• Anti far-right campaigners say Labor’s anti-doxing laws could be weaponised

    Group tells attorney general’s department that not all doxing is harmful and therefore bad or undesirableFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnti-fascist research group the White Rose Society has warned the Australian government that its push for new anti-doxing laws are a “quick fix” for complex problems that could be weaponised against reporting and have negative consequences for society.In March the...

  • WATCH: Rep. Mike Lawler Blasts Chuck Schumer, Democrats Over “Shameful” Anti-Israel Stances

    Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) on Wednesday tore into the “shameful display” by Democrats, including President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who have been undermining Israel in its war against the Hamas terrorist group. “At a time of war, the Senate Majority Leader, the senator from New York, took the opportunity to call for […]

  • WATCH: Biden's Big Inflation Lie Ties Karine Jean-Pierre in Knots, Points to Big Internal Issues

    Since Joe Biden came into office, his senility and lack of control have been obvious. Whether speaking about his wife or his staff, there was always an air that the president wasn't making the final decisions. Have those handlers started to lose control of the situation, though?

  • Watch: Senate Democrats dismiss impeachment of Mayorkas

    Watch as Senate Democrats voted to end the Republican House of Representatives' impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, 17 April.

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    I just watched a robot that protects your privacy and I'm mesmerized

    We've become used to giving ourselves away.We give away our data. We even give away what we think, feel and do. Somehow, we say we care about privacy but don't often do anything to protect it.Also: The best robot vacuums: Expert testedBut here's something that may help in ways that we might never have imagined. It's a robotic camera system -- and its sole purpose is to protect your privacy.Its creators at the University of Sydney, Australia say they want to fight anyone who tries to sneak...

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    This deal gets you a free $40 gift card with your annual Costco Gold Star membership, effectively cutting down the price to just $20. (I even bought it myself.)

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    Watch today's Nintendo Indie World Direct right here

    Nintendo is hosting its first Indie World Direct of the year today, April 17, and you can watch it right here with us. As Nintendo continues to put off announcing its obviously impending Switch 2 reveal, it has at the very least decided to grace us with a Nintendo Indie World showcase today. Announced yesterday, the digital presentation promises "roughly 20 minutes of announcements and updates on indie games headed to Nintendo Switch in 2024." Unsurprisingly there was zero indication as to...

  • Nigel Farage does a runner as far right conference shut down

    Nigel Farage has criticised “cancel culture” following the intervention of officials to close down the National Conservatism conference in Brussels. The incident occurred as the former leader of the Brexit Party was concluding his speech at the event, which also included appearances by Hungary’s pro-Putin leader Viktor Orbán and two Conservative MPs. Local authorities, led […]

  • To Trim Our Richest Down to Democratic Size, We Need to Think Big

    How rich have America’s super rich become? The annual compensation of Steve Schwarzman, the chief exec of the private-equity colossus Blackstone Inc., offers up one telling yardstick. In 2023, we learned earlier this year, Schwarzman’s take-home actually fell some 30 percent off what he collected the year before. But Schwarzman’s overall payday for that year, even after that tanking, still amounted to a jaw-dropping $896.7 million. The current personal net worth of Blackstone’s CEO? The...

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    Bulgari Just Broke the Record for the World's Thinnest Watch

    For years, the title of “world’s thinnest mechanical watch” largely yo-yoed between Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo Ultra and the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept. So, when Richard Mille and Ferrari’s RM UP-01 came out of nowhere with an insane 1.75mm effort, it felt like a seminal moment: the binary was broken. It was also amped up by a mega endorsement; Pharrell Williams was seen bouncing about with the slightest watch in the world on his wrist. “When Richard Mille broke the record, it served as a...

  • German far-right firebrand in court for using Nazi slogan

    He is a former history teacher who is gunning to become the first far-right state premier in post-war Germany.The former high school teacher claims not to have been aware that the slogan "Everything for Germany" had been used by the Nazis, but prosecutors believe Hoecke uttered the phrase in full knowledge of its "origin and meaning".

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