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‘No jab no job’ brings out riot police – shuts down construction
Power / Energy

‘No jab no job’ brings out riot police – shuts down construction

Victorian builders now face a two-week work halt after a vaccine protest turned violent and police made arrests in Melbourne.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Sep 2021
Union pickets Telecom AGM, customers face delays
Chorus

Union pickets Telecom AGM, customers face delays

Union protesters disrupt Telecom AGM over Visionstream's new employment model; Northland customers face two-week delays for fault repairs, Auckland three days.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 1st Oct 2009

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AI & drone warfare reshape global conflict, index says
Artificial Intelligence

AI & drone warfare reshape global conflict, index says

Peacefulness has fallen for a 12th straight year, as conflict deaths, drone attacks and military spending all hit record highs.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Jun 2026
Cloudflare report reveals surge in internet shutdowns & outages
Cybersecurity

Cloudflare report reveals surge in internet shutdowns & outages

Cloudflare's Q2 2025 report reveals a sharp rise in global internet shutdowns from government actions, outages, cable damage and cyberattacks, hitting multiple countries.

By Melvin Hipolito • 5 min read • Wed, 23rd Jul 2025
Flickr a focal point for predicting worldwide protest locations
Flickr

Flickr a focal point for predicting worldwide protest locations

Flickr, the photo-sharing giant that hosts over 5.6 billion photos, has become a useful tool for tracking protest movements worldwide.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 12th May 2016
Fonterra's Glencoal says Waikato coal mine not on hold, just delayed
Power / Energy

Fonterra's Glencoal says Waikato coal mine not on hold, just delayed

Fonterra Cooperative Group subsidiary Glencoal has denied suggestions it has put its plans for an open cast mine in the Waikato on hold indefinitely.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
U.S. scraps piracy bills
Google

U.S. scraps piracy bills

The U.S. will scrap SOPA and PIPA, says former Senator Chris Dodd, as internet providers and tech giants like Google take on anti-piracy initiatives themselves.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Oct 2012
Ron Jeremy fronts for PETA's new .xxx site
PETA

Ron Jeremy fronts for PETA's new .xxx site

Animal cruelty prevention charity continues its tradition of edgy campaigns with website on controversial domain.

By Mike Borgfeldt • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Jun 2012
File-sharing protests gathering steam
Government

File-sharing protests gathering steam

Nationwide protests against the controversial 'Skynet' file sharing bill gain momentum, with over 2,500 Facebook pledges to attend rallies this Saturday.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 23rd Aug 2011
Operation Misery
WikiLeaks

Operation Misery

The White House condemns the leak of over 90,000 US military documents by Wikileaks, but President Obama uses it to advocate for a change in Afghan war tactics.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Sep 2010

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