media bargaining code is trying to solve the wrong problem. It's a Band-aid on an ulcer.
Australia vs Facebook & Google
This week, Nic and Seamus talk about the battle over digital ad revenues and the effort to demand Facebook and Google give money to the media industry.
Who really wins in the search war?
This week we touch on Google's Aussie fight, old school gaming, Lovecraft Country, Microsoft Flight Simulator and plenty more. Hit it!
Rewriting the rules again and again
Google. Facebook. Uber. Ring. So many of this week’s stories point out how many services start with great intentions but end of doing whatever it takes to get big and make all the money. When you’re big enough, you can just change your mission statement, change your terms
Google Assistant now on Sonos here in Australia
Alexa not doing it for you? Now you can ask Google to help you out via your Sonos speakers instead. The new features landed in an update on Tuesday night.
The world just got its first Babel Fish thanks to Google Assistant's real-time Interpreter Mode
With 27 supported languages out of the gate, Google just made the world a little bit smaller with the arrival of real-time translation of conversations. OK
Neighbourhoods on Google Maps aren't as official as you'd think
How do suburbs and neighbourhoods get their names? That seems to be changing in the age of Google Maps, according to an amazing story at The New York Times.
