Streaming service users are all too familiar with the frustrations of waiting for a show or movie to buffer. Now, Netflix has quietly rolled out an upgrade to help address that annoying problem. The streaming giant has revealed a major change in how it encodes high-definition videos to reduce buffering and the amount of internet … Read more
An Ella Bache franchisee says “COVID impacts” have contributed to her decision to close her stores. Roslyn Rudd announced the closure of her beauty therapy salon in Logan Hyperdome this month on Instagram, following her decision to shut her Toowong franchise in Brisbane in 2021 due to similar reasons. “To all our valued clients, we … Read more
Former Seven TV host Andrew O’Keefe has avoided another day in court, pleading guilty to drug-driving the day he was scheduled for a court hearing. O’Keefe was pulled over for a roadside test in the salubrious Sydney suburb of Point Piper in January. Police took him for a secondary saliva test and suspended his licence. … Read more
Las Vegas police have responded to reports of a shooter on the local campus of the University of Nevada, where there appeared to be multiple victims, and then reported the suspect was “deceased”. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, in a statement posted on Wednesday to X, did not elaborate on the circumstances of the … Read more
Bettina Pittaluga “I feel connected through others, through words, vibrations, scents, gestures, a gaze, a voice, an action, a gathering. Connection, for me, is as much sensory as it is a matter of values, representing our humanity in its entirety, in both discourse and action. In a beautifully ambivalent yet icy state, it takes very … Read more
A NSW company has been fined more than $400,000 after a worker became paralysed in a fall at a construction site. Martin Comiskey, who had 20 years’ experience as a qualified carpenter, was subcontracted to work at a site in Sydney’s CBD in November 2020 when he fell about 7-8m down a void, from a … Read more
More than $100 million is owed to Victorians and they might not even know it. Victorians have been encouraged to go online to check whether they are among thousands entitled to $109m in unclaimed money lodged with Victoria’s State Revenue Office (SRO). The office holds records of money that are unclaimed after 12 months, including … Read more
Stripping off from the waist down at a sacred site. Driving a car across a medieval bridge, as fragile as it is famous. Carving your name into a world icon, and going on a punishing hike … to take illegal drugs. These are just some of the things tourists have got up to in 2023. … Read more
Partygoers are being urged to be careful when popping bottles of fizz this festive season, as experts warn corks could launch at up to 80km/h. An international team of ophthalmology experts say the warning may seem overly cautious, but eye injuries caused by cork popping can cause permanent damage. The new research by University of … Read more
Queenslanders are being hit with thunderstorms on Christmas Day as residents and authorities continue cleaning up in the state’s north after ex-tropical cyclone Jasper. The Bureau of Meteorology issued warnings for damaging thunderstorms across the state’s east on Sunday, with the heaviest falls concentrated in the state’s southeast corner. A severe thunderstorm warning was also … Read more
