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YouTube is Working on Equivalent of TikTok - Shorts
Google is creating an app to be a rival for TikTok. Will users like Shorts? Or will it end up like so many other technological solutions from the company - on a dumpster?
hardware & software
Mateusz Popielak
April 2, 2020
Microsoft Reveals News Bar - Headlines on Windows Desktop
Microsoft Store has launched the News Bar for Windows 10 - a tool that can provide us with the most interesting information from the world in the form of a bar.
hardware & software
Mateusz Popielak
March 31, 2020
New Games in GeForce NOW Every Thursday, Beginning With RT Control
GeForce NOW will offer its users a new title every Thursday. One of the first productions added to the offer is Control with ray tracing support.
hardware & software
Mateusz Popielak
March 30, 2020
Game Download Speed on PS4 Will be Reduced
Sony intends to reduce the download speed and performance of its Internet service in Europe. This is to avoid overloading the connections necessary for remote operation and communication.
hardware & software
Milosz Szubert
March 24, 2020
Here's Remote Work Control Program That Takes Your Photo Every 5 Minutes
The popularity of Sneek has increased in recent days. With its help, business owners can take pictures of their subordinates working from home every five minutes and check if they are actually doing their job.
hardware & software
Milosz Szubert
March 24, 2020
Folding@Home is Earth's Mightiest Supercomputer Battling the Coronavirus
Greg Bowman, the man responsible for the Folding@Home project, reported that the initiative currently has 470 petaflops of computing power, making it „the most powerful supercomputer in the world”. Such a high level has been achieved thanks to the increased interest in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 24, 2020
YouTube Changes Default Video Quality in Europe
Like Netflix, YouTube has also decided to take action to reduce data consumption in the current period in Europe. However, the method used by Google will not be so intrusive - only the default video quality will be changed.
hardware & software
Paul Wozniak
March 20, 2020
Counter Strike: Global Offensive Breaks Yet Another Activity Record
It is not difficult to notice that the complicated situation in the world related to the coronavirus pandemic encourages the use of the Internet. This can be seen very well from titles such as CS: GO, which for the first time since its launch in 2012 exceeded the barrier of a million active players.
video games
Conrad Hazi
March 15, 2020
Steam Reaches New Activity Record
Competition can double and triple, but it seems that Steam's position is still very strong. This is undoubtedly evidenced by the fact that the platform has once again broken its record of simultaneous logged-in users and has come close to 20 million.
video games
Conrad Hazi
March 15, 2020
Scientists Dispel Doubts: 5G Does Not Harm Your Health
Independent scientists affiliated to the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) have concluded that, based on current scientific knowledge, the 5G communication standard does not represent a risk to human health.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 13, 2020
Google Chrome Tracks Us Even When We Use VPN, TOR or Are Logged Out
There has been a change in Google's privacy regulations. Chrome browser monitors user traffic even if the user is not signed in to their account or is using a proxy server.
hardware & software
March 12, 2020
Ubisoft Will Support Nvidia's GeForce NOW
French company Ubisoft informed that all its titles - including the popular Assassin's Creed or Far Cry series - will be available on the GeForce NOW streaming platform.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 11, 2020
Bitcoin in Decline, Lowest Prices Since January
Bitcoin - one of the most popular cryptocurrencies on the market - has recently lost quite a lot. In just a few days, the price fell by as much as 17%. One of the reasons is the scandal related to the PlusToken pyramid scheme. The general condition of the markets is also important.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 10, 2020
Australia Sues Facebook; Up to 529 Billion Australian Dollars at Stake
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OIAC), the Australian authority responsible for privacy, has sued Facebook for negligence related to the Cambridge Analytica affair. The lawsuit concerns the disclosure of private information of over 300,000 users, which may result in a fine of nearly 530 billion Australian dollars.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 10, 2020
99.9% of Hacked Microsoft Accounts Were Not Properly Secured
Microsoft engineers warn against hackers who hack into accounts without multi-step authentication enabled. 1.2 million accounts were attacked un January alone.
hardware & software
March 10, 2020
DuckDuckGo Provides a Great List of Websites That Track Us on the Web
DuckDuckGo has released Tracker Radar - a huge database of websites that track Internet users. The company hopes that this will increase the privacy of web browser users. In addition, it was revealed which companies most often collect information about our online activities.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
March 6, 2020
Google Cancels I/O 2020 Due to Coronavirus
Google has decided to cancel the „physical” I/O 2020 event planned for mid-May, which was to be the company's largest event this year. As you can guess, the reason are fears of the coronavirus.
hardware & software
Milosz Szubert
March 4, 2020
Amazon Removes Offers for Coronavirus-related Price Gouging
Amazon has decided to remove more than one million item sale offers from its website. The reason was false advertisement and price gauging. The case is related to the epidemic of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease labeled as COVID-19.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 4, 2020
Vatican, Microsoft and IBM Want Regulations on AI and Face Recognition
Representatives of Microsoft and IBM signed Pope Francis' document on the ethical development of artificial intelligence. The companies have undertaken to promote the development of technology with respect for human rights, with particular emphasis on the face recognition system.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
March 2, 2020
LoL Official Forum Will be Closed
Riot Games has announced that the official forum of League of Legends will close on March 16, this year. The community has launched an action to backup all threads and files.
video games
Paul Wozniak
March 2, 2020