A report by the Australian Government Productivity Commission made the anti-geoblocking suggestions in December of 2016, and the Government has since promised to uphold some of them – namely the expansion of safe harbor laws, and holding consultations on restrictive exceptions on ‘fair use’, and investigating whether circumventing geoblocks should be officially made legal. Why so serious? It’s perhaps unsurprising that Hollywood isn’t so keen on some of these laws getting passed. Australia is cu

Today the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it had purchased 10,000 Fitbit Charge 2 and Fitbit Alta HR devices for use in its All of Us program. The program was originally called the Precision Medicine Initiative when it was introduced by President Obama in 2015. The idea is to collect biometric data from a wide swath of Americans in order to learn more about how individual activity affects health. After a year goes by, TSRI will tell the NIH how to best use the Fitbit devices i

November is upon us and that means so are early Black Friday 2017 deals in the US, well before the official November 24 date. Vizio 55-inch 4K TV – $200 offCheap 4K TVs are becoming easier to find, and Vizio’s 55-inch 4K TV was already one such screen. Many even start the bargains on Thanksgiving to give shoppers a chance to grab the best deals even earlier. Best Black Friday deal 2017 predictionsLast Black Friday had some of the most ambitious deals we’ve seen to date, so expect even deeper dis

As The Verge reports, Waymo, the self-driving vehicle company owned by Google parent company Alphabet , has been letting autonomous cars rush over the roads of Arizona without someone in the driver’s seat since the middle of last month. Arizona’s laws regarding autonomous cars are so lax, in fact, that Waymo isn’t even required to report accidents its cars have or how many times the “safety driver” had to grab the wheel. The company recently released a huge safety report that claimed its cars ha

Back in September we were a little bummed to learn that iOS 11 was launching without Apple Pay Cash , Apple’s peer-to-peer Venmo competitor that lets you send cash to friends. As TechCrunch reports, though, the service is now available through the iOS 11.2 beta, but both you and the person you’re sending money to will have to have the public beta installed on your iOS device in order for Apple Pay Cash to work. Flash cashThe actual Apple Pay Cash option is easy to find, too. The process of sendi

With each passing generation, the price of the self-anointed ‘flagship killer’ devices from OnePlus have had small price increases, but we’ve now had confirmation that won’t be the case for the OnePlus 5T. TechRadar has seen confidential documentation that shows the price of the OnePlus 5T is set to stay the same in the UK. These details have yet to be confirmed by OnePlus and a representative for the company said it was unable to comment on the price at this time. Official details to followWe m

Changing your wireless router password is a good first step. Most of us use the default router provided by our ISP (Internet Service Provider). Someone would have to connect to your network with your network to log on, but you want to change this password from the default. Usually wireless network passwords are more secure because they are usually unique to your network, but you can always change this, too. Note that if you change the password to your wireless network YOU WILL LOSE ACCESS on all

The iPhone 9 was skipped over, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Apple isn’t going to bridge the gap between the recently launched iPhone 8 and iPhone X in 2018. We could finally see some iPhone 8 Plus features come to the theoretical 4.7-inch iPhone 9 with a September 2018 release date, while we also see an iPhone X2 available in two sizes. While we currently don’t have any solid information on the iPhone 9 at this point, it will likely be a continuation of the traditional iPhone design –

To get started visit https://www.bitstamp.net/account/deposit/credit-card in your browser and click ‘Buy’ underneath the amount of BTC you wish to purchase. Deposit funds to your accountIf you’re unable to use a credit card to buy Bitcoins, you can deposit funds with Bitstamp via your bank account instead. Click ‘Buy BTC’, then in the ‘I want to spend’ box enter the total amount of funds you want to use for buying Bitcoins. Enter the number of Bitcoins you want under ‘Amount to Buy’ and under ‘B

