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Facebook Bans News in Australia and I Feel Fine

GizModo VR

As lawmakers in Australia continue to insist on moving forward with legislation to force Facebook to pay publishers for the right to link to their stories, the social network has decided to block users in the country from sharing or viewing news articles on its platform. Read more.

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Australia Proposes New Law to Force Online Platforms to Out Internet Trolls

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Australia is trying to make it harder to be an internet troll, but at what cost? Read more.

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Celebrate The Women’s World Cup With New Snapchat AR Lenses

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Official team kits will also be available for Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, France, South Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal and USA. Stickers & Filters : Liven up your Snaps with Women’s National Team Stickers and Filters for Australia, France, Norway, USA, Sweden, Nigeria, New Zealand, and Spain.

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Coal-Loving Australia Just Hit Wind and Solar Power Records

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According to an analyst at Rystad Energy, who shared the figures with clean energy site Renew Economy , three of Australia’s six states saw new records for wind and solar power production. January was a banner month for renewables Down Under. In total, utility-scale wind and solar produced 3,628 gigawatt hours of power… Read more.

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XSight Social AR App Launches on Product Hunt

ARPost

The XSight team, operating out of Australia and Ukraine, calls their AR app a “PokèmonGo-like social app” analogous to the head-up display in Iron Man’s helmet in Marvel films. You probably noticed a lot of … hesitancy in this article. Meet XSight. People and places are to be identifiable within the app, as well as experiences.

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Clearview AI Forced to Cease Data Scraping Operations in Australia

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But now, thanks to a ruling from Australia’s national privacy regulator, the company that some have glibly warned could “end privacy as we know it” will… Read more. Clearview AI founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That has previously boasted that his now- notorious facial recognition software relies on a database of over 10 billion images.

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Nreal Announced Cinedigm Partnership in Most Recent App Update

ARPost

While this article has been focusing on the Cinedigm partnership, the update comes with more than free channels. This app “allows users to enjoy stationary cycling in an immersive scenic setting – from iconic nature scenes around the world to popular city lanes and streets, from North America to Europe, Asia and Australia.”.