The Pirate Bay now doubles as a streaming site apparently, having added support for Torrents Time, a plugin that allows users to stream torrent content inside of their browser rather than having to download the torrent itself. With this plugin, users won't even need a BitTorrent client to view content, …
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PayPal to start cutting off payments to VPN services
PayPal is already known for its stance against Torrent sites and file-hosting services but now it seems that the payment processor has an issue with VPN and SmartDNS services too. This week, PayPal began refusing to accept payments for a company providing users with VPN or SmartDNS tools to bypass …
Read More »YouTube channel loses over 200K subs after trying to trademark ‘React’
The Fine Brothers have had a bit of a rough weekend and the PR nightmare isn't slowing down at all. The pair have one of the biggest channels on YouTube and are responsible for several series of ‘reaction' style videos showing people of different ages reacting to things like Netflix …
Read More »Children now spend more time online than watching TV
In a study that could be titled, “well duh,” research agency Childwise discovered that children in the UK are now spending more time online than they do watching television, and that Netflix alone accounted for more time than traditional TV viewing. These findings have been described as indicative of a …
Read More »Kitguru Tech News recap 15th January 2016
Today KitGuru TV's Leo Waldock talks about some of the more interesting news stories posted on Kitguru.net in the last week. EK Waterblocks is recalling its Predator 240 and 360 AIO Coolers – read HERE. The world's first 13TB SSD has arrived – read HERE. Microsoft ends support for Windows …
Read More »LG shows off world’s first 98-inch 8K HDR TV at CES
LG is making a big push with its TVs this year at CES, not only has it introduced a new range of stunning 4K OLED TVs, but now it has also shown off the world's High Dynamic Range (HDR) 8K TV and it is massive, measuring in at 98-inches. Being …
Read More »Facebook to offer $15,000 subsidies to ease worker housing costs
Working for the big tech companies has a lot of advantages. Earlier this year Netflix, Adobe and a number of other firms announced that they now offered their employees unlimited parental leave following the birth of a child, as well as unlimited holiday allowance. Facebook is upping the game again, …
Read More »UK is moving beyond live-TV faster than any other country
The writing should be on the wall for content production companies by now: live-TV viewing is dying out at an ever increasing rate, and no more so than in the UK it turns out. More than any other country in the world, British viewers are using online and on-demand services, …
Read More »EU Commission may make geo-blocking invalid in Europe
As much as digital streaming companies like Netflix and Amazon have offered us more content in the past few years than has ever been so easily accessible before, one major frustration remains: geo-blocking. However in the future we may all have the same content available, as the European Commission (EUC) …
Read More »Government cyber-crime agency paints all teens as hackers
With the way the media loves to pump fear into everyday citizens, it's no wonder that guidelines for ‘how to spot your teen doing X' are a common bit of advice dished out by various organisations. The latest advice guide from the National Crime Agency (NCA) however, has such loose …
Read More »Is big-data a real hope for Minority Report style pre-crime?
The use of big-data has exploded in the last few years, allowing for new weather prediction algorithms, Netflix suggestions and more targeted advertising among many other uses, including some controversial ones. Take for example its use in predicting criminal activity. Could this one day lead to a Minority Report-like pre-crime …
Read More »Mobile data use up 65 per cent year on year due to streaming
It's beyond obvious at this point to say that streaming on-demand content is how a large majority, if not all media will be consumed one day and we're well on our way it seems. How and where we're watching our content is changing because of it, so much so that …
Read More »Tim Cook seems to think that the iPad Pro could replace all PCs
We have heard about PCs as we know them today dying out plenty of times over the years and our latest example comes from Apple. Tim Cook seems to be under the impression that the iPad Pro, Apple's new 13-inch tablet, could replace both desktops and notebooks: “I think if …
Read More »Swedish piracy numbers now some of the lowest in the world
Although hardly the biggest country or even the one with a historic number of pirates, Sweden has been at the heart of the debate about online file sharing for as long as it has existed. As the home base of the Pirate Bay, the founding point for the now Europe …
Read More »ASUS and Google partner up for the OnHub 2
It seems like the original OnHub only just launched but Google already has the next version of its router lined up. While the original was built in partnership with TP-Link, the OnHub 2 is being handled by ASUS, designed to be fast, secure and easy to set up. It's a …
Read More »Popcorn Time for the web removed, then brought back instantly
