Norwegian tourist, Mads Mikkelsen, says he was detained by US immigration officials (CBP) at Newark airport, held for five hours, and later deported for apparently having a meme saved on his phone showing US Vice President JD Vance as a bald baby. The agent is […]
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Windows 10 users will now get a year’s reprieve, according to a recent announcement from Microsoft. However, in order to receive security updates up to October 2026, you will need to sign up with the ESU (Extended Security Updates) program for free instead of paying
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Well, it had to happen and comes as no surprise to anyone, I imagine. OhChat is described as: the leading platform to live out your uncensored dreams through AI-powered text, voice and images… Aiming to be the OnlyFans of the AI era, this interaction site,
The other day, a lady phoned me to say that she couldn’t open any programs on her PC, which was running Windows 11, with the message: This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. This
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A few weeks ago, my wife couldn’t log in to her Outlook (ex Hotmail) account on Google Chrome and kept receiving the following message: Please retry with a different device, use a VPN, or other authentication method to sign in. For more details, please see
I’ve never used a game console, a handheld, or a controller, but the recent Microsoft reveal of the ROG Xbox Ally really piqued my interest. Neither am I an expert on handheld gaming devices, being a PC gamer, but we can’t ignore this new handheld
I recently wrote about fixing a couple of laptops in How I Fixed Two Lenovo Yoga Laptops, and a few days later, the owner sent me four more to look at. In fact, she was about to trash them, but being the geek I am,
Having just read Jim Hillier’s excellent article, “Microsoft Says TPM Is Worth The Upgrade – But Is It?” and his other articles on Windows 11’s laughable hardware restrictions, I was reminded of more Microsoft lunacy that literally stopped me in my tracks. A Tale Of
The other day, my wife came home with a couple of laptops belonging to a close friend of hers. The task was to remove all their personal data so that she could either sell them or give at least one of them to a deserving
Reminded by Jim Hillier’s recent article Microsoft Says TPM Is Worth The Upgrade – But Is It?, it’s only just come to my attention that some games require Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 – Fortnite (for tournaments), Valorant, The Finals and Vanguard (Call of Duty)
Whilst I thoroughly enjoy arcade racing video games such as the Need for Speed series, Forza Horizon, Forza Motorsport, GRID, and others, I’m always looking for exciting racing thrills on the big screen. My favourites are those based on fact, although the car chases in
In June last year, I wrote Itchy Boots Has Accident In Africa and in 2022, I wrote How ItchyBoots Became A YouTube Sensation. During her recovery period in Holland, Noraly Schoenmaker wrote a book, Free Ride, due to be published in English on June 3rd,
The other day we watched Apple Cider Vinegar on Netflix, a docudrama based on the true story of Australian, Belle Gibson, who fraudulently claimed to have terminal brain cancer. By 2015, she had amassed a huge following on Instagram, having claimed that she had successfully
In July 2024, I updated my VHS odyssey in VHS To Digital The Highs And Lows – Part Two, and since then, things have moved on apace. I forgot to mention that my best customer for digitising VHS tapes is a local photography shop I’ve
