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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Good morning.

The ACCC is suing Google over the collection of personal location data – here's why it matters The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced on Tuesday it is suing Google for misleading consumers about its collection and use of personal location data.

Netflix pays barely any tax in Australia. But it isn't alone – here are some of the other tech companies that avoid it. It's been revealed that Netflix pays an effective tax rate of around 0.5% in Australia on between $600 million and $1 billion in revenue. The tax arrangement is perfectly legal, with Australian users of the streaming service charged by its Dutch subsidiary.

Amazon is opening a fulfilment centre in Western Australia – the company's 3rd following centres in Sydney and Melbourne Amazon is opening a new fulfilment centre in Perth, Western Australia in order to facilitate faster delivery for customers in Western Australia. The centre will open in late 2019 in the Perth Airport Business Precinct.

Twitter just jabbed Facebook by banning all political ads: 'We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought' Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the company would no longer allow political ads on its social network. Dorsey explained the decision in a Twitter thread on Wednesday.

Here are the 50 best wine bars in Australia — and four that are worth a special detour The wine purveyors at Young Gun of Wine, a company which showcases the best winemakers and wine venues in Australia each year, revealed their list of Australia's top 50 wine bars eligible for the Wineslinger Awards.

Facebook shrugs off scandals and regulatory woes to announce another strong quarter Facebook has once again announced strong financial results for the previous quarter, despite scandals and regulatory woes. The Silicon Valley firm beat Wall Street's expectations for both profits and revenue.

For the first time in recent memory, people are lining up outside a store to buy headphones — Apple's new AirPods Pro Apple's A$399 AirPods Pro were released on Wednesday, and some Apple Store locations had lines of people waiting to buy or try them. Lines aren't unusual for new iPhone releases, but they're not common for new headphones. Especially considering the AirPods Pro were quietly announced rather than launching during a major Apple event.

The world's skinniest skyscraper is almost completed. I toured its first luxury condo — take a look inside the NYC tower that's 24 times taller than it is wide. 111 West 57th Street, also known as Steinway Tower, is nearing completion in New York City - and, when you consider the building's height-to-width ratio, it's the world's skinniest skyscraper.

Why we continue to remain fascinated by the Breaking Bad universe Breaking Bad is still one of the most popular television series of all time, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96% and an IMDb score of 9.5/10. Even though the show wrapped up in 2013, the greater Breaking Bad universe is still very much alive and well.

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