Year: 2024

VPNs, or virtual private networks, are essential security tools that boost your digital privacy, unblock geo-restricted content, and sidestep bans and surveillance. Unfortunately, however, VPNs are banned in some countries and made outright illegal in others for the same reasons. Governments, workplaces, and educational institutions, among others, ban today’s best VPNs for all sorts of reasons. These range from silencing dissidents and anti-national elements to simpler reasons, like increasing productivity and minimizing distractions. In this guide, I’ll dig into what VPN bans are and how they’re enforced, as well as…

Mild spoilers follow for Borderlands.  We really have been spoiled lately. Big-budget HBO and Prime Video videogame series like The Last of Us and Fallout have seriously impressed gamers and newcomers alike, delivering note-perfect adaptations of these beloved stories. Full of emotion, laughs, gorgeous settings, and gripping scripts, finally, gamers were eating well when it came to adaptations. We’re having a good run, right? So, surely it can continue? I guess not. This successful run of movies based on videogames has all come to a grinding halt thanks to Eli Roth’s…

Leaks suggest that the Google Pixel 9 series could be rather expensive, but it seems Google might have found some ways to significantly sweeten the deal, including subscriptions to various premium services. According to Android Headlines, anyone who buys a Pixel 9, a Pixel 9 Pro, a Pixel 9 Pro XL, or a Pixel 9 Pro Fold before October 31, 2025, will get one year of Google One AI Premium, which includes access to Gemini Advanced and 2TB of cloud storage, among other perks. This is usually priced at $19.99…

FromSoftware has rolled out a new Elden Ring patch addressing a number of Shadow of the Erdtree bugs. Update 1.13.2, which is more of a small hotfix, is available now and is the second patch to be released in just over a week, aimed at once again tweaking Spirit Ash Summons.  As the studio explains in the patch notes, the update has fixed a bug “where summoned spirits where not correctly receiving the attack power and damage negation increase effect from Revered Spirit Ash Blessing” in the Shadow of the…

Nick Gliddon Director of Vodafone Business UK Nick became Vodafone’s UK Business Director in October 2021. He had previously been Director of Carrier Services, Vodafone’s international wholesale business. He’s also worked in senior executive roles in India and Egypt. Nick is passionate about helping businesses of all sizes flourish using the right technologies. As proud sponsors of Wimbledon, the Welsh Rugby Union and Principality Stadium, at Vodafone, we know first-hand that sporting events are no small feat to pull off and can place significant demand on the network.  Thankfully, the…

The Google Pixel 9 series is due to launch next week, and while we’ve already seen leaks around its design and specs, it’s also apparently going to come with a newly upgraded weather app – an app which you can try out right now, if you want to. As reported by Android Authority, the new and improved Weather app can now be sideloaded from APKMirror. It should work on devices running Android 14 or later, but as this isn’t yet the finished version of the app, expect some bugs and…

The Nintendo Switch is likely to outsell the PlayStation 2 in terms of lifetime sales in the US. That’s according to Mat Piscatella, a  video game industry analyst at Circana. In a post to X / Twitter, Piscatella wrote: “In the US, PS5 is still 7% ahead of PS4 LTD and Switch is only 1.1M units behind PlayStation 2 in lifetime sales.” He adds that things aren’t looking too bad for Xbox Series consoles, either, saying they’re “holding close to Xbox 360’s LTD pace (and will get a CF25 boost).”…

The current mortgage process is challenging for all involved. For customers, purchasing a home is likely the biggest purchase they will make in their lifetime. The knock-on effect is that pressure on mortgage providers to deliver a smooth and supportive service is intense, with customer emotions often understandably heightened. With tech integrated into so many areas of the public’s lives, customers no longer have the patience for outdated processes and clunky systems.  It’s believed that mortgages were first available in Britain as early as the 12th century. The initial concept was…