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Airbnb just launched 'Adventures', including 200 trips such as Kenyan...
Airbnb has launched Airbnb Adventures, a new business offering 200 "bucket list-worthy" travel experiences hosted by "local experts".As well as accommodation, the Adventures cover food, excursions,...
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Libra promises to become a global payment system by 2020, but there's a...
At the unveiling of Libra, Facebook promised the new digital currency would change the way the world pays but has told Business Insider Australia that 1.4 billion Chinese and 1.35 billion Indians won't...
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A woman was ordered to pay over $370,000 in damages after posting a false...
The New South Wales Supreme Court has ordered a woman to pay more than $370,000 in damages following a false negative review she posted on Google.Cynthia Imisides claimed she was charged for a...
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The world's super wealthy lost $2 trillion last year — and Trump's trade war...
The collective global wealth of high-net-worth individuals — those valued at more than $1 million excluding their primary residence — has declined for the first time since 2011, decreasing by 3% in...
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Australian universities collaborated with surveillance app and racial...
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Curtin University in Western Australia (Curtin) have been named in an explosive Four Corners report on human rights abuses in the Chinese province of...
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Five years on from the MH17 crash, the Australian and Dutch governments are...
Five years after flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, killing everyone on board including 38 Australians, authorities are still searching for answers.The Australian government used the anniversary...
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Using emojis makes you more productive, according to a boss at Slack
Emojis have become a staple in modern personal communications, however, their use has also drifted over to the business world in a big way.Millions of "reacjis" (emoji reactions) are sent on workplace...
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China has launched STAR Market, a new Nasdaq-style stock exchange for tech...
The Chinese government is experimenting with loosening its grip on mainland equity markets, launching a US-style exchange for tech companies called STAR Market.It will be the most independent exchange...
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Tinder launches new safety feature for LGBTQ users when traveling to 70...
Dating app Tinder has unveiled a new 'traveler alert' aimed at LGBTQ users who may face danger when traveling abroad to countries with discriminatory laws in place.The feature will trigger a safety...
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The US has officially labelled China a 'currency manipulator' and it's...
The US Treasury Department has officially called China out for manipulating its currency to give itself "an unfair competitive advantage". The accusation was in response to China setting its yuan to an...
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Earlier this year Instagram tested removing 'like' counts from posts, but...
Earlier this year Instagram announced that they were experimenting with removing the total count of likes from posts in users' feeds, in order to create a "less pressured environment" on the...
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Alibaba just keeps growing, shrugging off Trump's trade war and China's...
Chinese retail giant Alibaba has released its quarterly results showing that customers are still flocking to the e-commerce platform despite an ailing domestic economy and an ongoing US-China trade...
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Scientists say that this pink seaweed that stops cows from burping could help...
Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast are looking at ways to mass-produce a type of seaweed that can stop cows from burping methane.If enough of this seaweed is produced for every cow in...
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Uber introduces human reviewers to crack down on drivers evading its...
Uber has introduced human reviewers to help detect unauthorized drivers on its app and protect the safety of passengers. It follows a trial in Melbourne, in which an unauthorized Uber driver used a...
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A hypersonic 'space plane' could fly people from Sydney to London in 4 hours...
The Australian and British space agencies have announced they're working together on building a "space plane" that could fly passengers from Syndey to London within four hours by the 2030s. The...
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One of Australia's biggest banks is facing 87 criminal charges for allegedly...
The life insurance arm of Commonwealth Bank, one of Australia's biggest banks, is facing 87 criminal charges over allegations it hawked life insurance products with unsolicited phone calls.Each charge...
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Food giants like Nestle, Unilever, and Kellogg's denied an explosive report...
A new investigation by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) alleges that some of the largest snack food companies, including Nestle, Kellogg's, Unilever and Hershey's, are all buying illegally sourced...
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Qantas is running the first-ever 19-hour test flight from NYC to Sydney —...
Once completed, a Qantas test flight flying from New York to Sydney this weekend, will be the longest non-stop flight ever undertaken by a commercial airline.A researcher who will be on board the...
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Australia's biggest newspapers have blacked out their front pages to protest...
Australia's biggest media organizations have blacked out their newspaper front pages in an effort to fight perceived government press censorship.The protest, which is part of a larger campaign called...
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Australia’s government is floating an idea to scan internet users' faces...
Australia's Department of Home Affairs is floating an idea to use a facial recognition system called "The Capability" to access age verification on porn and gambling sites.The department acknowledged...
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