EU is thinking of killing off geo-blocking for video
Published in News


Big content mortified

The European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection is suggesting expanding geo-blocking restrictions to the audiovisual sector, including streaming platforms.

Germans stick data centres in windmills
Published in News
Thursday, 07 December 2023 10:12

Germans stick data centres in windmills


Makes them carbon neutral  

A new German-based project called WindCORES operates data centres inside existing wind turbines, making them almost completely carbon neutral.

US government close to killing off Firefox support
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Making the red panda browser more endangered

The US government might be set to remove support for Mozilla's Firefox browser due to an obscure guideline for developers.

UK has another crack at banning internet p*rn
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Wednesday, 06 December 2023 11:04

UK has another crack at banning internet p*rn


Forcing sites to confirm the age of users

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has laid out how porn sites could verify users' ages under the newly passed Online Safety Act.

PlayStation users pushed off the network
Published in Gaming
Wednesday, 06 December 2023 11:01

PlayStation users pushed off the network

Accounts suspended

Many PlayStation Network users reported that their accounts were unexpectedly permanently suspended.

Amazon moans to UK anti-trust body
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 06 December 2023 10:59

Amazon moans to UK anti-trust body


Microsoft has been a big meanie

Amazon has told Britain's antitrust authority that its rival Microsoft uses business practices restricting customer choice in the cloud computing market. It is the second major company to criticise the US tech giant's operations.

Microsoft offers to extend Windows 10’s life
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Wednesday, 06 December 2023 10:56

Microsoft offers to extend Windows 10’s life


Beyond 14 October 2025

Software King of the World Microsoft has confirmed that it will extend Windows 10's support beyond 14 October 2025 if users pay it extra.

Robbers return a phone because it didn’t have an Apple logo
Published in Mobiles


But the phone was much better

Stupid thieves returned a stolen Galaxy S23 Ultra because it was not an iPhone, and they thought selling it would not make them enough cash.

AMD does well in November Steam survey
Published in News
Wednesday, 06 December 2023 10:39

AMD does well in November Steam survey


Up 4.7 per cent  in GPUs and 8.4 per cent in CPUs

AMD is showing significant gains in November's latest Steam hardware survey - up 4.7 per cent in GPUs and 8.4 per cent in CPUs.

Musk pins hopes on SMEs
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Tuesday, 05 December 2023 11:45

Musk pins hopes on SMEs


Please give me all your money

After losing key advertisers like Apple, IBM and Disney with his superior management skills, Elon [look at me] Musk is trying to interest small to medium-sized businesses to advertise in his social notworking business X.