Internet Latest news (3)

Bart Swiatek, 11 March 2021, 16:01

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.

Hubert Sledziewski, 10 March 2021, 14:45

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.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 10 March 2021, 13:40

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.

Michael Kulakowski, 03 March 2021, 21:46

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.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 01 March 2021, 14:03

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.

Kamil Komaniecki, 01 March 2021, 13:08

MyHeritage has launched Deep Nostalgia, an intriguing service that uses artificial intelligence to bring to life a photo of people or even entire figure, turning them into animations using special algorithms.

Bart Swiatek, 01 March 2021, 11:23

Billionaire Bill Gates addressed the issue of cryptocurrencies in a recent TV interview. In his opinion, people with less money than Elon Musk should be careful when investing in similar means of payment.

Adrian Piotrowski, 27 February 2021, 20:20

Lack of understanding of the industry, spending huge amounts of money on ports of major titles, and a rushed launch - these are a few reasons for the failure of Google's streaming platform Stadia as reported by several former and current employees of the company.

Bart Swiatek, 22 February 2021, 14:21

Tesla's recent investment in Bitcoin has proven to be very profitable for Elon Musk's corporation. Thanks to the virtual coin's rise in value, the company made over $900 million in just three weeks.

Bart Swiatek, 19 February 2021, 11:11

Apple is looking for specialists to do research work on the next-gen wireless network standard 6G. We will most likely use the technology around 2030.

Bart Swiatek, 17 February 2021, 14:11

The EU consumer rights organisation BEUC has filed a complaint with the European Commission against the popular online platform TikTok. The entity accuses the Chinese company of violating numerous provisions of EU law.

Witold Ciemierz, 17 February 2021, 11:00

BTC has crossed the $50,000 barrier for the first time, achiving a new record. Companies such as Tesla and BNY Mellon, which are increasingly showing interest in this market, may have significantly contributed to this situation.

Bart Swiatek, 16 February 2021, 15:17

One of Taiwan's internet cafes has was rearranged as cryptocurrency mine. According to the company, this type of business is more profitable.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 14 February 2021, 16:45

Ten people have been arrested in connection with the theft of $100 million in cryptocurrencies. The criminals used a method called SIM-swap, which means taking over a victim's phone number to withdraw funds from their bank account.

Bart Swiatek, 12 February 2021, 13:51

Mastercard will soon allow customers to pay in cryptocurrencies. The transportation company Uber may also make a similar decision.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 11 February 2021, 14:31

BTC mining consumes more and more electricity. The total yearly power consumption of miners already exceeds figures associated with entire countries, such as Argentina, for example.

Bart Swiatek, 09 February 2021, 11:45

Elon Musk's Tesla spent $1.5 billion to buy the world's most popular cryptocurrency - Bitcoin. As a result, the virtual coin's exchange rate shot up to a record high of $47 Thousand.

Bart Swiatek, 08 February 2021, 14:28

The Internet service currently being tested by Elon Musk's company - the so-called Starlink system - is already used by 10 thousand people. The service may soon become available to a larger group of users.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 08 February 2021, 13:13

This time, the password to a crypto wallet was forgotten - the fraudster who was convicted of cryptojacking does not want to reveal it. Investigators have failed to gain access despite multiple attempts, and the convicted man is not cooperating.

Witold Ciemierz, 05 February 2021, 16:53

January turned out to be the month when more than 22.3 million unique addresses on the Bitcoin network were used to receive or send the most important cryptocurrency. It's a new record.

Adam Lukaszewski, 03 February 2021, 16:22

Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, is going to step down as CEO of Amazon. However, the changing does not mean that he will say goodbye to the company. We also know who will replace the company's founder.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 03 February 2021, 12:05

Sometimes, scientists get ideas that ordinary people might find strange or even unbelievable. After all, who would immediately believe in the existence of email-sending spinach?

Adam Lukaszewski, 02 February 2021, 14:12

The value of memetic cryptocurrency Dogecoin has grown by a thousand percent at its peak, all thanks to a campaign by Reddit users and tweets by Elon Musk pushed Dogecoin for top spot among cryptocurrencies according to their market capitalization.

Adrian Piotrowski, 02 February 2021, 12:47

Google has closed its two studios in Montreal and Los Angeles. Stadia will continue to offer streaming of games from other publishers, but will no longer receive any original productions, other than those already in development.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 01 February 2021, 19:41

Not only the oppositionist Alexei Navalny seems to be troubling the Russian government. The Russian State Duma sees another threat in satellite internet from Elon Musk. Starlink could be banned in Russia.

Milosz Szubert, 29 January 2021, 18:08

A feature enabling you to create clips from streams and published videos on YouTube is coming. It is currently being tested on a strictly limited number of channels.

Konrad Sarzynski, 26 January 2021, 15:35

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.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 25 January 2021, 19:53

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?

Bartlomiej Sagan, 19 January 2021, 19:02

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.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 18 January 2021, 22:46

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.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 18 January 2021, 22:02

Satellite Internet Starlink entered another test phase. It was possible to achieve download speeds of 190 Mbps. Some users report results even over 200 Mbps and quite bearable pings.

Bart Swiatek, 14 January 2021, 16:12

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.

Konrad Sarzynski, 14 January 2021, 14:40

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.

Bart Swiatek, 11 January 2021, 16:13

Since October last year, more than 120,000 videos devoted to plastic surgery, especially rhinoplasty, have appeared on TikTok. Some of them are ads of plastic surgeons who bypass the platform's restrictions. Content of this type is very popular among teens, which is a concern for experts.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 January 2021, 22:00

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.

Paul Musiolik, 02 January 2021, 16:43

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?

Bart Swiatek, 30 December 2020, 15:03

NordPass regularly updates the list of the most popular passwords used by Internet users. The list was invariably dominated by an immortal classic.

Bart Swiatek, 29 December 2020, 15:39

A video showing a false Christmas message from Queen Elizabeth II appeared online. The material was created by the British television Channel 4 and its purpose is to warn against deepfake content.

Bart Swiatek, 23 December 2020, 11:18

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.

Paul Musiolik, 22 December 2020, 21:17

Google offers a half-hour trial version of the Stadia Pro subscription without requiring a credit card number. But does that make any sense?

, 16 December 2020, 21:47

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.

Tom Borys, 10 December 2020, 20:36

You're worried your hardware won't be able to handle Cyberpunk 2077? Google Stadia and GeForce NOW are here to help.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 07 December 2020, 16:25

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?

Paul Wozniak, 23 November 2020, 16:08

Popular streamer Sodappopin said that the latest hot trend on Twitch - opening Pokemon card booster packs - is pretty much gambling and a bad example for the younger audience.

Bart Swiatek, 23 November 2020, 13:44

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.

Konrad Sarzynski, 23 November 2020, 13:08

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.

Bart Swiatek, 18 November 2020, 21:39

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.

Paul Wozniak, 16 November 2020, 19:26

The problems with music copyright on Twitch continue. A few days ago, the platform's technical support suggested that in order to avoid problems with licensed game tracks, you should disable audio from a given game during streams.

Christian Pieniazek, 12 November 2020, 22:13

One of the features that the PlayStation 5 lacks is an easily accessible web browser. But as it turns out, the console has a hidden application that enables us to surf the web... under certain conditions.

Christian Pieniazek, 12 November 2020, 21:58

On the day the Xbox Series X/S made its debut, the UK recorded record data consumption. This result, however, was influenced by many more factors, including the updates for Call of Duty games and the pre-load of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War.