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Tech

Google Leaves uBlock Origin Support Out In The Cold

B. Simmons August 14, 2024

There is still hope, but it’s not as good. Google has stepped up its campaign against ad blockers, and in this case, specifically uBlock Origin. Per PC World, the company has made some alterations...

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Tech

YouTube Adds Timer To Arsenal In War Against Ad Blockers

B. Simmons August 14, 2023

A little clock that terrifies normies. YouTube has been stepping up their war against ad blockers. Previously, they employed pop ups, as well as implementing a three-strike policy. And now, much like your mother,...

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Video Games

YouTube Testing New “3 Strikes” Ad Blocker Policy

B. Simmons June 30, 2023

I’m sure it will be implemented just as carefully as video moderation. YouTube is currently in the process of testing out a new policy in regards to users with ad blockers. Under the new...

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Tech

ChatGPT Passes Google Coding Interview, Qualifies For Level 3 Engineer Position

B. Simmons February 2, 2023

Go ahead, guess the song. In case you were worried about the slow encroachment of AI on everything, here’s some more bad news. Google fed their coding interview questions to ChatGPT, and based on...

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Video Games

Google Stadia Launches Final Game 5 Days Before Shutting Down; Gives Controller Bluetooth Support

B. Simmons January 15, 2023

Just 5 days until retirement… It may just be pathos, but though Google Stadia is about to head off into the sunset, it still has one last game to drop… a whole 5 days...

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Video Games

Google Stadia Dies On January 18th, 2023

B. Simmons September 29, 2022

Uh oh, Stadians, it’s not looking good. So real shocker here, but Google is doing what they usually do with “less-successful”projects, and shit-canning Stadia. The service will cease completely on January 18th 2023. That’s...

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Tech

AV1 Codec Is Coming

B. Simmons September 27, 2022

Other codecs quake in their boots. I’d be lying if I said that I knew anything about the finer points of video codecs. Or the less fine points of video codecs. Or really anything...

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Tech

YouTube Drives Everyone Insane By Running 5-10 Unskippable Ads In A Row

B. Simmons September 16, 2022

Susan! If you’re smart, you run an adblocker on YouTube, and I don’t feel the least bit bad about saying it, Linus. But I also use YouTube on things like a Roku, where that...

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Tech

YouTube Faces Partial, Intermittent Outages For Some Users Today

B. Simmons April 12, 2022

If you don’t really log in for anything, you probably didn’t notice. If you tried to log in to YouTube today, only to get told something like your internet connection is down, well, you’re...

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Video Games

Google Reportedly Attempting To Salvage Stadia By Partnering With Third Parties, Rebranding As Google Stream

B. Simmons February 4, 2022

But it was da fyoocher?! Reports are now coming in that Google’s Stadia platform isn’t doing too hot. And in response to that, Google’s going to do something. And, apparently, that something is pairing...

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Tech

Impending Chrome Changes Could Potentially Kill Ad Blockers

B. Simmons October 2, 2021

Well, if you needed a reason not to use Chrome… In a blog post made by Google’s David Li, it was announced that Chrome extensions made using Manifest V2 were soon to be phased...

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Video Games

Google: Stadia is “Alive And Well”

B. Simmons May 15, 2021

“Hey Stadia, just like last week, huh?” Things haven’t been great for Google’s Stadia game streaming service. The year has already seen the shuttering of their development studios to disastrous results, as well as...