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EU Finally Approves Law Seeing New Fossil-Fuel Car Sales Banned By 2035

For more than a few years now, the EU (European Union) has been making more and more overtures towards the total ban of new fossil-fuel-powered car sales. When would this ...

February 15, 2023 at 10:16 am by

EU Votes to Officially Investigate Loot Boxes and Microtransactions!

The debate surrounding loot boxes and microtransactions within games, despite much talk, continues to wage on. – Publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Activision, etc. ...

January 20, 2023 at 8:23 am by

Microsoft’s Activision Deal in Further Doubt as Nvidia & Google Speak Against It!

As some of you may be aware, following an announcement shortly before Christmas the FTC in America confirmed that they would be investigating Microsoft’s proposed ...

January 14, 2023 at 10:13 am by

UK Police Announce Major Crackdown on Illegal Sports Streams

Piracy is a crime, streaming dodgily obtained movies is illegal, etc. etc. – We all know it, and for those of you who do engage in it, don’t expect any judgment ...

January 14, 2023 at 10:13 am by

UK Introduces Law Making Gigabit Internet Access Mandatory for New Houses!

The UK government currently has rather lofty goals in terms of high-speed internet access. Put simply, by 2025 (at least under current plans) 85% of UK households should have ...

January 11, 2023 at 9:28 am by

CDPR Settles Cyberpunk 2077 Lawsuit for $1.85M

I daresay that many of you still recall just how shoddy the launch condition of Cyberpunk 2077 was back in late 2020. Especially so in regards to the last-gen releases which ...

January 8, 2023 at 11:33 am by

Microsoft Regrets Calling FTC ‘Unconstitutional’ in Activision Takeover Hearing

It’s likely, if not probable, that a lot of you who have been keeping an eye on Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision/Blizzard lost track of the latest ...

January 8, 2023 at 11:33 am by

New UK Guidelines Make Account Sharing (Such as on Netflix) Officially Illegal

Netflix, and the vast majority of other subscription-based hosting platforms no doubt, take a pretty dim view of the practice of account sharing. – For the consumer, of ...

December 21, 2022 at 10:40 am by

Apple Prepares to Bend the Knee by Allowing Third-Party App Stores on the iPhone

Apple has certainly had a bit of a rough year when it comes to its dealings with the European Union. – Firstly they’re having to deal with the new regulations that ...

December 16, 2022 at 9:37 am by

Microsoft to Launch Legal Action if Activision/Blizzard Takeover is Blocked!

When Microsoft announced it had agreed on a deal for the £67.8BN takeover of Activision/Blizzard around the start of this year, people were undoubtedly shocked at the news. ...

December 4, 2022 at 10:55 am by

UK to Introduce New Law Mandating Businesses to Disclose All Ransomware Attacks

While ransomware is a sad modern reality (and risk) for both businesses and individuals, for the former it’s particularly tempting, wherever possible, to not actually ...

December 4, 2022 at 10:55 am by

PCI-SIG Tells 12VHPWR Manufacturers to NOT Deviate From the Specs!

The transition to the new 12VHPWR power adaptor standard certainly hasn’t gotten off to the best of starts with various reports from users that the connectors and ...

December 3, 2022 at 10:43 am by

UK Drops Plans For Ban of “Legal but Harmful” Content in Online Safety Bill

The UK’s proposed Online Safety Bill, while clearly well-intentioned, honestly feels like it’s probably doomed to be a somewhat embarrassing failure. I mean, most ...

November 30, 2022 at 8:22 am by

UK Government Expands Online Safety Bill to Make Inciting Self-Harm a Crime!

The UK Government recently confirmed more than a few tweaks, changes, and additions to its much-maligned Online Safety Bill. Mostly, I suspect, to try and patch up the very ...

November 29, 2022 at 10:01 am by

UK Proposes New Law Making the Sharing of ‘Adult’ Deepfakes Illegal!

Following relatively recent development and overall improvements in AI technology, ‘deepfake‘ videos are undoubtedly becoming a problem that the internet, and ...

November 27, 2022 at 11:15 am by

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