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28 April, 2018
By design, Facebook often feels like a public forum rather than an advertising platform run by a corporation. Even Ted Cruz mistakenly told Zuckerberg that the law mandates Facebook be neutral, which isn't true. It’s Diamond and Silk’s First Amendment-granted right to speak untruths—and their followers have every right to spread them. Yet it’s Facebook’s role to determine just how much impact its users have, which they will do in whatever way is befitting to their bottom line. Facebook will never be the free expression forum we want it to be: It’s a private company, with algorithms that move in mysterious, often biased ways. Maybe it’s time we accepted that.
25 April, 2018
Telstra gave ABS mobile data to track Canberrans' locations. Privacy advocates have slammed the study and how the ABS had dealt with the data. Chair of Digital Rights Watch Tim Norton said the study was "irresponsible" by the ABS in light of controversy over the 2016 census. "The ABS received aggregate level telecommunications data from a telecommunications company to inform estimates of temporary populations. No individual information was provided to the ABS. Only aggregated counts of mobile telephone transactions were supplied in broad geographical areas," the ABS spokesman said.
The report noted that only five out of 37 universities required intermediate or advanced maths to get into a Bachelor of Science, while only one out of 34 institutions offering engineering degrees required advanced maths. n other words, a student who should be doing advanced or extension mathematics might pick the easier option because they’re more likely to excel at it. It’s thus more likely to contribute to a higher overall ATAR ranking, at the expense of necessary knowledge. A Mitchell Institute study released last month cast doubt on the relevance of the ATAR ranking, reporting that just one in four undergraduate students were admitted into university based on their ATAR results last year. Instead, universities are turning to aptitude tests, interviews, bonus point schemes, essays, portfolios and auditions to assess a candidate’s value.
23 April, 2018
The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) - the world governing body for motorsport - reached out to Yamauchi and his team to collaborate and help develop a digital racing licence that could translate to a real-life racing licence, at the same time acknowledging Gran Turismo Sport as a legitimate type of motorsport. There are two FIA-certified Gran Turismo eSport tournaments set to take place in 2017. There is even further potential for winners of online tournaments to receive trophies alongside real-life race winners in F1, the World Endurance Championship and World Rally Championship.
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