ABC Indigenous Affairs editor Stan Grant will host a special Q&A broadcast from the Garma festival in remote Arnhemland on Saturday 5 August. The broadcast will be streamed to Facebook, Youtube and Periscope and rebroadcast on Monday 7 August on ABC. Joining the panel will be: Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion; Cape
Read MoreThe cyberattack against HBO and its biggest series "Game of Thrones" is the latest reminder that Hollywood remains a vulnerable target for online pillagers. For cybercriminals seeking attention, there are few greater prizes than the hottest show on television or the biggest movie in theatres. The hackers who took credit for attacking
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HBO has become the focus of a "cyber-incident" involving hackers reportedly leaking forthcoming episodes and scripts of Game of Thrones. According to Entertainment Weekly, those responsible have already shared data online from other shows as well, including Ballers and Room 104, and have threatened that more is to come. "HBO recently experienced
Read MoreDiscovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive have reached an $11.9-billion deal to combine, a move aimed at creating a bulwark to withstand the challenges facing the television industry. The proposed marriage of the two cable programming companies comes after two failed attempts to merge. However, this time the companies were spurred
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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) will release The Great Strike, a rare censored film documenting one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts. This footage, last seen in 1917, is a unique insight into a crucial moment in the history of the Australian union movement, as well as early
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Robert Anker, a British dancer and member of troupe Diversity when they won the 2009 season of Britain's Got Talent, died in a car accident in Canada on Thursday. Anker died after a collision between his Chevrolet Cobalt and a Ford pick-up truck. The accident occurred in Vaughan, Ontario at around
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Google has begun testing putting one of the most divisive features of the modern web experience, the auto-playing video, directly into search results. The feature, which puts the auto-playing video at the top of search results as part of the knowledge panel for certain searches, was spotted by Jennifer Slegg for
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On Thursday, Chester Bennington, lead singer of US rock band Linkin Park, died in his home in Los Angeles at the age of 41. The Los Angeles county coroner confirmed Bennington's death; reportedly it was being investigated as a possible suicide. A two-time Grammy award winner with the band, Chester Bennington joined Linkin Park when he was 23. Also featuring rapper Mike
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Winners of the Life in Pictures short film competition announced. Three short films tackling attitudes towards ageing have been named winners of the Life in Pictures short film competition. Ruth Kendall, from East Fremantle, has been honoured for Janet's New Skills, which follows a woman's journey to gain confidence from learning woodworking
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