Streaming-video providers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video would be required to dedicate at least 30% of their on-demand catalogs to European content, under a proposed European Union law announced Thursday. Under the revised rules, internet-streaming services also will be required to…
Firefox maker Mozilla wants to bring social virtual reality to the browser: The company unveiled a test version of a new social VR platform called Hubs Thursday, which allows users to chat with each other in virtual reality, even if they use…
Berlin: The European Space Agency has released the first image taken by its Trace Gas Orbiter showing the ice-covered edge of a vast Martian crater. The European Space Agency has released its first image taken by a probe orbiting Mars, showing the…
Video game loot boxes have been declared illegal in Belgium after the Belgium Gaming Commission ruled that they are “in violation of gambling legislation”. Loot boxes are featured in games like Overwatch and FIFA 18, and give players random rewards that are…
Fortnite has become a bit of a phenomenon in recent months. The "battle royal" game sees combatants engage in massive online battles over an ever-shrinking area of land. And to mix things up a bit, developer Epic Games puts various challenges into…
Amazon’s Alexa is designed to make your life easier (and disturb you along the way). However, the tech giant may be going one further by helping you to raise your kids – because it’s 2018 and we might as well accept the…
Snapchat’s hands-free camera hardware Spectacles has just received the update we’ve all been waiting for. Firstly, the Spectacles are now water-resistant, so now you can record your adventures at the beach/lake/swimming pool without worry of water damage. But, more importantly, the Spectacles…
One of the features users have been clamoring for from Instagram is finally available, albeit only in the web version of the app for the time being. You can now download and save all your data at once, which includes all your…
DevinSuperTramp, the nom de internet of extreme-sports and adventure filmmaker Devin Graham, has signed on with Whistle Sports as a creator to work on branded content. Under the pact, Whistle Sports — which curates and distributes sports-related content to a youth-targeted audience —…
Hackers have been able to sneak in-and-out of hotel rooms for years — using “off-the-shelf” hardware items to convert ordinary room cards into master keys, a report says. Researchers from the Finnish cybersecurity firm, F-Secure, stumbled upon the frightening flaw about a…