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YouTube won’t remove a three-hour live-streamed video of the mass shooting in Boulder

YouTube says the platform will not remove a controversial live-streamed video of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, despite criticism of the streamer’s tactics and commentary. “Following yesterday’s tragic shooting, bystander video of the incident was detected by our teams. While violent content intended to shock or disgust viewers is not allowed on YouTube, we… Read more

AMD Radeon Software update adds Performance Tuning tool and improves Radeon Boost and Anti-Lag

Home / Component / Graphics / AMD Radeon Software update adds Performance Tuning tool and improves Radeon Boost and Anti-Lag João Silva 12 hours ago Graphics Besides a multitude of fixes, AMD’s latest Radeon Software 21.3.1 driver also comes with some new improvements for Radeon Boost and Radeon Anti-Lag, as well as a new stress… Read more

Stress Testing Just Became a Lot Easier for AMD Graphics Cards

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) AMD’s latest Radeon driver update, Adrenalin version 21.3.1, adds several new features to team red’s graphics cards, but the biggest update is a new stress testing utility that allows you to check the stability of your overclocked AMD graphics card right from the Adrenalin software. When you install the 21.3.1… Read more

Gamescom plans ‘hybrid’ event for summer, focusing on superfans (but ignoring superspreaders)

Video game fair Gamescom is planning to hold a “hybrid event” combining in-person and digital activities later this summer, despite uncertainty surrounding the ongoing pandemic and the risk the trade show could turn into a “superspreader” event. Like many big events that involve hundreds of thousands of people flying in from all over the world… Read more

Canelo vs Yildirim live stream: weigh in, start time, how to watch the boxing in UK, US and more

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez returns to the ring this Saturday night to defend his WBC and WBA super middleweight titles against Avni Yildirim in Miami. The big fight costs up to $50 in the US, but savvy sports streaming service DAZN has the rights to show the clash in 200 countries – and from only £1.99… Read more

Citizen will now tell you why helicopters are flying overhead

Citizen, the app that turns everyone into a crime reporter, now wants to track helicopters. The company announced today that it’s introducing helicopter tracking to the app, which will explain to users why there are flying vehicles overhead. The team tells The Verge it employs a 24/7 group to review 911 communications, and now they’ll… Read more

Royal Albert Hall celebrates 150th birthday with film narrated by Mick Jagger

Home News (Image credit: Royal Albert Hall) Hot on the heels of the announcement that public indoor events are set to return to the UK this May, the Royal Albert Hall has released a 90-second clip, entitled Your Room Will Be Ready, to commemorate its 150th anniversary year. Indeed, the timing couldn’t be more apt… Read more

Intel Snipes at Apple in New ‘Go PC’ Ads

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Do you remember the Mac vs PC commercials from the mid-2000s? While Microsoft and Apple may have become increasingly buddy-buddy since then, with Windows working on Mac and Mac ceding basic productivity app dominance to Microsoft Office, that doesn’t mean the war between Mac and PC isn’t still raging. The… Read more

Minneapolis prohibits use of facial recognition software by its police department

The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Friday to approve an ordinance banning the use of facial recognition software by its police department and other city agencies, the Star Tribune reported. The ban adds Minneapolis to the list of US cities moving to limit or end the use of such technology by its law enforcement… Read more

How you can help astronomers hunt for undiscovered worlds

Astronomers discovered the stars closest to our Solar System more than 100 years ago. There’s the three-star Alpha Centauri system about four light-years away and Barnard’s star about six light-years out. But our celestial neck of the woods might be more crowded than we ever thought possible. In the past 25 years, astronomers have been… Read more

14 of the best documentaries on Amazon Prime Video

Home Features (Image credit: Teton Gravity Research) Documentary films were originally called actuality films, and were less than a minute long. Thankfully this ever-evolving form of filmmaking has continued to thrive, bringing us feature-length movies that document life, human or otherwise, in an effort to educate and entertain. The best documentaries observe without obstructing, let… Read more

No entitlement to a paper replacement for electronic health cards

Statutory insurance cannot ask their health insurance company to provide proof of their insurance on paper as an alternative to the electronic health card. That emerges from a judgment of the Federal Social Court on Wednesday. The Kassel judges decided in two proceedings from North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. The legal regulations to the electronic health… Read more

Covidzone: use this site if you want to know what area your region is in every day

You want to know every day in which area is your region due to the latest restrictions on the Coronavirus pandemic? The Covidzone.info site is for you because it will allow you to immediately understand the color of the region and above all you will find a vademecum on authorized activities and those that cannot… Read more

Controversial law: Turkey bans Twitter from advertising

Turkey has imposed an advertising ban on Twitter for violating a controversial social media law. The ban also affects Twitter’s live video app Periscope and the online Pinterest bulletin board, according to a decision published in the Official Journal on Tuesday. A law passed in July obliges providers of foreign platforms with more than one… Read more

Citizen Score: China's social credit system no longer on target

China’s social credit system, which was officially announced seven years ago, including a citizen rating in the form of a “Citizen Score”, has been delayed. According to the plan of the central government in Beijing, the “Schufa on anabolic steroids”, which in the West is an essential piece of the puzzle in the Chinese surveillance… Read more