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YouTube URL Bug Lets You Watch Videos Without Ads
The chances are that many of you reading this probably really enjoy YouTube as a form of ‘free’ entertainment, but likely not so much the masses of adverts that have grown increasingly on the platform over the last few years. While many have resorted to ‘ad-blockers’ as a means of…
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Google Is Working on a Suitable Replacement for the URL
Classic URLs might become a thing of the past. It’s hard to image browsing the web without using conventional URLs, but it looks like Chrome’s engineers are actively seeking solutions to replace them. Just in case you missed the memo, Chrome recently turned 10, and its newest update brings over…
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Spammer Luring Internet Users to Fake Google Domain
A fake Google URL has been fooling people into visiting malicious domains by proliferating pro-Donald Trump spam. The domain, ɢoogle.com, could, at a glance, look like a genuine Google address, but instead of a capital ‘G’ it begins with a similar-looking Unicode character. The site was discovered by The Next…
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Short URL Addresses May Be Creating Easy Paths To Spy On Your Data
We’ve all seen those huge URL’s, be it for a website or a document you have saved in the cloud, they just seem to go on and on with no sign of ever stopping. Then you spot the tiny URL they offer you instead, short and sweet with only a…
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How to Exploit Netflix’s Meticulous Cataloguing for a Better Browsing Experience
As good as Netflix’s own algorithm for suggesting new things to watch is, sometimes you just want to explore, which is not an easy task using the video-on-demand service’s default interface. However, there is a sneaky way to exploit Netflix’s meticulous genre (and sub-genre) cataloguing system for a more precise…
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Shorter .UK Web Address To Replace Some Sites Next Year
New .uk web addresses are looking to be introduced next summer as an alternative to .co.uk and .org.uk domains. Nominet, the non-profit organisation in charge of the naming system, said bringing in the shorter suffix was the biggest change for years. The domain name can be used in addition to…
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Server-Free Internet Could Become A Reality In The Future
Researchers at Cambridge University have developed a proof-of-concept for a new server-free Internet architecture. The prototype was developed as part of the €5.2 million project PURSUIT that comprises representatives from European research institutes, universities and telecommunication companies. The revolutionary new Internet architecture is designed to meet the ever-growing traffic requirements…
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