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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…

10 months ago

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,…

11 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

12 months ago

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.…

12 months ago

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…

1 year ago

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,…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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

The UK Government recently confirmed more than a few tweaks, changes, and additions to its much-maligned Online Safety Bill. Mostly,…

1 year ago

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,…

1 year ago