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Epic Games Launcher Significantly Increases CPU Temps?
With their recent (and still ongoing) December promotion seeing a new free game given away every 24-hours, there’s a good chance that you have the Epic Games Launcher app installed on your PC and, more so, that it may even be running now in the background while we speak. –…
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The Winamp Skins Museum is Maximum Nostalgia
From the 90’s right up to just a few years ago, Winamp was my go-to media player. I only retired it a couple of years back as I transitioned to Plex, it just made more sense with my NAS based media, and multiple users in the house. However, Winamp still…
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UK Confirms Plans For Coronavirus Tracing App
Last week it was revealed that Google and Apple were in a collaboration to create a Coronavirus tracking app. The main purpose of it was to give people a quick and convenient means of finding out if they’d been in contact with anyone who had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Well,…
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Apple and Google are Creating Coronavirus Tracking Tech
With the Coronavirus pandemic spreading throughout the world, we’ve already seen a number of major (and usually competing) companies coming together to try and find a solution to the problem. Let’s be honest though, the thought of Apple and Google collaborating together is more than a little disturbing. In a…
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Google Removes Two More Malware Ridden Apps from its Store
It’s hardly any secret that the Google Play Store can be a great place to find weird and wonderful apps for your Android device. It’s also hardly any secret that a worrying amount of them are consistently found to contain malware! It literally feels that a month can’t go by…
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Google Pulls Popular PDF App Due to it Containing Malware
It’s pretty clear that the Google Play Store has some pretty huge problems with malware. We regularly report on various (and often hundreds) of apps getting pulled as they were found to contain something you probably wouldn’t want on your smartphone or tablet. In a report via Engadget, however, the…
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New Website Uses AI to Turn Selfies Into Classical Portraits
There is currently something of a trend in mobile apps for a program that can artificially age your selfies to see what time (may) have in store for you. In my case, a baseball bat to the face it seems. A new website, however, is offering you a more artistic…
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Harry Potter Mobile Game Gives Strip Club Directions
You may recall that when Pokemon Go launched, there were some levels of controversy about the random nature in which Pokemon would appear in the real world via their mobile games mapping system. You’d hear stories of kids turning up in peoples back gardens just to catch one of them.…
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“Agent Smith” Malware has Infected 25 Million Android Devices
While the Google Android platform is certainly exceptionally popular on both smartphones and tablets, there are clearly some pitfalls that users have to avoid. For example, the Google Play Store is well known to have harboured more than a few apps. Specifically, those containing malware looking to either steal or…
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Over 1,000 Android Apps Still Gather Data without Permission
With the number of apps that most people have installed on their phones, privacy can be a very pressing matter. Many do, after all, want to know a fair bit about you. This includes information such as your location, search habits, social media etc. If you think, however, that simply…
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Microsoft App Allows PC Streaming On Xbox One Console
Microsoft App Lets You Stream PC On Xbox Console! While there might be a number of subscription based services that allow you to stream console games on PC, there is very little (if anything) that gives you to the option to do this in reverse. Following the release of a…
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Samsung Accidentally Leaks All Upcoming Wearable Releases
Upcoming Wearables With the release of the Galaxy S10 next week, Samsung has been gearing up for a number of new releases not just in their phone range, but also in their smart products in general. One of their key markets in this regard is their wearable. It seems, however,…
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China’s Most Popular App Gives Mao-Like Propaganda
China’s Most Popular App Since the foundation of the Communist Party in China, one of the biggest tools it has used (particularly through Chairman Mao’s tenure) was the use of slogans and phrases to provide a moral outset on life. This was particularly seen in the 1960s and 70s with…
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Apple’s ‘Netflix For News’ App To Demand 50% Revenue Cut
Apple’s ‘Netflix For News’ There have been growing reports over the last few months that Apple was planning to launch a news/magazine service via their App Store. The program would, in basic terms, provide good relevant news and magazines of interest to readers based on a rather modest subscription fee.…
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Google Removes 29 Apps From Store After Malware Discovery
Google Removes 29 Malware Apps From Play Store One of the biggest problems that face both Apple and Google in their respective stores is ensuring that the applications provided on their are useful, fit for purpose and, of course, virus free. In a report towards the end of last week,…
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