- Reuters
'Show solidarity': Pro-Palestinian protesters camp across Australian universities
Hundreds of people protesting Israel's war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia's top universities on Friday demanding it divest from companies with ties to Israel, in a movement inspired by the student occupations sweeping U.S. campuses. Similar camps have sprung up at universities in Melbourne, Canberra and other Australian cities. Unlike in the U.S., where police have forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges, protest sites in Australia have been peaceful with scant police presence.
- Reuters
Google defends app store, fighting Epic Games' bid for major reforms
Google has asked a U.S. judge not to impose sweeping changes to the Alphabet unit's app store Play that were proposed by "Fortnite" maker Epic Games in the companies' closely-watched antitrust fight. Google made its filing late on Thursday in San Francisco federal court, where Epic last year persuaded a jury that the tech giant unlawfully stifled competition with its controls over apps downloads on Android devices and payments to developers for in-app transactions. Epic's proposal "would make it nearly impossible for Google to compete," Google's filing said.
- The Telegraph
What Clarkson’s Farm teaches us about male friendship
Behind the sensational headlines of Clarkson’s Farm, lies a quieter but no-less-riveting tale. The friendships Jeremy Clarkson has made on his Oxfordshire estate have brought out some hitherto unseen qualities in the 64-year-old. Whereas Clarkson’s friendship with his Grand Tour co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond can feel like a power struggle between three spoilt delinquents from a luxury borstal, Clarkson’s relationship with farming partner Kaleb Cooper offers a slow-burning tale of t