Last week Nvidia teased a new GeForce Titan X Collector’s Edition graphic card was on the way and now they’ve been revealed to be a special Star Wars tie-in. While we expected the GPU to be a fresh new launch for CES 2018, in reality they’re a reskin coming just in time for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The new two new collector’s edition Titan Xp graphics cards have been crafted to reflect the look and feel of the Star Wars galaxy with Jedi Order and Galactic Empire versions. Looks aside, this is s

If we were to judge the supremacy of interplanetary rovers by the number of cameras they had, Nasa’s Mars 2020 mission will be the undisputed king of the hill. The rover has a grand total of 23 different “eyes”, which will guide it as it performs its allocated tasks. From studying the atmosphere to keeping track of samples being processed inside the robot’s belly, almost everything that the rover does will be visually recorded. We can now see more clearly than ever with tinier and tinier devices

Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of artificial intelligence “could be the worst event in the history of our civilization” at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon, Portugal. But it’s important to note, as with many of Hawking’s frankly terrifying predictions, that he’s postulating about the negative possibilities, not certainties. In the speech he spoke with as much optimism as he did caution:“Success in creating effective AI, could be the biggest event in the hist

It only takes a few steps onto the shores of Normandy to realize Call of Duty WW2 isn’t a shooter that’s going to treat you like a god with bullet-sponge skin. Much like what Assassin’s Creed Origins did for the wider AC series, COD: WW2 is less a revolution and more of a subtle refinement across all of its three code modes. But by removing the inherent reliance on verticality – something that made the series far less approachable for newer players –COD: WW2 levels the playing field. Okay, it’s

That’s good news for anyone who likes the specs of the Samsung Galaxy S8, but wants a shatter-resistant flat screen instead of a delicate curved glass display. What’s the Galaxy S8 Active all about? The Samsung Galaxy S8 Active retains a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED screen, but this one is is meant to withstand drops, just like the rugged Moto Z2 Force screen. AT&T currently has 5.8-inch S8 Active price locked in at $849.99, which is $280 more than the normal S8 launch price. At that rate, you can now

That’s even more pertinent these days, given how many great SIM only deals there are around right now, which offer you reams of data for a good amount of money. The thing is – this isn’t a cheap phone, and the decent prices can be tough to pin down. Luckily TechRadar is here to help, with our price comparison tools searching the web every day to locate the cheapest and best value unlocked Galaxy Note 8 prices currently available. If you see the prices and are wondering whether you can justify sp

Xiaomi has chosen Spain as its first European country to stock its full range of products including the newly launched Mi Mix 2 and Mi A1 phones as well as connected home gadgets, in new retail stores and its own online store. Wang believes the launch in Spain will help the country learn about Europe and help it push into other territories. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 with its 5.99-inch, 18:9 display. The flagship Mi Mix 2 is priced at 499 euros (about $580, £440, AU$750). Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 2 features an

Built by London Studio, the team behind the PS VR launch-title-cum-sizzle-reel VR Worlds, it’s a continuation of that title’s slick Cockney criminal underworld. These standout incoming VR experiences, each built from the ground-up, did not cast Bethesda’s Doom VFR in a great light. That’s right down to the fact Sony’s started seeding VR games in among its PlayStation Plus freebies. This month you can get PS VR exclusive Until Dawn: Rush of Blood with your subscription – a service with a userbase

“In a way, I don’t want to take away from whatever success Apple or Google are having. Nadella makes one thing crystal clear for Microsoft to win it is not a zero-sum game that Apple, Google or some other technology company has to lose. So let us bring the best of what Microsoft has to a Spotify user and create consumer fans. Microsoft is a different kind of a consumer companyNadella is quite comfortable with the fact that it doesn’t make phones or widely sold consumer electronics. “What we are

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With retro film effects showing no sign of losing their appeal to the Instagram generation, and ‘instaprint’ cameras back in fashion with the likes of Fujifilm’s Instax Square SQ10, it was only a matter of time before the 35mm film camera made a comeback, and now photography startup Reflex has announced the first manual 35mm SLR film camera system in more than 25 years. Laurence Von Thomas, founder and CEO of Reflex, said: “Reflex is both building on the past and looking to the future of analogu