This week saw Facebook experience its most severe outage in over two years, lasting six hours and taking down some of the most highly used sites on the internet. Sites affected by the outage include Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp, and even Oculus Virtual Reality. Employees at Facebook were also unable to enter Facebook, Inc. buildings…
The latest television show taking Netflix and the world by storm is the Korean action thriller Squid Game. The ensemble action thriller follows a cast of financially strained and destitute characters competing in a series of life-or-death games for a grand prize of 45.6 billion won (approximately $52 million AUD). The six games in which…
As one Danish newspaper put it: “Denmark lost. But life won.” At the end of a highly emotional night in Copenhagen, there was immense relief that Christian Eriksen, who collapsed shortly before half-time in Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland on Sunday, was awake and stable in hospital. There was appreciation, too, that those…
The leaders of the G7 countries have recently ended a three-day summit, pledging to address vaccine inequity, climate change, global taxes, and China’s growing power. In a communique released at the conclusion of the meeting in Cornwall, England, the leaders of the G7 countries – France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the…
JBS Foods, the world’s largest meat processing company, says it paid the equivalent of US$11 million ($14.2 million) to a criminal gang of hackers to end a cyber-attack that halted its operations around the world, including Australia. JBS shut down production around the world, including Australia, for five days after falling victim to the cyber-attack.…
Naomi Osaka’s decision to withdraw from the French Open, sparked by a media boycott and mental health issues, has prompted an outpouring across the tennis and sporting world. Osaka declared prior to Roland Garros that she would not speak to the media, tweeting: “I’ve often felt that people have no regard for athletes mental health…
United States President Joe Biden has ordered national intelligence agencies to intensify its efforts to determine the origins of coronavirus, saying they are pursuing theories of a possible laboratory accident in China. Biden said in a statement that the US intelligence are looking into two different scenarios and have low confidence in their current conclusions.…
Saturday marked the triumphant return of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest after being postponed last year due to COVID-19. This year the contest was held in the Netherlands’ Rotterdam Ahoy arena in front of a live audience of 3,500 fans. The 2021 winner was Italy’s leather-dressed rock band, Måneskin, with their single ‘Zitti E Buoni’.…
Australia’s Olympic skateboarding preparations are in shambles after three members tested positive to COVID-19 after traveling to the United States for a qualifying event. Two athletes, including a 13-year-old skater, are now out of the running for the Tokyo Olympics due to testing positive at the qualifying event, along with their coach. The group of…
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire putting an end to the 11-day military operation in the Gaza Strip. The decision came after heavy pressure from the United Nations and United States to halt the offensive. Israeli media reported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet confirmed the decision to approve a “mutual and unconditional”…