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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Happy Thursday, all.

'The model is broken': Xinja's rivals are troubled by its collapse – but they insist neobanks have a future in Australia Neobanks are contemplating their future in Australia after Xinja revealed it was exiting banking altogether. Douugh CEO Andy Taylor said it was more proof the model as it currently stands is broken.

'Digital colonisation': A tiny island nation just launched a major effort to win back control of its top-level internet domain Niue, a tiny island nation in the Pacific, is launching proceedings with internet overseer ICANN to reclaim the .nu top-level domain. The .nu domain has never been in the hands of the Niuean people, with control currently resting with the Internet Foundation of Sweden (IIS), the body in charge of that country's .se space.

'We're not looking to run back': COVID vaccines won't stop Atlassian from pushing ahead with its work from anywhere policy Atlassian is sticking to its work from anywhere policy for employees, despite coronavirus vaccines starting to roll out. The company introduced a 'TEAM Anywhere' policy in August where employees can decide whether they want to work from home, in the office, or a combination of both.

Google faces its 3rd major antitrust lawsuit as Texas and other states take the company to court over its ad practices A coalition of states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google over the company's ad practices on Wednesday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a Facebook post that Google "used its monopolistic powers to control pricing" and "engage in market collusions to rig auctions" for online ad sales.

Google says Gmail working again after 'significant' number of users experienced issues during the company's second service disruption in 2 days Google resolved an issue with Gmail after a "significant subset of users" experienced problems with the email service on Tuesday, the company said.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will produce and host exclusive podcasts on Spotify as the podcasting arena continues to heat up Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will produce and host exclusive podcasts on Spotify as part of a multi-year deal, the company announced Tuesday. The complete series, which will debut in 2021, will "build community through shared experience, narratives, and values." A holiday special hosted by the pair will air later this month.

40 victims of the 'Girls Do Porn' sex-trafficking operation are suing Pornhub's parent company for $40 million, alleging it knowingly profited from illegal videos Pornhub parent company MindGeek on Tuesday was hit with a lawsuit from 40 victims of the sex-trafficking operation "Girls Do Porn." Girls Do Porn was shut down by the FBI in 2019 after victims said they were tricked and coerced into making videos for the company.

A Chinese spacecraft just brought moon rocks back to Earth — the first time any country has achieved the feat since 1976 A capsule from China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe just landed in Mongolia, carrying 4.4 pounds of moon-rock samples. It's the first time any nation has returned lunar samples to Earth since 1976.

These are the risks factors that are weakening Australian businesses, according to an expert As Australian businesses face a new set of threats created by the COVID-19 pandemic, it's important to assess how they can maintain their resilience.

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