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The Facebook company's new name is Meta

29 October 2021, 10:11

Meta VR headsets won't need Facebook accounts, and the Meta smartwatch leaks.

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Openreach adds 170 towns and villages to FTTP rollout plan

27 October 2021, 11:11

Welcome additions to the 551 FTTP rollout locations announced this June.

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Major UK ISPs ordered to block five pirate streaming sites

26 October 2021, 13:11

Hollywood studios worked with Netflix to get latest London High Court injunction.

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Nvidia intros GeForce Now RTX 3080 membership streams

22 October 2021, 10:11

This top tier streams games at up to 1440p at 120 FPS on PC or Mac (6 months for $99/£89).

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Twitch hack uncovers Amazon Vapor – a Steam and EGS rival

7 October 2021, 13:11

In the 125GB spill you can also see the Twitch source code, user data, and streamer payouts.

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Telegram messenger gained 70m users during WhatsApp outage

6 October 2021, 13:11

WhatsApp (and Oculus, Facebook, Instagram) outage lasted nearly six hours on Monday.

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Nvidia partners with EA for more hit games on GeForce Now

1 October 2021, 13:11

Meanwhile, Xbox Cloud Gaming has launched in Australia, Brazil, Japan, and Mexico.

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YouTube cracks down on Covid anti-vax misinformation

30 September 2021, 12:11

Says this is an extension of its policy to remove the promotion of harmful remedies.

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Microsoft Store update enables third party app stores

29 September 2021, 10:11

Amazon and Epic are already on board, but no word yet about Steam, GOG, or others.

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UK Gov to provide 6 months free broadband to jobseekers

28 September 2021, 11:11

It has picked TalkTalk to be the provider, helping it to tackle 'digital exclusion'.

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Amazon perma-bans 600 Chinese brands for review fraud

20 September 2021, 12:11

It has expunged 3,000 seller accounts linked to the likes of RavPower, Aukey, Mpow, and more.

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Alphabet's Project Taara is "like fibre, but without the cables"

17 September 2021, 12:11

The firm recently successfully trialled Taara tech to join two Congolese cities.

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Google Grace Hopper subsea cable connected to Bude, UK

16 September 2021, 12:11

The 16-fibre pair Google-funded cable now connects New York to Bude and Bilbao.

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FTTP saturation: Western Europe broadband speeds plateau

15 September 2021, 13:11

And Jersey claims the fastest mean download speeds in the world at 274Mbps.

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Xbox app for Windows now supports Game Pass streaming

15 September 2021, 11:11

Even if you don't own an Xbox you can enjoy the console game library on Windows 10 or newer.

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Epic files appeal over last week's Apple antitrust ruling

13 September 2021, 10:11

Federal judge said Apple wasn't a monopoly but opened up another revenue angle for devs.

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'Microsoft Start' is the new name for MSN and Microsoft News

8 September 2021, 10:11

Rebranded unified news feed will be available via web, app, Windows taskbar, Win 11 widget.

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PayPal considers expansion into stocks and shares business

31 August 2021, 13:11

A brokerage industry veteran has been hired as CEO of an 'Invest at PayPal' division.

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Under-18s in China restricted to 3 hours online gaming per week

31 August 2021, 12:11

Mental health motivated change impacted China gaming industry share prices yesterday.

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PayPal enables cryptocurrency trading for UK account holders

23 August 2021, 13:11

Firm's first expansion of its 'Buy, Hold and Sell Crypto' facilities outside the US.

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Microsoft releases Windows 11 build 22000.132 ISO images

20 August 2021, 11:11

Meanwhile, price hikes for Office 365/Microsoft 365 subscriptions are revealed.

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Microsoft adds friction to default browser switching in Windows 11

19 August 2021, 13:11

Mozilla is perturbed about "additional and unnecessary steps" to alter browsing defaults.

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SEOPress WordPress plugin flaw left 100k sites wide open

18 August 2021, 13:11

Version 5.0.4 patches flaw that let attackers "inject arbitrary web scripts on a site".

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UK football season sparks illegal IPTV crackdown by FACT

16 August 2021, 13:11

Currently concentrating on suppliers, but FACT hints that it will look at consumers soon.

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Valve patches 'infinite money' Steam client bug

16 August 2021, 12:11

The researcher who discovered the bug has been awarded a US$7,500 bounty.

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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT crypto mining efficiency surprises

12 August 2021, 12:11

Card most efficient with GPU at 1.2GHz, memory at 2.2GHz, achieving 32MH/s at 55W.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming comes to Xbox App for Windows Insiders

10 August 2021, 10:11

And Microsoft has arranged a pre-Gamescom Xbox event for 24th August.

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UK Gov back £4m trial of fibre broadband via water pipes

9 August 2021, 10:11

The same strategy proved a success in Spain and other countries.

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Steam Client Beta update debuts Storage Manager

30 July 2021, 13:11

Users might also appreciate the new UI, Library updates, Steam Input optimisations.

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Microsoft's profits are up nearly 50 per cent

28 July 2021, 13:11

Boost comes from Cloud and Office services. Windows and Surface didn't do so well.

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Netflix confirms preparations for video gaming roll out

21 July 2021, 10:11

It won't raise price plans, even as it adds the games, but we don't have a launch date yet.

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Starlink satellite broadband to improve ping time to sub-20ms

16 July 2021, 11:11

Meanwhile, scientists in Japan have achieved 319Tbps fibre internet transfers.

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Facebook announces $1 billion+ fund for content creators

15 July 2021, 13:11

Wants to become one of the best platforms "for millions of creators to make a living".

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