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Hosted by Matthew Cargill, this is where television meets the web - with the top stories at home, around the world and in business, sport and entertainment.
(All times AEST)
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Will digital cards make paper Valentines obsolete? We take to the streets to see how you prefer to express yourself. The Attorney-General seeks to update Australia's copyright laws, and the game that rose from the ashes of Flappy Bird.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, social-media, australia
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Vice-President of International for Buzzfeed, Scott Lamb, chats to News Exchange about the future of digital journalism, the power of emotion in social sharing and whether quokkas will replace cats on Buzzfeed Australia.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, social-media, australia
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Are we snapping away our memories? NX takes to the streets to find out if the culture of smartphone photography is impairing our ability to remember. Plus, Buzzfeed's Scott Lamb on the company's secrets to viral success.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, social-media, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, australia
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Are smarter cars pulling our attention away from the roads? Peter Khoury from the NRMA says tech savy cars need to be used with common sense. Plus, the social web reacts to the USA's uniforms for the Sochi Olympics and Facebook gets its own back after a Princeton University study likens it to an infectious disease.
Topics: internet-culture, social-media, computers-and-technology, education, australia
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Wearables are the next big thing in health technology, but do they actually help you reach your fitness goals? We talk to sports psychologist Tracey Viever. Plus, Obama to announce changes to the operation of the NSA and images from Australia's record breaking heatwave go viral online.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, computers-and-technology, social-media, exercise-and-fitness, australia
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Manufacturers have been showing off their latest must-have gadgets at the Consumer Electronics show in the United States.
Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-technology, nanotechnology, tv-technology, futures, australia, united-states
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What will be the next big thing in consumer technology? Gizmodo Australia editor Luke Hopewell has the latest from the International CES. Plus, the CSIRO makes a dragon for a budding scientist and North America's polar freeze captured on YouTube.
Topics: consumer-electronics, science-and-technology, electronics, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, tv-technology, social-media, australia
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What's the best way to keep your new year's resolutions? NX viewers share their promises and tips for staying on track. Australia swelters through its hottest year on record and Snapchat vows to improve its security measures.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, digital-multimedia, media, social-media, internet-culture, internet-technology, hacking, human-interest, australia
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Should employers force their staff to take technology timeouts? We take a look at the steps companies are taking to prevent workers burning out. Plus, Piers Morgan takes his online battle with Brett Lee into the cricket nets and we sort through the top 10 sporting videos of 2013 on YouTube.
Topics: internet-culture, information-and-communication, social-media, australia
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YouTube's trends manager Kevin Allocca takes a look back at the year in viral videos, and says the top two viral videos globally were both from Norway.
Topics: internet-culture, social-media, united-states, australia
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What does the fox say, and how did it make it to the number one viral video spot in Australia? YouTube trend manager Kevin Allocca looks back at the clips that made us click. Plus, the best memes of The Ashes, and scientists make an anti-ageing breakthrough.
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, digital-multimedia, education, media, social-media, computers-and-technology, australia
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Should social media be used as a tool of foreign policy? Fergus Hanson from the Brookings Institution says e-diplomacy makes leaders more accountable to the world. Plus, the most popular tweets of the year revealed and the US President faces a backlash over a selfie taken at the Mandela memorial.
Topics: internet-culture, government-and-politics, science-and-technology, media, social-media, computers-and-technology, obama-barack, australia
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The dark web is seen as the underbelly of the online world, providing a black market for otherwise illegal goods. NX looks at whether such sites can be shutdown, or whether they should be policed at all. Also, the man in charge of the NBN admits rollout targets will be a tough ask, and new allegations of spying are leaked.
Topics: computers-and-technology, international-law, internet-technology, law-crime-and-justice, social-media, australia
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Copyright or wrong? We speak to Dan Ilic about copyright rules when it comes to memes. Also, Australia's alleged spying resonates on social media and the Governor-General backs Australia becoming a republic in the future.
Topics: internet-culture, social-media, australia
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Advertisers are starting to use facial recognition to to better target ads to shoppers, but is it an invasion of privacy? Also, a British charity helps the Typhoon Haiyan recovery with new mapping technology, and India's top criminal investigator causes a social media storm over controversial rape comments.
Topics: computers-and-technology, retail, internet-technology, social-media, australia
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