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A preview of the 2022 Triple J Hottest 100 countdown
27 January 2023
The countdown of Triple J’s Hottest 100 songs of 2022 kicks off at midday tomorrow, Saturday 28 January 2023, AEDT. To ramp up anticipation, the powers that be at the Jays have offered a few tantalising clues as to what can be expected this year:
- Twenty-three acts will be making their Hottest 100 debut
- Fifty-seven songs are by Australian artists
- Six songs were posted to Triple J Unearthed this year
- AND, at least two massive Hottest 100 records will be broken
There’s nothing like a few surprises to round out a Hottest 100 countdown.
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Tesla reduces prices of electric vehicles in Australia
12 January 2023
Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has modestly reduced the prices of cars across its range in Australia.
The Tesla Model 3 now starts at $63,900 (was $65,500), whereas the Model Y now starts at $68,900 (was $72,300).
Price reductions vary from 1.9 to 3.9 percent. Still on the pricier side, but perhaps a little more affordable for some buyers now.
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Should Elon Musk step down as Twitter head? VOTE NOW
19 December 2022
Twitter boss Musk is conducting another of his famous polls. This time he is asking Twitter members whether he should step down as head of the social media service. He says he will accept a YES outcome, should that happen. We’ll see. Meantime, go ahead and vote, though I hate to think what will happen to anyone who votes yes… they’ll probably be banned from Twitter for life.
The poll closes at about 10PM this evening AEST.
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Elon Musk, social media, Twitter
How to Replace the Sky an interactive comic by Matt Huynh
10 December 2022
How to Replace the Sky: New York based Australian artist and illustrator Matt Huynh explores his relationship between technology and his work.
I probably won’t stop using new devices to make and share my work any time soon. My habits and instincts have been shaped too much by what the gadgets need me to do. But maybe that would all change if only I could shape my tools to suit me instead.
And in the same week ChatGPT lands, and, who knows, stands to change the way we do anything and everything.
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Storywizard an AI for creating instant kids bedtime stories
6 December 2022
Somewhat related to my last post… Storywizard is a generative AI story creation app, that composes bedtime stories for children, complete with images, in real time.
We all have vivid imaginations and great ideas, but it’s not easy to express them and put them into writing. We built Storywizard to help parents and kids bring their ideas to life.
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artificial intelligence, technology, writing
Sydney act 1300 wins Triple J/RAGE music video of 2022
28 November 2022
And before another Ausmusic month, and November for that matter, falls behind us… Western Sydney based Korean rap act 1300 have won the music video of the year for 2022, with their clip Oldboy in the 2022 J Awards. The video was directed by long-time collaborator Raghav Rampal.
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1300, Australian music, music, video
Elon Musk shares whiteboard outline of Twitter 2.0
20 November 2022
Jason Cartwright, writing for TechAU, analyses a whiteboard image posted by Elon Musk following the recent contentious Twitter HQ code review. Long story short, coders who failed to attend would no longer be regarded as Twitter employees. Following the meeting though, Musk shared outlines of plans to rebuild the social media service’s platform, which is being dubbed Twitter 2.0:
It’s rare to see content from inside the company, especially anything to do with current and future development items. While Musk has hinted at potential improvements to the platform, the whiteboard photo does reveal some more information.
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Elon Musk, social media, technology, Twitter
Shlee admin of Aus Social Mastodon instance on radio RRR
10 November 2022
Shlee, admin and founder of the Aus.Social instance, of which I am a member, spoke on Melbourne based radio station Triple R, last night.
He was joined on the weekly Byte Into IT segment by Aurynn Shaw, founder of New Zealand based Mastodon instance, Cloud Island. Listen here to their chat with hosts Vanessa Toholka, Warren Davies, and Laura Summers.
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Mastodon, social media, social networks
If the International Space Station orbited at 3000 metres
9 November 2022
What if the International Space Station orbited at a height of just three thousand metres? Benjamin Granville decided to find out. The answer to many “what-if” questions are often perfectly implausible, but some sure are worth asking. The scenario makes for quite the ride for those aboard the station…
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Algorithm says nanny murderer Lord Lucan in Brisbane
8 November 2022
British aristocrat Lord Lucan who is alleged to have murdered Sandra Rivett, his family’s nanny, in London in 1974, is said — by an algorithm — to be living in the Queensland capital, Brisbane.
A pensioner living in suburban Brisbane is runaway murderer Lord Lucan, says a leading computer scientist who claims state-of-the-art facial recognition technology has positively identified the elderly man as the missing British aristocrat.
While many believe Lucan died soon after killing Rivett and attacking his wife, speculation has endured that he remains alive, and living in hiding somewhere. Everyone, it seems, turns up in Australia…
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