Recently I’ve been having trouble downloading more than half a dozen files from Google Photos, with the message ‘Preparing to download xx items…‘ remaining on the screen for ages. Eventually, a message pops up telling me that I’m trying to download too many items and […]
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I’ve been uploading videos to YouTube since 2007, when it wasn’t the beast that it is now. Copyright and other content restrictions were fairly lax back then, but over the years Google has enforced its rules on copyright very aggressively. For that reason, if we
Nvidia recently announced a product that could propel the company into the consumer CPU market – the RTX Spark – a supercomputer- grade processor that can run large AI models entirely locally. This is a 20-core ARM-based Nvidia Grace processor developed with MediaTek, featuring a
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Since moving to Argentina in 2005, I have both enjoyed and suffered six World Cups, and living in a country where soccer is practically a religion, it’s almost impossible to escape it. In the early years, I simply went along with the mass hysteria, but
Physical discs for PC games disappeared well over a decade ago, but have persisted for console games for numerous reasons. First, for large installation reasons, it would take several hours to download a large digital game; second, the disc contains a license key; third, discs
Following in the footsteps of the Australian government, the UK announced in June that under-16s are to be banned from social media, with restrictions said to take effect in Spring 2027. A week later, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, resigned as leader of his party.
You may remember my June 3 article How GTA VI Is Impacting Upcoming Game Releases where I said that the game is set to be the biggest entertainment event of the decade, and I wasn’t wrong. Although Rockstar and Take-Two haven’t published any figures, reports
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Both Terry Hollett and Jim Hillier have written about emulators on DCT in How To Use Android On PC With BlueStacks and Asus: delivering Android apps on PC, so let me recount my recent experience with Android emulation on PC. In How To Bypass Your
The other day, I bought a couple of TP Link security cameras – Tapo C500 and C310 – because I had recently fitted and configured a couple of excellent ones for a client. Naturally, this brought on Shiny Thing Syndrome (STS) again. Both are Wi-Fi
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Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA VI) from Rockstar Games is the most anticipated game of the decade and is set for release on consoles on 19th November 2026. The game was already delayed several times, initially slated for ‘some time in 2025’, then 26th May
Yesterday I read a BBC article about Herb Alpert (91) and his Tijuana Brass which got me reminiscing about my childhood and the records my parents used to listen to. I still clearly remember the warm evenings in early 60s Gibraltar with my parents preparing
I’m a big fan of the zombie genre, so when this short film popped up on my X feed, I was intrigued. The poster simply described it as the best short film he’d seen in years, so I hit play. Three and a half minutes
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With the revelation that Google Chrome silently downloads a 4GB AI model to your PC without consent, many are wondering how to prevent this. Yes, it looks like Google is crossing into illegal territory here, at least as far as EU GDPR, UK, California, and
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A couple of years ago, I bought a Corsair Ironclaw Wireless Mouse to go with my new gaming laptop, and it worked flawlessly – until I dropped it. I usually put the mouse on top of the laptop when I’ve finished with it, but as
