WhatsApp Loses Millions of Users but Gains New Virus
Dark clouds are gathering over WhatsApp. First, plans for controversial privacy policy changes, now a virus spreading via messages. The creators of Signal and Telegram are rubbing their hands in glee.
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Konrad Sarzynski
January 26, 2021
End of Support for Adobe Flash Brought Chineses Trains to a Standstill
Various local railway have been the object of travelers' jokes for years, but few can say they are worse than the Chinese one. After all, how many railways would be paralyzed just because the Flash plugin was disabled?
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Bartlomiej Sagan
January 25, 2021
Bitcoin Will Reach the Million Dollar Mark?
Apart from the pandemic, the year 2020 has also brought another boom for cryptocurrencies. According to an expert, the most popular one among them, bitcoin, may reach a value of up to a million dollars a piece within a few years.
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Bartlomiej Sagan
January 19, 2021
DuckDuckGo Grows in Strength; Popularity Record Broken
DuckDuckGo, an Internet search engine that focuses on user privacy, recently broke a popularity record. At the peak moment, it broke the barrier of 100 million searches per day.
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Bartlomiej Sagan
January 18, 2021
WhatsApp Claims it Doesn't Know Your Location; Terms and Conditions Say Otherwise
WhatsApp is trying to deal with the image crisis caused by the recent update of terms and conditions. The company has published an infographic to explain the situation to the users. Unfortunately, it looks like there was incorrect information on it.
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Bart Swiatek
January 14, 2021
TikTok Sets Accounts for Persons Under 16 as Private
Many underage TikTok users may be surprised - their accounts are now automatically no longer public, and the popular Duet and Stitch features have been heavily restricted. All in an effort to improve security.
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Konrad Sarzynski
January 14, 2021
WhatsApp Introduces Controversial Changes; Musk Responds: „Use Signal”
The new regulations of WhatsApp messenger will enable the app to send user data to Facebook. The decision caused a lot of controversy on the web, and Elon Musk encouraged dissatisfied users to use competitive Signal.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 8, 2021
Microsoft Comes Up With Chat Bots Built on Copied Human Personality
Microsoft has registered a patent describing a technology that allows for creation of a chat bot based on a person's personality, voice and even appearance.
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Bart Swiatek
January 7, 2021
End of Flash; Microsoft Automatically Removes Plug-in From Windows
The end of 2020 brought us the death of the popular Flash technology. The shutdown, announced back in 2017 has become a fact. What next with many archival projects?
Tech
Paul Musiolik
January 2, 2021
Can You Guess the Most Popular Password of 2020?
NordPass regularly updates the list of the most popular passwords used by Internet users. The list was invariably dominated by an immortal classic.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
December 30, 2020
Quantum Internet May Become a Fact After Latest Breakthrough
Researchers from the team working on intelligent quantum networks managed to discover a method of immediate long-distance transfer of information recorded in cubits - the smallest units of quantum information.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
December 23, 2020
Stadia Pro With 30-minute Trial Without Our Credit Card Number
Google offers a half-hour trial version of the Stadia Pro subscription without requiring a credit card number. But does that make any sense?
Tech
Paul Musiolik
December 22, 2020
Twitch Will Ban Use of „Simp” and „Incel” as Insults
From new year on, Twitch will crack down on sexual insults seriously. The new rules will include a ban on the use of words such as „simp”, „incel”, „virgin” etc. in this context.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 17, 2020
Google's Blob Opera AI Sings Carols and Helps Make Music
Opera lovers can finally take an active part in their passion by creating it with the help of artificial intelligence. The Google Arts & Culture initiative called Blob Opera enables us to create opera music in a very simple way.
Tech
December 16, 2020
Faraday Cages Sold as Protection Against 5G
Recently, anti-5G structures started appearing on Amazon. Will the „Faraday Cage 5G Shield” for routers, as they are proudly named by vendors, conquer the hearts of sceptics of the new standard?
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Bartlomiej Sagan
December 7, 2020
YouTube Will Display Ads in All Videos
YouTube has made changes to the terms and conditions of the platform, as a result of which ads will be displayed in all videos, regardless of the choice of the content creator and participation, or lack of thereof, in the YouTube Partner program.
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Bart Swiatek
November 23, 2020
6G Already in the Orbit
At the beginning of November, China launched a rocket, which brought 13 satellites into the orbit. One of them is to be the „first 6G satellite”. Nobody is exactly sure what exactly this technology will be, but it can offer a data transfer rate of more than 100 Gb/s.
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Konrad Sarzynski
November 23, 2020
Chrome 87 Offers Improved Performance and New Features
Google has released another version of its browser, numbered 87. The app has noticeably higher performance than its predecessor, better resource management and offers several new options.
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Bart Swiatek
November 18, 2020
Elon Musk's Starlink Internet Kit Can be Up and Running in 5 Minutes
Installation of the Starlink satellite internet set is simple and requires no specialist knowledge. „We'll do it in 5 minutes,” claims Elon Musk on Twitter. Here are some unboxing videos and photos.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
November 3, 2020
Facebook Loses Users in the U.S., but Still Earns a Ton
Facebook published a report for the third quarter of 2020. Despite many controversies surrounding the website, advertising revenue rose by 22% compared to the previous year and the number of active users (daily active users) increased by 12%.
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Konrad Sarzynski
October 30, 2020