Beavers Cause Internet Blackout in Canadian Town
The forces of nature sometimes disrupt the telephone network, cause power outages, or even, as in this case, cut off half a town from the Internet. However, it rarely happens that this kind of damage is caused by... beavers.
hardware & software
April 27, 2021
Cryptocurrency Exchange CEO Flees With $2 Billion
When it comes to stealing, there are sums worth taking risks for. This was probably the motto of the CEO of Thodex, a Turkish cryptocurrency trading platform, who fled to Albania after misappropriating $2 billion belonging to the investors.
hardware & software
April 26, 2021
Discord Will Not be Acquired by Microsoft
Discord has broken off talks with Microsoft over a possible takeover by the Redmond giant for up to $12 billion. What's next for gamers' favorite instant messenger?
hardware & software
April 21, 2021
Google Earth Just Received a Massive Update, Timelapse Option Available
Google Earth just got a big update, and with it the Timelapse feature. This enables us to see how the place of our choice on Earth has changed over the past 37 years.
hardware & software
April 16, 2021
WhatsApp Has a Serious Security Problem
WhatsApp has another problem. This time it's a security vulnerability that enables someone to easily block our access to our account.
hardware & software
April 14, 2021
Jason Schreier Against Online Criticism, Claims Players are Not Objective
Jason Schreier, well-known gaming journalist who has covered many controversial issues in the past, commented on Twitter about the problem of gamer attitudes towards unpleasant information.
video games
April 12, 2021
Facebook Will Not Warn Users Affected by Data Leak
Facebook has no plans to warn users whose data got leaked online. The website believes it has done everything it can to take care of security.
hardware & software
April 9, 2021
Facebook's CEO Preferred to Use Signal
Mark Zuckerberg, known for not talking much about his private life, takes his privacy seriously. After his phone number was leaked, it was revealed that he registered an account with Signal, a competitor to Facebook-owned WhatsApp.
hardware & software
April 7, 2021
GeForce NOW Subscription Price Increase
Nvidia informed that the GeForce NOW streaming platform has been around for over a year now. As a result, they have decided to replace the Founders subscription with a more expensive Priority subscription for new users.
hardware & software
March 19, 2021
Hacker Steals Almost $6 Million in Crypto Tokens
Cryptocurrency website Roll fell victim to a hacker attack. Cybercriminals cracked passwords and stole the equivalent of $5.7 million in Ethereum-based tokens.
hardware & software
March 19, 2021
Adobe Wants a Tweet Removed for Sharing Link to 27 Year-old Software
Adobe takes piracy of its software very seriously. Even if the app was released over 27 years ago.
hardware & software
March 16, 2021
EVE Anywhere Lets You Play Eve Online in Browser
The team at CCP Games launched the beta of EVE Anywhere, a streaming service that lets you play EVE Online in the browser.
video games
March 16, 2021
Google Sued for Incognito Mode Tracking
An American court will hear the class action lawsuit filed against Google. The plaintiffs accuse the corporation of not being clear enough about the limitations of incognito mode in the Chrome browser and are demanding $5 billion.
hardware & software
March 15, 2021
Walter Isaacson Believes Facebook and Twitter Make Money on Enraging Users
According to the American writer and biographer Walter Isaacson - author of the biography of Steve Jobs - social media specifically heat up the emotions to make money on them.
hardware & software
March 11, 2021
Steam Download Almost Grinds to a Halt in Russia Because of Local Authorities
Due to the decision of the Russian telecommunications agency Roskomnadzor, the operation of some websites and online services has been greatly slowed down. One of the platforms that have suffered is Steam.
video games
March 11, 2021
Internet is in Trouble, OVH's Data Center Burned Down
Today morning in Europe, a fire broke out at the Strasbourg branch of OVH, which hosts 140,000 servers, as a result of which the entire SBG2 data centre and part of SBG1 burned down. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
hardware & software
March 10, 2021
Bill Gates Warns: Bitcoin Mining Will Affect Climate Change
It's been almost six months since the next cryptocurrency boom began. Bill Gates warns that mining BTC and similar digital money will have a negative impact on the climate.
hardware & software
March 10, 2021
Google to Stop Targeting Ads Using Web Browsing History
Google is making big changes to its existing business model. The company has announced that it will stop selling ads that use users' search and browsing history. The existing solutions will be replaced by new data collection techniques that are based on anonymous information covering large groups of Internet users.
hardware & software
March 3, 2021
Microsoft Tests Full HD in xCloud
Microsoft plans to expand its xCloud streaming platform. The first screenshot showing the game running in Full HD has appeared online.
hardware & software
March 1, 2021
Facebook Ad Advertises User Tracking
Facebook has released an ad video that attempts to warm up the image of ad tracking. It is mainly aimed at Apple device users and related to the introduction of App Tracking Transparency.
hardware & software
March 1, 2021