Google threatened to disable its search engine in Australia if it’s forced to pay local publishers for news, a dramatic escalation of a months-long standoff with the government.
Cosmos Briefing: Lithium
As the demand for renewable-energy technologies skyrockets, we need to think about how to source their constituent materials without further damaging the world we’re trying to save, according to yesterday’s Cosmos Briefing.
Rick Valenta, from the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland, and Mahdokht Shaibani, a research fellow at Melbourne’s Monash University, discussed the future of lithium – a key component of batteries. With 55% of the world’s lithium supply currently coming from Australia, they highlight our nation’s responsibility to mine it in a sustainable way.
The session was hosted by the Royal Institution of Australia’s lead scientist, Alan Duffy.
Google threatens to remove search engine in Australia as spat escalates
Angus Whitley, Bloomberg News Signage at an entrance to a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. , David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Google threatened to disable its search engine in Australia if itâs forced to pay local publishers for news, a dramatic escalation of a months-long standoff with the government.
A proposed law, intended to compensate publishers for the value their stories generate for the company, is âunworkable,â Mel Silva, managing director for Australia and New Zealand, told a parliamentary hearing Friday. She specifically opposed the requirement that Google pay media companies for displaying snippets of articles in search results.
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December 12, 2020
Subtle Asian Traits Facebook group founders (back row, from left) Eugene Soo, Tony Xie, Angela Kang, Kerry Kang, Darren Qiang, (front row, fro left) Kathleen Xiao, Lydia Jiang, and Anny Xie. They never expected it to become so successful, or take off as quickly as it did.
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Kerry Kang and Tony Xie didn t pay much attention to what they were supposed to be learning during their Chinese language and culture course. The classes which took place every Saturday at Thornbury High School, 7km north of Melbourne s central business district in Australia were instead where they went to socialise.