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Apple Arcade and Google Stadia aim to offer frictionless game streaming, if your NBN plan can handle it

  • Written by: Steven Conway, Senior Lecturer - Games and Interactivity, Swinburne University of Technology
Apple Arcade and Google Stadia aim to offer frictionless game streaming, if your NBN plan can handle itGoogle's Stadia will be available through the Google Chrome web browser, on smartphones, smart televisions, tablets, and through Chromecast.dronepicr/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Two of the biggest tech companies in the world, Apple and Google, are launching cloud-based gaming services this year.

Apple Arcade, due for release in two days, will...

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian avoids a spill but remains in troubled waters

  • Written by: Andy Marks, Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Strategy and Policy, Western Sydney University
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian avoids a spill but remains in troubled watersGladys Berejiklian has seen off a spill motion, but NSW politics remains a hotbed of discontent.AAP/James Gourley

“How good is Gladys Berejiklian?” Prime Minister Scott Morrison asked a jubilant crowd of Liberal supporters on the evening of her March 23 2019 state election win. Only as good as her most recent legislative adventure, it...

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climate change affects our mental health, too

  • Written by: Fiona Charlson, Conjoint NHMRC Early Career Fellow, The University of Queensland
climate change affects our mental health, tooPeople who have been affected by extreme weather events might experience mental health issues.From shutterstock.com

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) recently declared climate change a health emergency,...

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As pressure on Iran mounts, there is little room for quiet diplomacy to free detained Australians

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
As pressure on Iran mounts, there is little room for quiet diplomacy to free detained AustraliansFormer Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has offered to help free three detained Australians in Iran, but the attacks on Saudi oil facilities have made the situation vastly more complicated.Stringer/EPA

Australia’s attempts to secure the release of an Australian national and two with joint UK-Australian citizenship from an Iranian prison have...

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  1. 'An insult' – politicians sing the praises of the cashless welfare card, but those forced to use it disagree
  2. Why it's time for New Zealanders to learn more about their own country's history
  3. Keeping the city cool isn't just about tree cover – it calls for a commons-based climate response
  4. The Way We Live Now – powerful, troubling photographs of a crowded planet and uncertain future
  5. 'predatory' climate deniers are a threat to our children
  6. Suddenly, the world's biggest trade agreement won't allow corporations to sue governments
  7. why are some twins identical and some not?
  8. Greens' challenge aptly described by Paddy Manning, but with no solutions in sight
  9. what happens when magnetic north and true north align?
  10. Jim Chalmers on the need to change economic course
  11. Reality slippages and narcissistic stereotyping
  12. You can help track 4 billion bogong moths with your smartphone – and save pygmy possums from extinction
  13. Is vigorous exercise safe during the third trimester of pregnancy?
  14. Climate change is the defining issue of our time – we're giving it the attention it deserves
  15. when communities must move because of climate change
  16. Australia to attend climate summit empty-handed despite UN pleas to ‘come with a plan'
  17. how supermarket pharmacies could change the way we shop
  18. Apple's iPhone 11 Pro wants to take your laptop's job (and price tag)
  19. As Scott Morrison heads to Washington, the US-Australia alliance is unlikely to change
  20. we need to teach kids activities they'll go on to enjoy
  21. Morrison's right hand man dispenses with niceties in lecturing big business
  22. New musical has enough warmth, witty lines and catchy tunes to win its own fangirls
  23. Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you've probably never heard of
  24. Michelle Grattan on Gladys Liu and the government's plan to drug-test welfare recipients
  25. Bupa's nursing home scandal is more evidence of a deep crisis in regulation
  26. Actually, it's okay to disagree. Here are 5 ways we can argue better
  27. Why declaring a national climate emergency would neither be realistic or effective
  28. Women may find it tougher to get an abortion if the religious discrimination bill becomes law
  29. why traditional Persian music should be known to the world
  30. Nuclear power should be allowed in Australia – but only with a carbon price
  31. All this overinflated talk about an index-fund bubble is very passive-aggressive
  32. Australia should try to keep more international students who are trained in our universities
  33. Breeding single-sex animal populations could help prevent disease and poverty
  34. If Auckland's plan to include Māori histories in city centre upgrade is genuine, it must act on inequalities
  35. Asking questions about Gladys Liu is not racist
  36. NZ children see more than 40 ads for unhealthy products each day. It's time to change marketing rules
  37. A new inquiry into Indigenous policy must address the root causes of failure
  38. In an age of Elsa/Spider-Man romantic mash ups, how to monitor YouTube's children's content?
  39. busting the myths around sexual fetishism
  40. Australia's top scientist Alan Finkel pushes to eradicate bad science
  41. This extinct kangaroo had a branch-crunching bite to rival today's giant pandas
  42. The Great Barrier Reef is in trouble. There are a whopping 45 reasons why
  43. How philosophy 101 could help break the deadlock over drug testing job seekers
  44. Marau Ta'aroa, the Sydney-schooled 'last Queen of Tahiti'
  45. Fancy an e-change? How people are escaping city congestion and living costs by working remotely
  46. Keen IT students can improve their marks when given a chance to learn from their mistakes
  47. Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia's biggest companies
  48. Liu defends herself after concerns about her Chinese associations
  49. Independent MP Helen Haines on using 'soft power'
  50. Brian Toohey's Secret warns against Australia being 'joined at the hip' with US

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