I am sure we all know that hate speech is a serious issue in nowaday’s Internet (outside of it too, but slow down, one thing at a time). Encouraged by the anonymity of the WWW, people often let out their anger and frustration online, not caring about who may they hurt while doing so. Twitter knows this well and tries to put a stop to it… albeit with mixed results.One tweep (that moment when you realize that ”tweep” is just one letter away from twerp) of Japanese origin likes to tweet about how he dislikes mosquitos and how happy he would be to just kill them all. It ...

Just when a man thinks life cannot get much weirder… New law will enter into life in China on October 1st which will make staying anonymous online much more difficult for the Chinese. Chinese government will persecute all websites that will allow their users to register with nicknames and fake personal data. Persecutions are said to be mainly financial. Those websites will most likely do all in their power to force or convince their users to use their real ID when online, therefore basically removing anonymity from the Chinese Internet. Everyone will always know who wrote or uploaded ...

Pokemon Go is cool and all, but it is time for a new player on the AR market. Personally I think that the project will fail tremendously, but what do I know… Anyway, AMC TV channel and Next Game developer have joined forces and announced The Walking Dead: Our World, a new artificial reality game for smartphones. Game trailer does not show actual gameplay footage, but still looks pretty cool, with running between zombies, shooting, slashing, explosions and what seems to be a promise of co-op mode, if not outright MMO-like multiplayer. Another feature will be, erm, taking selfies with ...

Proofpoint, a company dealing in cybersecurity, issues a warning. According to their knowledge, hackers are using curiosity of thousands of GoT fans worldwide to infect their PC’s with viruses.Lets say that you are a ”Game of Thrones” fan. One day you open your mail box and find a message with a title like ”Watch the newest Game of Thrones episode before premiere!”. You open the message and see a file that you can download from it. You do so. Then you open the file, thinking it is the newest GoT episode… and no, it is not – instead you have just ...

Essential Phone, the very first project by the ”rogue” ex-CEO of Android Andy Rubin, is finally out in the United States of America. Phone can be pre-ordered from Sprint and Essential Best Buy for $699, and it comes unlocked. Right now, only black model is available.UK and India release date is unknown. Essential promises to keep customers from these countries up to date. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Heh, I guess I have something to write about here… Android 8.0 Oreo is a long-awaited, Android OS, older or newer, are the main software of the majority of worldwide smartphones and mobiles devices. It means that Android has lots of responsibility on its hands, as the company always has to do its best to turn out pristine, bug-free operating systems to millions of customers worldwide…Haha, no. Android Oreo is out for just a few days now, and the OS’ first users – the owners of Google Pixel phone – are already complaining about its many shortcomings. The most ...

As perhaps you have already heard, there was a ”small misunderstanding” a few weeks ago between the American government and a Russian antyvirus creators Kaspersky. Kaspersky was accused of leaking information to the Russian intelligence, and the US government readily removed it from its list of trusted software deliverers. Losing a single, very lucrative contract is only part of Kaspersky’s problems now, though. As it turns out, FBI is (allegedly) contacting various private companies, trying to get them to resign from Kaspersky’s services. FBI’s argument is ...

Ladies and gentleman, it is now official – the name of the Android 8.0 is Oreo. Sorry, Oatmeal Cookies and Octopuses, you were close but no cigar. So, now that we have the matter of the OS’ name out of the way, what are the new features it offers? Well, the ones we are aware of so far are:– notification dots. Similiar to 3D Touch, they offer a quick contextual menu to expand from any notification by tapping and holding the app icon,– increased battery performance achieved by suppressing the background use of phone’s apps,– Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode. ...

Facebook is not very popular in China. Okay, let me rephrase that; Facebook could be very popular in China if it was not banned there ever since 2009. Chinese government does not see freedom of the Internet as something worthwhile, and have blocked many foreign websites from appearing on the chinese web.This, though, does not stop Facebook from trying to get on the China’s good (and profitable) side once more. New York Times informs us that a new app has been released on the Chinese market. Its name is Colourful Balloons, and both its function and style are very similiar to ...

Android must have had lots of fun, keeping us in the dark about Android 8.0’s real name. Still, all good times must come to an end… Later today, Android will officially reveal the real name of its new OS. Still, as you know, the rumour train has no brakes!, hence why the above picture. The graphic has been posted online by one Evan Blass (all hail), who is a leakster whose leaks almost always turn out to be genuine. Mr Blass has not shared the source of this sort-of-news, so it cannot be said with 100% certainty that yes, Oreo will be the name of the Android 8.0… but this ...