Popcorn Time for the web brought the torrent streaming service to web browsers, removing the need to download and use the app. However, following legal threats, the service went down. Then 24 hours later, new developers picked up the project and brought the service straight back to life. The original …
Read More »Popcorn Time users are settling their lawsuits
The release of Popcorn Time was a watershed moment for piracy. Just as Bittottent made it easier than the early days of file sharing, Popcorn Time changed the game once again and made torrenting just as simple as streaming content from Netflix. As much as this could have been a …
Read More »Nintendo’s NX will reportedly be a console-handheld hybrid, SDK’s being released
Nintendo isn't going to officially talk about its upcoming console, the Nintendo NX, until next year. However, that isn't stopping early information from circulating the web, we've already got a look at a few newly filed patents and now current reports are suggesting that the NX will be a console-handheld …
Read More »Virgin puts Wi-Fi in Buckinghamshire pavement
Although rural areas are gradually getting access to 3G and 4G services, coverage outside of cities and large townships still isn't great. One solution that Virgin is trying out in the small market-town of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, is what it's calling “smart pavements.” It involves the creation of public Wi-Fi stations …
Read More »Record labels sue new music streaming service days after launch
The RIAA was much faster than anyone anticipated this week, launching a lawsuit against new music streaming service, Aurous almost immediately following its launch. Aurous has adopted the Netflix model, much like Popcorn Time, offering songs on demand for streaming across devices, without any adverts, as featured in Spotify. The …
Read More »ATVOD is no more, OfCom to take over regulation duties
Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD), the regulatory body for on demand TV platforms in the UK, like 4OD, BBC iPlayer and the ITV player, is set to close after just five years of operation. It's regulatory responsibilities, which lately have seen the organisation go after porn site operators, will …
Read More »Black Ops 3 will let you play through campaign missions in any order
Much like how you can skip through scenes on a DVD, Treyarch will be giving gamers the option to play through the Black Ops 3 campaign in any order they choose. From the very beginning, the campaign will be fully unlocked, allowing players to either make their way through chronologically, or …
Read More »4K streaming bolstered by new Roku 4 set-top box
The world of streaming is in a bit of a quality no-man's land right now. While 1080p is a pretty solid standard for those watching content via services like Amazon Instant Video and Netflix, 4K is not so well grounded. Some have TVs that can support it, but there isn't …
Read More »Nvidia Shield Android TV box heads to the UK and GeForce NOW announced
Nvidia's Android TV console, the Shield TV, is finally heading to the UK this week. From tomorrow, those in the UK and EU will be able to pick up a Shield at certain retailers, featuring the Nvidia Tegra X1 Maxewell based chip. In addition to that, the GRID streaming service …
Read More »Ideas worth spreading: VR director commentaries, with the director
Not every news story needs to be cutting edge news, but they do need to be interesting. Take the idea of making director and crew commentaries on films and TV shows that bit more exciting, by having them not only record their vocal thoughts on the content, but their visuals …
Read More »Sapphire R9 380 Nitro 4GB Review
For many, the R9 Fury X and GTX980Ti are fantasy solutions – dream cards most of us will never be able to afford. What if you only have £200 to spend and need a new graphics card that can handle resolutions up to 1440p? Today we look at the latest …
Read More »The BBC is launching a US streaming service in 2016
It looks like The BBC is planning to expand in the US with its own TV streaming service in 2016. It won't be quite like the free to watch iPlayer that we are used to here in the UK though. Apparently, The BBC's US service will be subscription based and …
Read More »Sony’s 4K smartphone won’t actually display much at 4K
A few weeks back, we learned that Sony is launching the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium this year, the first smartphone on the market to feature a 4K display. However, it turns out that the display may rarely actually display things at that resolution. Sony has confirmed that the phone will …
Read More »First they came for the cheaters. Why Ashley Madison hack is bad news
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a socialist,” begins the poetic version of Pastor Martin Niemöller's famous statement about the cowardice of German intellectuals during the rise of the Nazi party. It's a speech that has many applications when the topic of free …
Read More »Apple likely won’t be launching its TV service until next year
We have been hearing about Apple's upcoming Internet TV service for some time now. While some networks, like CBS, have come out and said that they will probably sign on with Apple, other copyright holders have been holding the process back, resulting in delay after delay for Apple's new service. …
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