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The US Military Stops Using Floppy Disks For Nuclear Launches
It’s always mildly disconcerting when you hear that a rather antiquated piece of technology is still in use for a particularly important job and in terms of computing, it doesn’t get much more antiquated than floppy disks. Well, perhaps with the exception of cassette tapes. There is, however, always the…
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“Save The Internet” Act Looks To Reinstate Net Neutrality In America
“Save The Internet” Act Since the removal of net neutrality protections in America, there have been various groups desperately seeking a means to get them reinstated. There is, at the time of writing, already an officially repeal going through the American court system. It seems, however, that a new initiative…
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Facebook Facing Record Fine Over Privacy Conduct
Facebook Facing Record Fine Last year, the Cambridge Analytica scandal rocked facebook. In it, it was found that Facebook was allowing users data to be sold to third parties without the user’s permission. It was a huge hit to user confidence in the social media site and to date, a number…
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FCC Denied Net Neutrality Court Date Appeal
Net Neutrality Following the expiration period in which the US Congress could overturn the net neutrality repeal, things have now officially moved past that stage and into the courts. With over 22 states (and their State Attorneys) looking to reintroduce the protections, the simple crux of the matter is deciding…
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Net Neutrality Moves To The Courts In 2019
Net Neutrality With the end of the year approaching, the deadline for the ‘legal loophole’ to overturn the FCCs decision to repeal the Net Neutrality protections has now expired. With not enough votes achieved in the house of representatives gathered to overturn the decision it marks the end of the first…
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US School Safety Commission DOESN’T Blame Games!
US School Safety Commission DOESN’T Blame Games! Whenever school safety (and violence) is discussed in a public forum, it always seems that video games are too often made to be the scapegoat. This is particularly true in America where blaming games is certainly a simpler (and less controversial) thing to…
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Autopilot Tesla Drove 7 Miles With Drunk Driver Asleep
Autopilot Tesla Drove 7 Miles With Drunk Driver Asleep In terms of automated self-driving cars, Tesla is one of the companies at the forefront of the technology. Having been given the authorisation for use of their vehicles (in limited locations) in America, so far it’s pretty fair to say that…
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Time Is Running Out For Net Neutrality In America
Time Running Out For Net Neutrality It’s been a little over a year now since the FCC initiated proceedings to revote the Net Neutrality protections put in place by the Obama administration. The protections ensured that internet service providers would not be able to sell (or throttle) particular types of…
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Microsoft Lands $480m Hololens Contract From US Army
Microsoft Lands Hololens Contract From US Army Over the last year, we’ve seen rather a lot of news surrounding augmented reality headsets. Of these, perhaps the two most notable examples are the Magic Leap and Microsoft’s Hololens. While it might anger some people though, it’s very nieve to think that…
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Google CEO To Testify At Congress Over China Search Engine
Google CEO To Testify At Congress Over China Search Engine It’s becoming more and more clear that the decision for Google to try and launch a Chinese version of their website is not going down very well. With their staff holding various protests, with various high-level members issuing an open…
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Wikipedia Struggles To Keep Donald Trump Penis Bandits At Bay
Wikipedia Struggling To Keep Trump Penis Bandits At Bay You may recall that a few days we advised our fans that any enquiries about Donald Trump via Siri should probably be kept to a minimum. Yes, bizarrely almost any enquiry on the President was very much within the NSFW category.…
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Thunder X3 Officially Coming To The US In Time For Black Friday
Thunder X3 Officially Coming To The US In Time For Black Friday On this side of the Atlantic, if you are into your gaming peripherals, you may likely have heard of the Thunder X3 brand. They recently came to our attention with the recent release of their brand new line…
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Call Of Duty Tops Annual Sales Charts For Nearly 10 Years
Call Of Duty Is Consistently The Best Selling Game There is a reason why each year generally tends to bring a new Call of Duty game. They sell amazingly well! While the franchise may have had its ups and downs in terms of quality, it has consistently proven to be an…
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Foxconn May Bring Chinese Employees to Wisconsin Plant
Foxconn Employment Concerns Foxconn, a well-known large manufacturer of Apple products is setting up a new plant in Wisconsin after receiving nearly $4B in subsidies from the state. However, the Wall Street Journal reports that the company is struggling to hire workers for the plant. Even prompting the possibility of…
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Underdog UK Team Defeats US in Overwatch World Cup Playoffs
Warm Serving of Humble Pie The US team was extremely confident coming into the Overwatch World Cup playoffs. However, their hopes of facing against the South Korean world champions have been dashed by the UK team. That is, despite UK having mostly players from the Contenders series, while the US…
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