The Web The Pirate Bay restores new user registrations, with a twist The torrent indexing service is expecting a flood of new applications By Alfonso Maruccia , June 29, 2023, 9:11 AM
The Web New altruism-focused social network promises to remove "sh*tty users" Even if there are hundreds or thousands of them By Rob Thubron , June 28, 2023, 9:45 AM 13 comments
The Web Amazon whets the appetite with early Prime Day deals Others are getting in on the festivities, too By Shawn Knight , June 27, 2023, 1:54 PM
Security The Web US company Telesign violated EU's GDPR by profiling millions of mobile users worldwide A seemingly unlawful business model exploiting mobile interconnection services By Alfonso Maruccia , June 26, 2023, 12:34 PM
The Web Google YouTube wants to bring online gaming to its video platform The astonishing flop of Stadia didn't teach Google anything, it seems By Alfonso Maruccia , June 26, 2023, 11:20 AM
The Web Tech Culture Man who stole more than $23 million in YouTube music royalties scam faces 70-month prison sentence The government hopes the length will be a deterrent By Rob Thubron , June 26, 2023, 5:19 AM 9 comments
The Web Tech Culture Canada's "Online News Act" wants social media companies to pay for shared news content The act would require Google and Meta to enter monetary agreements with Canadian publishers By Jimmy Pezzone , June 24, 2023, 1:05 PM 14 comments
Tech Culture The Web Tech companies will be forced to hand over deceased children's data to UK parents and coroners "This is an important day for bereaved families affected by online harms" By Rob Thubron , June 23, 2023, 8:49 AM
The Web YouTube TV expands multiview beyond sports, but customization options are still needed YouTube TV needs to fix this glaring oversight By Shawn Knight , June 22, 2023, 11:44 AM
The Web Tech Culture Tinkerer uses Raspberry Pi to make a giant dot matrix printer Computer uses a truck and water tubes to print messages on the road By Daniel Sims , June 22, 2023, 8:15 AM
The Web Amazon Prime Day is set to return on July 11 Amazon's two-day savings bonanza is mere weeks away By Shawn Knight , June 21, 2023, 10:10 AM
The Web Reddit's API controversy sees subreddits go NSFW Porn protests! By Rob Thubron , June 21, 2023, 8:09 AM
The Web Netflix and Amazon send DMCA takedown requests for legal websites Two perfectly legal URLs hidden in a sea of pirated content By Alfonso Maruccia , June 19, 2023, 10:02 AM 10 comments
Security The Web The US government is offering $10 million for tips about Cl0p ransomware "Do you know anything about this ransomware threat, fellow cybercriminals?" By Alfonso Maruccia , June 19, 2023, 8:15 AM
The Web Industry The FCC wants to know why data caps are still a thing in 2023 The Commission is also requesting stories and information from impacted consumers By Jimmy Pezzone , June 18, 2023, 9:17 AM 65 comments
The Web Google Google is killing Google Domains, selling it to Squarespace for $180 million The sale includes approximately 10 million domains By Shawn Knight , June 16, 2023, 9:22 AM
The Web Tech Culture Music publishers sue Twitter for $250 million over copyright infringement claims They cite Musk's description of DMCA as a "plague on humanity" By Rob Thubron , June 16, 2023, 6:15 AM 9 comments
The Web NeoCities is bringing the eye-bleeding "spirit" of GeoCities back to the modern web A blend of modern web hosting and unbounded, social-like freedom of expression By Alfonso Maruccia , June 15, 2023, 3:46 PM
AI The Web AI feedback loop will spell death for future generative models When you train LLMs with LLM-generated content, the results tend to be digital poop By Alfonso Maruccia , June 14, 2023, 1:29 PM
How to Download Videos From YouTube, TikTok and Instagram 8 FEATURE By Amir Shoam, June 13, 2023, 6:09 AM TechSpot The Web Downloading a video you've watched online can be more difficult than expected. Most sites prefer you to revisit them and view their ads every time, but this may not be ideal for several reasons.
The Web Over 8,000 subreddits go dark in protest against Reddit's API fees None of this looks good for Reddit or Steve Huffman By Rob Thubron , June 13, 2023, 5:18 AM 16 comments
Tech Culture The Web AI is polluting the Internet, so one writer bought a physical encyclopedia set instead Physical encyclopedias are still in demand By Shawn Knight , June 12, 2023, 11:13 AM 13 comments
The Web Netflix sees massive subscriber jump after password-sharing crackdown The biggest four-day US subscriber increase since 2019 By Daniel Sims , June 10, 2023, 8:58 AM 52 comments
Gaming The Web You can now link your Ubisoft account with GeForce Now You could already link your Steam and Epic accounts with Nvidia's game streaming service By Kishalaya Kundu , June 9, 2023, 8:45 AM
The Web Industry Singapore to invest billions in new submarine cable facilities New investments to strengthen connectivity capabilities with Southeast Asia and the world By Alfonso Maruccia , June 8, 2023, 9:44 AM