Tag: software

Seeing how much I hate its ads, YouTube tries to sell me yet another subscription tier with Premium Lite rolling out in the US

Seeing how much I…

It can be hard to keep count of all of the online subscription fees I’m paying these days; a…
US Justice Dept announces $10 million bounty on at-large ‘hacker-for-hire’ cabal it says targeted China critics, religious missionaries, and the Treasury

US Justice Dept announces…

The US Department of Justice announced yesterday that it’s charging 12 alleged Chinese hackers over a string of cyber-attacks…
Steam users react ecstatically to update that lets them access their heaving game notes via the web, also it fixes Monster Hunter Wilds video recording

Steam users react ecstatically…

I gotta be honest, the sum total of my engagement with Steam’s Game Notes feature is that one time…
Google asks Trump’s DOJ to please, please, please reconsider parting it from Chrome

Google asks Trump’s DOJ…

Last year, the US Department of Justice proposed a number of remedies to address Google’s vice-like hold over search.…
YouTube raked in over $60 billion in revenue last year, says Alphabet, between its seemingly-endless parade of adverts and its Premium subscription service

YouTube raked in over…

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has handily summarised the latter’s Q4 results in a blog post this week,…
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker suspended after saying Republicans would ‘kill Rick Scott’ if they really cared about Medicare fraud

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker…

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has been banned, again, apparently for suggesting that if the Republican Party was serious about…
You might mock Microsoft’s new emoji button in Windows 11 but as someone that’s explained how to quickly access emojis and special characters too many times, I get it

You might mock Microsoft’s…

PC Gamer’s staff recently had an intense debate about whether a solitary thumbs up emoji was passive aggressive or…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 3, 2025)

Five new Steam games…

Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games:…
One-third of consumers don’t want AI on their devices, report finds, and it’s not because they don’t understand it: They just don’t need it

One-third of consumers don’t…

It’s not uncommon to hear executives at AI companies and other such boosters say that the public has been…
Meta says sorry for turning Instagram into a horror show of violence, gore, dead bodies, and other graphic content that ‘should not have been recommended’

Meta says sorry for…

Have you seen the video of the guy who, as Reddit put it, “got folded by an elephant” that’s…