Category: Internet
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Popular Adult Website Offers $25K to Viewers Who Find Security Bugs
Popular adult video resource PornHub is offering up to $25,000 to viewers who find security vulnerabilities in its website.The bounties for finding a bug in the streaming site’s defence starts at $50 a pop, with the top money shot awarded for spotting a major boob – making it a nice little earner for those who […]
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Facebook Users Can Soon Share 360 Degree Photos on the New Feed
Facebook really looks to be gearing towards virtual reality and has announced that it will soon be possible for social network users to share their own panoramic photos. Facebook has been gradually filling up with impressive panoramic videos from businesses and brands such as Star Wars which allow viewers to navigate and explore a scene […]
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Marvel Fans Use a GoPro to Create Iron Man POV Video
With Captain America: Civil War blowing up at the box office with the long-awaited clash between the Star-Spangled Avenger and Ol’ Shell Head – Iron Man himself drawing massive numbers globally, Marvel comic-to-cinema characters have never been more popular. Obviously, being purveyors of all things tech we’re a mark for Stark and were really impressed […]
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HBO’s Warning to Game of Thrones Torrent Abusers
Game of Thrones fans that download the show illegally may have more to worry about than spotting a plot-killing spoiler on social media after it was revealed that broadcaster HBO is looking to axe their internet access if they watch the show from a torrent file. Home Box Office (HBO) – which is GoT’s network […]
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Conversations with Viv – The New Open Source AI From Siri Creator
Later on today at 4:20 PM GMT a Norwegian named Dag Kittlaus will be explaining to the public at the Disrupt NY 2016 conference about his new ‘baby’ named Viv. Dag Kittlaus, created Apple’s Siri back in 2007 while at the Stanford Research institute and went on to work with Apple for a number of […]
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Star Trek to Boldly Go Online with New Weekly Series
Star Trek is coming back to the small screen in a brand new format. Broadcaster CBS is boldly taking the cult sci-fi franchise where it’s never gone before – to the web with a new weekly episode-based series through its own streaming network. The online Star Trek TV series will be available only through CBS […]
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The Gadget Helpline’s April Fools Round-Up
April the 1st – a date notorious for its tradition of pranks and fake stories in which our favourite tech brands and websites will usually try to tease us with tantalising news of unbelievable product launches and other make-believe marketing. Throughout the day we’ll try to keep an eye on some of the best (and […]
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Behavioral Recognition Systems
Recently, a company named Umbo CV raised $2.8 million from a seeding round of its security cameras. Now, these are not your standard security camera, they are actually behavioral recognition systems; artificially intelligent, and, can apparently identify suspicious activity and thus prevent crimes before they happen. Yes, ‘prevent crimes before they happen’, you read that […]
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Tio – A Creative Kickstarter Project that Brings Toys to Life
The Gadget Helpline was recently contacted about a charming little smart toy called Tio, a Kickstarter innovation which encourages invention and building and has no limit on what your imagination can create. Tio is basically a motorized, app-controlled box aimed at ages 5 and above which acts as a base for any and all types of robotic […]
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Fallout Dev Todd Howard Is So Hot Right Now
Bethesda Studios executive producer Todd Howard probably never entered the video game industry with the intent of sexing things up – however, Fallout fans agree that Todd is undoubtedly the handsome face of Bethesda, who are rapidly hitting the high scores to become one of the most successful games companies of all time. Todd is […]
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4Chan Founder Moot Moves To Google
Time flies when you’re having fun. Or at least it has for Christopher Poole, the founder of one of the most storied and controversial websites of the golden age of the internet. The image and message board 4chan is just about the most notorious internet haven, where pretty much all of those dank memes we […]
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BBCShop.com Moving to Digital Content Only
After bringing some of the best DVD, Blu-Ray, audiobook, toy and memorabilia deals from top telly such as Doctor Who and Sherlock BBCShop.com is changing its business model to sell only digital video content from March 29th. The longstanding website was known for offering some great bargains particularly around the Black Friday to Christmas period […]