New Zealand Makes Cyberbullying A Crime
It is now a crime in New Zealand to send a person an e-mail containing "racist, sexist, critical of their religion, sexuality or disability." On a related note, e-mail traffic is down by 95% in New Zealand.
New Zealand has passed a law that criminalizes one of the least desirable facets of the internet: cyberbullying. The legislation effectively prohibits sending messages to people that are racist, sexist, critical of their religion, sexuality or disability. The rest for determining harm will be if these communications were designed to cause "serious emotional distress," and if a person is found guilty, could face up to two years in jail.
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If You Could See All The Asteroids Around Us
Have fun trying to sleep tonight after watching this video. It should be noted that 360° playback worked from me in Chrome but not in IE.
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Gaming [H]eadlines
FF XIV OS X Pulled, Refunds Offered @ Blue's News
Fresh Prince Opening In GTA V @ YouTube
Skullgirls Devs Making New Action-RPG @ Shacknews
Skyrim Meets Dark Souls @ VG24/7
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How I Met My Identity Thief
This guy has way more patience and understanding than I do.
My hacker and I continued to text each other. He asked me if I'd visited India before (I had) and how my father died (he was shot) and what my company does to make money (great question!). I found out he's learning the PHP programming language, is 23 years old, and speaks Tamil. He's still looking for a job, and yes, he asked if I would hire him.
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Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta Announced
Mojang has just announced Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta. The game will be free for those of you that already own the PC version, everyone will have to pay to play.
We have exciting news to share! A whole new version of Minecraft is on its way. This time, it's for Windows 10 – Microsoft's new swanky operating system that's due for release on July 29th. We're calling it Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta. If you're one of the 20 million(!) players who have the PC edition of Minecraft (referred to by techy people as the Java version) you'll be able to download Windows 10 Edition Beta from the Windows 10 store for free. Other players can get it for the paltry price of $10 during the beta period (the length of which is still being decided).
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[H]ardware Round-Up
Cases: Fractal Design Node 202 @ ocaholic
ETC.: Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex @ Legit Reviews
Gaming: Batman Arkham Knight Gameplay And Performance @ HotHardware
Saitek X-55 Rhino HOTAS System @ NikKTech
Video: XFX R9 290 Double Dissipation @ Bjorn3D
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Who Owns Your Face?
This is an insteresting question. The government and most companies believe that using facial recognition in public is fine but what about you? Do you think it is okay to be scanned in public without giving consent?
In June, government talks about how best to regulate facial-recognition algorithms fell apart. But should a company need your permission before scanning your face? And does the technology really work?
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Canadian Judge Rejects Request For Injunction Against Uber
Uber just dodged a bullet in Canada. After all the protests, bans, burnings and arrests, it's nice to have some good Uber news for a change.
Judge Sean Dunphy dismissed the application and said there was no evidence the company operates as a taxi broker, according to a copy of the ruling provided by Uber. "We are pleased with today's ruling, which confirms that ridesharing is a new business model, distinct from traditional taxi services," Ian Black, general manager for Uber Canada, said in a statement.
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Russian Parliament Approves Internet Privacy Bill
It looks as though the Russians will soon have the right to be forgotten too. Where does the U.S. stand on this again?
Russia's parliament gave its final approval on Friday to a law that would require Internet search engines to remove users' personal information from their results. The bill, passed by the State Duma lower house in its third reading, seeks to emulate European Union rules on the "right to be forgotten", under which search engines must take down certain results that appear under a search of a person's name.
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MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB
The MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB video card is on the test bench at techPowerUP! today.
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released just a few weeks ago. It is built on the same GM200 GPU as the GeForce Titan X, but has fewer shaders (2816 vs 3072). While the GTX 980 Ti's GPU is still produced on a 28 nanometer process at TSMC in Taiwan, it comes with the fantastic power efficiency optimizations of the NVIDIA Maxwell architecture, which promises lower power draw, higher performance, and reduced fan noise all at the same time.
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How Much Does Security Software Slow Down Your PC?
The sad part is that slowing down your PC isn't even the worst part about some of the security software on this list.
One of the main complaints that people express about security software is that it harms the performance of their PC. But how much of an effect does it really have? Independent testing organization AV-Comparatives has conducted a test of 20 leading security products for Windows to assess their impact. Tests were performed on a 64-bit Intel Core i5 machine with Windows 8.1.
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Scientist Claims Immortality Within Reach
Just great, if the government sees this, the retirement age will be bumped from 65 to 145.
Molecular Biologist Dr Bill Andrews told TV ONE's SUNDAY programme that humans shouldn't have to suffer from the ravages of ageing. He says that ageing is a disease that should, and could be cured. The 63-year-old American believes that he could live till he's 150.
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Minecraft: Story Mode Trailer
What do you guys think of this? Normally Telltale Games' stuff is pretty solid so I'm optimistic.
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Astronomers Predict Fireworks From Rare Stellar Encounter in 2018
According to NASA, the real fireworks aren't going to start until 2018.
