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Netflix planning an expansion into video games

15 July 2021, 11:11

Facebook/EA veteran Mike Verdu has joined Netflix as the VP of Game Development.

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Microsoft Edge climbs to 3rd position in browser market share

13 July 2021, 13:11

Passes Firefox, but is still a long way behind Safari and Chrome.

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Audacity's user data collection causing consternation

6 July 2021, 13:11

App recently bought by Muse Group, wants your data data for "analytics… legal enforcement".

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World Wide Web source code NFT sold at auction for $5.4m

1 July 2021, 11:11

Inventor Tim Berners-Lee and his wife will distribute the funds to charitable causes.

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EA tests Ultimate Team 'Preview Pack' loot boxes

21 June 2021, 11:11

These previews are said to be only available during the current Festival of FUTball event.

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AMD pleased with Google Cloud Epyc 'Milan' data centre plans

18 June 2021, 13:11

3rd gen AMD Epyc CPUs have been chosen by Google as they 'leapfrog' the competition.

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UK reaches 100 tech unicorn ($1bn+ valued firms) milestone

18 June 2021, 12:11

AI startup Tractable joined the likes of Skyscanner, Starling Bank, and Darktrace, yesterday.

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Facebook plans to introduce ads to Oculus Quest games and apps

17 June 2021, 11:11

First ads are set to appear in the Blaston VR duelling game in the coming weeks.

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Microsoft announces an Xbox TV app and xCloud streaming stick

11 June 2021, 10:11

All part of its mission to "bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet."

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Virgin Media O2 spotted running ad-funded free broadband trials

9 June 2021, 11:11

Another recent trial was doubling its 100Mbps tier download speeds from 10 to 20Mbps.

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Stadia coming to Google TV and Android TV devices from 23 June

8 June 2021, 12:11

Nvidia Shield TV/Pro and various other STBs become compatible too.

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Epic Games MEGA Sale 2021 marks return of $10 coupons

21 May 2021, 12:11

Any game purchase over $15 will earn you a $10 coupon for your next purchase (of >$15).

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 retires on 15th June 2022

20 May 2021, 13:11

But Microsoft 365 and other apps won't support the aged browser after 17th August this year.

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Ethereum transition to 'Proof of Stake' will slash its energy use

20 May 2021, 11:11

Transition this year will cut energy use by 2000x, and mean an end to GPU ETH mining.

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Cloudflare on CAPTCHAs: "it's time to end this madness"

17 May 2021, 11:11

A recent Cloudflare blog post says humans waste 500 years per day completing these things.

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UK full fibre grows but it remains third from bottom in Europe

13 May 2021, 12:11

Full fibre penetration in the UK is just 3.7 per cent, but is available to 15 per cent of homes.

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Scale of Epic Games giveaways cost revealed in court documents

4 May 2021, 13:11

The firm spent $11.6m on free games giveaways in its first 9 months of operation.

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Verizon Media's Yahoo and AOL businesses sold for $5bn

4 May 2021, 12:11

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management to be new owners.

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Spotify Premium pricing to be raised from Friday

27 April 2021, 13:11

Increases vary by market. In the UK Student, Duo and Family accounts are all affected.

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Discord decides to IPO, Microsoft Xbox deal rejected

21 April 2021, 13:11

It is currently rounding off a 'pre-IPO' fundraiser that values it at modest $7 billion.

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PC storage prices soar in HK due to Chia cryptocurrency

19 April 2021, 12:11

'Proof of space and time' coin mainly affecting 4TB to 18TB HDD pricing.

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Data from 533 million Facebook accounts leaked online

6 April 2021, 11:11

Data comes from before Facebook patched a data scrapping bug in August 2019.

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Openreach enables 1Gbps capable FTTP in 4.5m UK homes

25 March 2021, 12:11

To reach its latest target it added 1.9 million premises during the last year.

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Nvidia GeForce Now Priority memberships introduced

18 March 2021, 13:11

Monthly memberships are available at £8.99 in the UK. Founders can stay on old rates.

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Digital art piece NFT sold for record breaking $69 million

12 March 2021, 13:11

Auction house Christie's sold Mike Winkelmann's 'Everydays' digital collage yesterday.

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UK government outlines its Ten Tech Priorities

12 March 2021, 12:11

Buzzword-laced bullet points are a foundation for "a new golden age for tech in the UK".

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Netflix ponders password sharing crackdown

12 March 2021, 11:11

In some regions it has trialled messages telling people "you need your own account".

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Virgin Media UK testing 400Gbps over a single fibre

5 March 2021, 11:11

And the ISP reports a new network traffic record of 20.77GB per user on one day in Feb.

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Netflix announces 'Downloads For You' for mobile devices

23 February 2021, 13:11

Android app updated with option to auto-download recommended shows and movies.

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Bitcoin surpassed the US$50,000 valuation milestone on Tuesday

17 February 2021, 10:11

Rise fuelled by major corporate backing from likes of Tesla, Mastercard and PayPal.

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Ofcom UK explains One Touch broadband switching process

5 February 2021, 13:11

Easier ISP switching should be enforced by December 2022, after industry consultation.

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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to step down in Q3

3 February 2021, 10:11

Andy Jassy, AWS boss and employee of 23 years, will become CEO. Bezos moves to BoD.

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Nokia and Vodafone successfully trial 100Gbps fibre broadband

2 February 2021, 13:11

Breakthrough '100G PON' tech is 10x faster than today's most advanced fibre networks.

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