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Lees meerDecade-old policy starting to look silly amid myriad of online late-night vices available to them South Korea is lightening up on a 2011 law that blocked video game access from midnight until 6 am for players under the age of 16 in an effort to curb…
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Lees meerBig Blue continues to reap rewards from pandemic in the UK IBM has been awarded a contract extension to provide its Strategic Trace Solution to the NHS Test and Trace service for England, securing additional fees of around £20m on the deal signed la…
Lees meerNow to get the rest of ASEAN bloc interested, says Singapore government exec Four regions and provinces in China have announced they are joining an existing dedicated internet connectivity facility linking the Middle Kingdom and Singapore.…
Lees meerNever mind that semiconductor foundries require lots of water and that Arizona is a desert state The US city of Phoenix, Arizona is getting more semiconductor factories – if all goes according to the plan lined up yesterday by Taiwan economic develo…
Lees meerIn battery containment bags we trust Passengers escaped an Alaska Airlines jet via emergency slides on Monday night after a malfunctioning smartphone filled the cabin with smoke.…
Lees meerTerminally dumb tellies now ... if they switch on the Wi-Fi Samsung is remotely bricking smart TVs it said were looted from one of its South African warehouses amid violent unrest in the nation.…
Lees meerApparently the revolution is now, and it is well funded Samsung announced today it would invest over $200bn (₩240 trillion) in strategic businesses like semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, communication networks, and IT research.…
Lees meerVMware-packaged AI suite now on sale Nvidia has extended its on-premises AI push into the wonderful world of hyperconverged infrastructure.…
Lees meerWe never managed to fix our Game Boy, but maybe we could repair this? Summer is often referred to as "The Silly Season" and so it was with delight that we noted the iFixit team had turned their screwdrivers onto the gaming nostalgia-fest that is the…
Lees meerOmnipresent analyst house returns to the source Comment It always comes around sooner than you think. With a large slice of fantasy, cultural mythology, and suspension of disbelief, it's time to get out the tinsel and celebrate the arrival of this …
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