An ad-free subscription option for YouTube looks set to launch by the end of October. It will cost $10 a month and include access to legally distributed music. While it has been known for more than a year that YouTube was working on such an option, the timetable has never been clear. However, the company […]
Chicago’s attempts to put a nine percent tax on streaming services such as Netflix are to be challenged in court. The suit claims both the tax and the process by which it was introduced are unlawful. The tax, which applies to streaming service subscribers with a Chicago address, was not a new measure in itself. […]
For those who don’t know, Justin Roiland who created Rick and Morty with Dan Harmon and does most of the voices also plays the voice of Lemongrab on Adventure Time. To me, this seemed quite fitting. Please note the Star Trek red shirt reference. What do you think? Don’t worry, I know my art sucks, […]
The .onion domain used for sites accessed via Tor has been officially recognized as a top level domain. Rather counter-intuitively, the move is designed to give .onion sites special treatment for added protection. Until now, the presence of .onion in a website address wasn’t officially recognized as a traditional domain and instead was designed solely […]
Well, after all these years, looks like someone caught a Pikachu. I would love to pretend like I am an actual adult and not jealous right now, but I am slightly jealous. (Imgur)
Google has confirmed that four lightning strikes led to a tiny amount of permanent data loss in its online cloud processing service. It appears to be an extremely unlikely freak incident, though Google says it will continue to work to reduce such risks. The incident took place near a data center in Belgium where Google […]
Nevada likes eggplant. Oklahoma’s into ghosts. And Vermont is all about the poop. That’s the somewhat unscientific conclusions of SwiftKey, which decided to publicise its app by looking at the pattern of emoji use among its customers in different states. Contrary to some reports, the map above is not a depiction of the most popular […]
Every Final Fantasy fanboy is drooling right now at the thought of the forthcoming Final Fantasy 7 remake. This is also leading many to play it again to see things that may or may not make the cut. Suffice it to say, one Imgur user figured out one line of dialogue that most certainly wont […]
Google is to offer free broadband to people living in public housing and other affordable housing project properties. It will also offer free computer skills training. The free service, which will have no connection fee, will be available initially in Atlanta, Durham, Kansas City and Nashville before being rolled out to all cities where Google […]
Reddit’s comparatively open nature has come back to bite it with a protest over the firing of a leading employee. Victoria Taylor was a key figure in the popular “Ask Me Anything” sessions on the site. Taylor, who used the name “chooter” on the site, was in charge of recruiting and verifying participants, both celebrities […]