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AdBlock Plus says it already beat Facebook’s new anti-blocking features
Considering the fact that Facebook made somewhere in the neighborhood of $6.2 billion off of advertising revenue alone last quarter, it is hardly surprising that the company would want to stamp out ad blockers, but that feat is easier said than done. Earlier this week, Facebook enacted a new feature that was aimed at making its ads ...
Google Chrome continues the slow death of Flash in favor of HTML5
It is no secret that Google Chrome, and really the entire web browser industry, has had it out for Adobe Flash for some time now, and this week Google revealed its plans to finally phase out the notoriously insecure plugin in favor of HTML5. Over the years, Flash has been used online to power everything ...
Denuvo’s days as the “uncrackable” DRM may be over
It looks like Denuvo Anti-Tamper may be the latest casualty of software pirates’ unending quest for free stuff. A digital rights management (DRM) tool, Denuvo is designed to prevent users from copying or tampering with protected programs, and for a time it looked like the software might be uncrackable. In fact, earlier this year the ...
Google Fiber delays San Jose rollout while it considers the switch to wireless
It has been more than a year since Alphabet Inc’s ultra high-speed internet service, Google Fiber, announced that it would be coming to the area around San Jose, California, but despite getting approval from the city to begin construction, it seems that the company’s plan may have hit a snag. According to the San Jose Mercury ...
Twitch to start streaming Amazon TV pilots, including ‘The Tick’
Twitch has been the go-to livestreaming platform for gamers for several years now, but ever since it was acquired by Amazon for an astonishing $970 million in 2014, the site has been slowly expanding its scope outside of video games. Now it looks like Twitch may be getting ready for a major change, as Amazon has ...
UK copyright law threatens 3D printing movement, says Pirate Party founder
More and more consumers are jumping on the 3D printing bandwagon as 3D printers continue to become cheaper and more powerful, but according to Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge, a recent change to copyright law in the United Kingdom could threaten the future of this growing movement. Last month, the UK followed an example set by ...
Amazon now has its own cargo planes for Prime deliveries
Amazon has taken yet another step toward total delivery superiority with the launch of Amazon One, a new cargo plane that is dedicated to transporting Amazon Prime orders. Debuting at the recent Seafair Air Show near Seattle, Amazon’s new plane is a massive Boeing 767-300, which according to Boeing is capable of transporting loads weighing ...
Watson correctly diagnoses woman after doctors were stumped
After treatment for a woman suffering from leukemia proved ineffective, a team of Japanese doctors turned to IBM’s Watson for help, which was able to successfully determine that she actually suffered from a different, rare form of leukemia than the doctors had originally believed. Watson managed to make its diagnosis after doctors from the University of Tokyo’s Institute of ...
Moon Express becomes first private company granted permission for Moon landing
California aerospace company Moon Express has just become the first private company to be granted permission to attempt its own Moon landing. This marks an important step in the commercialization of space exploration, which has become a growing trend in recent years thanks to companies like Elon Musks Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) and Jeff ...
Samsung reveals updated Gear VR with new touchpad and USB-C support
Samsung Gear VR may not pack the same graphical power as its distant cousin, the Oculus Rift, but Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s mobile virtual reality headset has already seen much wider adoption, and earlier this year, Samsung claimed that over 1 million people had used Gear VR in April. This week, Samsung announced that it will be ...