Nearly forty-eight million calls to Centrelink went unanswered last year as the agency failed again to meet its customer satisfaction targets ~finance Article 473 words 4 votes
Ban on Chinese mobile giants for 5G 'needed to protect critical Australian infrastructure' ~tech privacy Article 506 words 6 votes
The Library of Congress lets you stream hundreds of free films ~movies Article 237 words, published Oct 23 2018 12 votes
The young queer writer who became Greenland’s unlikely literary star ~books literature Article 1735 words 6 votes
IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for $34 billion ~tech linux security.cyber Article 73 words 54 votes
A dark consensus about screens and kids begins to emerge in Silicon Valley ~tech smartphones Article 1426 words 26 votes
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting leaves at least four dead, official says ~humanities religion Article 34 votes
NDIS funds to be 'repurposed' for drought relief under Australian PM Scott Morrison's plan ~enviro Article 788 words 2 votes
Why are Americans still uncomfortable with atheism? ~humanities theology religion Article 4186 words 18 votes
Two more bombs found, addressed to Cory Booker and CNN in the US ~news usa crime journalism Article 23 votes
I bought used voting machines on eBay for $100 apiece. What I found was alarming. ~tech security Article 1256 words 26 votes
It started as an online gaming prank. Then it turned deadly - the story of the "swatting" that killed Andrew Finch ~tech Article 7828 words 18 votes
At Netflix, radical transparency and blunt firings unsettle the ranks ~finance business Article 4 votes
How Google protected Andy Rubin, the ‘father of Android’ ~tech google android Article 2827 words 7 votes
Facebook can't find anyone left at Cambridge Analytica ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 7 votes
Australia abandoned plans for Taiwanese free trade agreement after warning from China ~news australia china taiwan politics Article 679 words 8 votes
The myth of whiteness in classical sculpture - Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but assumptions about race and aesthetics have suppressed this truth ~arts Article 6012 words 16 votes
Why there's a perfectly rectangular iceberg floating in Antarctica ~enviro climate change Article 596 words 5 votes
Meet the carousing, harmonica-playing Texan who just won a Nobel for his cancer breakthrough ~science medicine Article 7039 words 4 votes
Saudis’ image makers: A troll army and a Twitter insider ~tech social media Article 1928 words 7 votes
Jony Ive on the Apple Watch and Big Tech’s responsibilities ~tech apple.watch Article 2567 words 5 votes
How an unlikely family history website transformed cold case investigations ~science Article 2684 words, published Oct 15 2018 6 votes
Sydney Anglicans set to ban gay weddings and pro-LGBTI advocacy on church property ~lgbt Article 508 words 2 votes
Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing ~humanities.languages Article 2205 words 5 votes
New research shows a pattern of exoplanet sizes and spacing around other stars unlike what we see in our own system ~space astronomy Article 1039 words 10 votes
How the West was digitized - The making of Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 ~games Article 3991 words 4 votes
Heritage tick for Federation Square jeopardises Apple store plans ~news australia.vic.melbourne Link 5 votes
'Dirty tricks': Fake email sent to Wentworth voters claims Kerryn Phelps has HIV ~news australia.nsw politics Article 511 words 3 votes
A personal library too big to get through in a lifetime “isn’t a sign of failure or ignorance,” but rather “a badge of honor.” ~books libraries Article 1043 words, published Oct 8 2018 11 votes
The internet apologizes …Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong — from the architects who built it. ~tech internet Article 2606 words, published Apr 13 2018 32 votes
The new American dream home is one you never have to leave ~life housing Article 2222 words, published Oct 13 2018 9 votes
'For the Pacific it's always about cash': Australian Environment Minister in diplomatic incident over climate change ~enviro climate change Article 587 words 3 votes
A genocide incited on Facebook, with posts from Myanmar’s military ~tech facebook social media Article 1706 words 8 votes
Study of Puerto Rico rainforest shows massive, climate-driven decline in population of insects and insect-eating animals ~enviro climate change Article 1521 words 9 votes
China breaks silence on Muslim detention camps, calling them ‘humane’ ~news china.xinjiang politics Article 1227 words 9 votes
The PlayStation 4 fails at handling text strings; can be bricked by receiving messages. ~games Article 467 words 19 votes
Palestinians warn Jerusalem shift would turn Australia into 'international pariah' and risk trade ~news australia israel jerusalem palestine Article 767 words 6 votes