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14.09.16- Instagram Makes Abuse Filters Available To The Public and The Explosive Recall of the Galaxy Note 7 Sep 14, 2016

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Instagram is rolling out a comment filter to all Instagram users to stamp out abuse and Samsung set to recall its Galaxy Note7 phones following reports that the devices can overheat and explode.

7.9.16- New Revenge Porn Laws and No More Headphone Jacks Sep 07, 2016

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New Australian laws meaning revenge porn posters could face jail time, accompanied by another look at how the law treats young people who share intimate images with their peers and partners. Lucy is frustrated with rumors that Apple is removing the 3.5mm headphone jack on their new iPhone.

31.8.16- Facebook's Algorithms, and Airbnb VS Uber Aug 31, 2016

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Days after removing editors from curating Trending Topics, Facebook's news-driven section surfaced a fake story about a Fox News anchor. Lucy also talk with Ariel about Airbnb's soft and subtle approach in easing up government regulations.

24.8.16- The Porn Ring Scandal and How to Make Your Own Emoji Aug 24, 2016

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Lucy asks Ariel Bogel how we should talk to young boys about the 'Porn Ring Scandal', a scandal where more than 200 non-consensual, intimate photos of teens and young women were posted in a global 'porn ring' - Australian police in Queensland chose to blame the victim. They also discuss the recent push for an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to be included in the Emoji keyboard. What is accepted as a new emoji rests with the Unicode Consortium.

17.8.16- Scientists Can Now Explore Cells In Virtual Reality and Instagram Declaring War on Snapchat Aug 17, 2016

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Scientists at the UNSW 3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab has created a way of 'walking through' cancer cells in virtual reality, Lucy chats with Ariel about what this could mean for cancer research. They also discuss how Instagram has declared war on snapchat with their new 'stories' feature drawing parallels too close to call with its competitor. What does this mean for Snapchat, and will Instagram get away with it?

10.08.16- The Chiefs Play Their League Of Legends Grand Final Aug 10, 2016

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Lucy and Ariel talk to the coach of The Chiefs - an Australian pro League of Legends team - a few days before their Oceania grand final against Legacy. The team live together in an apartment in Sydney where they sleep, eat and train together. Josh talks about what it's like living with his team and how they made it to the pro league.

3.8.16- #Censusfail and How Australias Tectonic Plate Movements are Affecting our GPS' Aug 03, 2016

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The hashtag #censusfail has been making the rounds on the internet in regards to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' changes to their data keeping period. Lucy and Ariel talk about why it is important to have a compulsory census and why there are privacy advocates against it. They also discuss how Australia is moving an average of 7cm a year, and what this means for GPS systems and other technologies that rely on accurate coordinates.

6.7.16- Exploring the Option of Electronic Voting Jul 06, 2016

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Lucy Smith talks to Ariel Bogel about the pros and cons of potentially introducing electronic voting options for elections and how 'clicktivism' and change.org have changed how parties show support for causes.

27.06.16- Uber Eats and Facebook Videos Jun 27, 2016

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Sydney can now order food to be delivered to their house via Uber and Facebook removed viral videos of the abuse of child detainees in the Northern Territory deemed too confronting and graphic for the public. This has sparked the question, what role does Facebook have in shaping what news we see?

1.6.16 - The Death of Web Design and Uber Localisation Jun 01, 2016

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Today Ariel and Lucy look at the waning future of unique web design in the face of app optimisation, as well as Uber's mission to retain usefulness across different cultures.

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