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Saudi Arabia To Require USB-C Charging For All Smartphones
Following the EU’s law on USB-C requirements, Saudi Arabia has followed suit to require all Smartphones including iPhones to use the USB-C charging port. Saudi Arabia USB-C Mandate As reported by AppleInsider, The Saudi Arabian government has created a law to cut down e-waste, reduce costs and to improve the…
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China Looking To Limit Smartphone Use For Children With a Two Hour Cap
Smartphones are a fantastic piece of technology enabling us to communicate, listen to music, and watch videos all in one tiny device, however, it also seems that a device designed to connect us has also made us more anti-social, especially with the younger generations like myself. The Chinese government seems…
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Canadian Judge Allows Thumbs Up Emoji As Legal Form of a Contract Agreement
A judge in Canada has ruled that the “thumbs-up” emoji is an official form of a contract agreement and has cost a farmer C$82,000. Thumbs Up Contract Agreement As reported by The Guardian, the thumbs up emoji has been ruled as a valid form of a signature to agree to…
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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 happen? Well, in this regard, while a lot of regions and countries seemingly want to make this (so-called) commitment to…
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Apple Might Bypass EU Law With a Proprietary USB-C Charger
Last year the European Union (EU) issued a new law mandating that all technology products sold in the region, specifically those containing a battery, and, by proxy, requiring an external charging capability, must offer support for USB-C. – In other words, they’d just made the USB-C port and cable the…
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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. do not believe that they are a form of gambling, but rather ‘surprise fun mechanics’ (EA’s own words there). The thing is though that pretty much…
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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 takeover of Activision to see, in blunt terms, whether it would represent any breach of anti-competition laws. – Since then, there have been a few…
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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 from me here. While the online variety of this was once more predominantly focused on music and software downloads,…
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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 access to Gigabit broadband. What exactly is Gigabyte though? Well, officially speaking, it should be representative of a download connection of…
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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 saw the PS4 version being barely playable! – Yes, admittedly, CD Projekt Red has been on a little bit…
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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 developments over the Christmas/New Year period. With that being said, however, a lot has happened over the last month so let me quickly…
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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 course, while doing this is almost certainly against your terms of service, it does clearly offer a pretty notable financial benefit and…
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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 by 2025 all smart devices sold in the region must adhere to a USB-C charging standard, and then, of…
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FTC May Approve Microsoft’s Activision Takeover Just to Avoid a Protracted Lawsuit
It seems more likely than not that both the EU and UK are probably not going to approve Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Activision/Blizzard. Well, not unless Microsoft decides to get a lot more transparent about what future the deal would have in regard to their gaming franchises (particularly Call of…
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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. In many respects though, whether you were happy about it or not, the announcement did seem to pretty much suggest that getting…
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