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SilverStone Fortress FT05 Review
There is a review of the SilverStone Fortress FT05 posted today at Bjorn3D. You can see our evaluation here for comparison purposes.
The Revolutionary SilverStone FT05 is the fifth generation Fortress computer chassis SilverStone has offered. This one offers the same 90° rotated motherboard that the Raven series offers but SIlverStone has completely removed the 5 1/4 inch drive bays that clutter so many chassis.
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Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX Mid Tower Chassis Review
Today we review the new computer case from Phanteks, the Enthoo EVOLV Mid Tower Chassis. It brings with it full aluminum construction and promises features such as quick release side panels, top mount radiator brackets, a new data drive mounting system, and lots of pretty LEDs in four different colors.
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ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 LGA 2011-v3 Motherboard Review
ASUS' SABERTOOTH X99 promises premium quality and unmatched stability alongside industry leading fan control. Saberooth motherboards have in the past all been universally excellent and this motherboard is one of the newest in the TUF series. Can ASUS keep that streak going? It's going to be TUF.
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AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Video Card Review
We review AMD's new Fiji GPU comprising the new AMD Radeon R9 Fury X video card with stacked chip technology High Bandwidth Memory. We take this video card through its paces, make comparisons and find out what it can do for us in real world gameplay. Is this $649 video card competitive? Is it truly geared for 4K gaming as AMD says?
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House of Cards: PCIe SSD Performance Roundup
The new NVMe SSDs are now the de facto standard performance kings when it comes to accessing data on a desktop PC. However, there are more than a few other alternatives when it comes to PCIe attached SSD storage solutions. We take a look at how the other current PCIe SSDs on the market fare against NVMe and the best performing SATA.
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PowerColor TurboDuo R9 290 4GB OC Video Card Review
PowerColor has introduced a new version of the Radeon R9 290 that brings its price point down to the realm of the GeForce GTX 960. However, The Radeon R9 290 can often pack nearly the same punch as a GeForce GTX 970, therefore, we will compare the PowerColor TurboDuo R9 290 4GB GDDR5 OC to both to see which reigns supreme.
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MSI R9 390X GAMING 8G Video Card Review
We've got an MSI R9 390X GAMING video card with 8GB of VRAM to put up against a Radeon R9 290X and GeForce GTX 980. Find out what the new AMD Radeon R9 390X is made of, and if the MSI R9 390X GAMING 8G video card can compete with GeForce GTX 980 performance, you might be surprised.
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LEPA AquaChanger 240 All In One AIO CPU Cooler Review
LEPA comes to us today with its new AquaChanger 240 AIO CPU Cooler for review. LEPA lists a lot of cool sounding features like, Central Diffusing Passage Cold Plate, Protrusive Copper Base, Dual Convex Blade Fans, Ceramic Bearing Pump, and maybe the best is Anti-Leakage Tubing...because nobody likes leaky tubing.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Video Card GPU Review
Now that we have had some solid gaming time with the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, we will be putting it up against the GTX 980 and TITAN X video cards, in the full HardOCP GPU review format. We are including new games, The Witcher 3 and Grand Theft Auto V. We also look at VRAM utilization and power and temperature levels.
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Cooler Master G550M 550W Power Supply Review
Today we spend our time with a computer power supply from Cooler Master that is towards the lower end of the wattage scale coming in at 550 watts. Cooler Master claims "notably higher efficiency and voltage stability than other designs." We will see if its Bronze efficiency G550M PSU will stand up to our gauntlet and its own claims.
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XFX R9 290X Black OC Edition 4GB Video Card Review
On our test bench today is the XFX R9 290X Black OC Edition video card, sporting a factory overclock and the Ghost Thermal 2.0 Double Dissipation cooling system. Join us as we put this video card head to head against the ASUS GTX 970 STRIX OC, to determine which provides the better gaming experience and value.
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Thermaltake Suppressor F51 Mid-Tower Chassis Review
Thermaltake is upping its game with its new Suppressor F51 E-ATX Mid-Tower Chassis. New sound deadening technology, expanded cooling options, all while supporting motherboards from mini-ITX to E-ATX in size. The F51 has a fully modular tool-less design that also has dust filtering in mind.
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GIGABYTE X99-UD4P LGA 2011-v3 Motherboard Review
The GIGABYTE X99-UD4P is a full featured yet affordable X99 chipset based motherboard which promises to bring solid overclocking, 3 and 4 way GPU support, premium audio, dual BIOS, "Safer design around screw mounting holes," and GIGABYTE's Ultra Durable component selection. But, does it blend?
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Video Card Preview
Today the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti hits the market with ambitions of providing a less expensive alternative to GTX TITAN X-like performance, while priced closer to the GeForce GTX 980. This new video card is dropping at $649 and also drives the MSRP of the GeForce GTX 980 down to $499.
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MSI X99A MPower LGA 2011-v3 Motherboard Review
MSI's X99A MPower promises to deliver a ton of features at a reasonable price. SATA Express, full speed M.2 support, and USB 3.1 compatibility are all examples of what this motherboard has to offer. The MSI MPower series has never disappointed us before, so we have high hopes for this motherboard.
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