There was a time when Opera was at the forefront of web browser innovation, and some of the features that it pioneered have become standard in modern web browsers, but these days, there’s little reason to choose it over Chrome or Firefox. If you value your privacy, however, then Opera might be the web browser… Continue reading Opera will soon come with a free and unlimited VPN
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ProtonMail ditched its invite system and launched its apps
Living in a post-Snowden world, it’s hard to know which online services you can trust with your information, and that’s spawned a massive wave of privacy and security-centric services for everyday users that want to protect themselves from government surveillance and hackers. ProtonMail is one such service, and though it’s been hidden behind an invite system… Continue reading ProtonMail ditched its invite system and launched its apps
Facebook wants to be the dictionary for the language of the internet
Often times, it seems like conversing with people on the internet requires knowledge of a completely different form of English from what we use in regular conversations, almost like a different language, and each internet sub-culture has its own dialect of this language that looks like gibberish to outsiders. There’s no way a single person can… Continue reading Facebook wants to be the dictionary for the language of the internet
Google wants businesses and celebrities to post on its search results
Google Search has evolved quite a lot over the years, especially with how it presents information. While you still see the traditional list of web pages whenever you search for something on Google, many times that list will be accompanied by separate boxes of condensed information that make it to where you don’t even need to leave the… Continue reading Google wants businesses and celebrities to post on its search results
We need an alternative to passwords because people are idiots
Most of us have enough personal information stored on our devices and online accounts that a malicious hacker could do some serious damage to our lives if they were to get their hands on it, and the only thing preventing them from doing that is an 8-16 character password. That’s why it’s important to make sure… Continue reading We need an alternative to passwords because people are idiots
You can now stream pirated content directly from The Pirate Bay
Remember how Popcorn Time returned from the brink of death with a new website that allows users to stream pirated movies and television shows directly from their web browser? Well, the same technology that enables that steaming has been turned into a browser plug-in that allows you so stream content from The Pirate Bay website as… Continue reading You can now stream pirated content directly from The Pirate Bay
Popcorn Time has declared war on “righteous content monopolies”
Oh, you thought Popcorn Time was dead? Well think again, because the Netflix for Pirates is back and better than ever, because users can now stream pirated content through their web browser instead of needing to download the Popcorn Time client. Using a new technology known as Torrents Time, the website is able to stream most… Continue reading Popcorn Time has declared war on “righteous content monopolies”
Google eliminated nearly 800 million crappy ads last year
One of the downsides of running some the of the largest advertising networks on the Internet is that there’s always going to be people looking to pollute those networks with their crappy ads. According to Google, it purged nearly 800 million of these crappy ads from its networks last year, which is almost a 50%… Continue reading Google eliminated nearly 800 million crappy ads last year
These were the most commonly used passwords of 2015
It baffles my mind that most people in developed nations have tons of experience with the Internet at this point, and yet many of them still don’t take online security seriously. According to SplashData’s annual ranking of the worst passwords in North America and Western Europe, the most commonly used passwords of 2015 were just as… Continue reading These were the most commonly used passwords of 2015
Wikipedia is celebrating its 15th birthday with a new source of cash
Wikipedia is celebrating its fifteenth birthday today, which is practically ancient as far as Internet years go. In those fifteen years, the website has not only managed to supplant Britannica as the dominant reference work in English, it’s become the seventh most-trafficked website in the world, and all of this was done without making a single profit. That being… Continue reading Wikipedia is celebrating its 15th birthday with a new source of cash