News World Google are offering six-month “learning certificates” in replacement of university degrees by Rachel Daniel Google has unveiled new $300 dollar learning certificates which will help participants acquire new skills and get jobs without university degrees. Multinational tech giants Google have announced a new scheme…
News Gmail, Google Drive, and more are experiencing global outages by Happy If you’re having problems with Gmail, you’re not the only one. Twitter is filling up with reports of outages and Google has confirmed the news. Gmail is reportedly experiencing outages…
Clocked News Fortnite fights against the Apple monopoly with #FreeFortnite by James He Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney has called out Google and Apple on Twitter following a lawsuit over the removal of Fortnite from app stores. David and Goliath: billion-dollar…
News Antitrust hearing: Zuck gets grilled and Bezos forgets to take himself off mute by Ben Hansen Yesterday, the US Congress held an antitrust hearing in which it questioned four big tech companies; Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook. The point of the hearing was to assess whether…
News Google will no longer support technologies that aid oil and gas drilling by Claire Adema Google have released a statement advising that they will no longer develop and create artificial intelligence (AI) that assists in oil and gas drilling. Following a report from Greenpeace, the…
News April Fool’s Day has been cancelled amidst coronavirus fears by Nikki Rosen First music festivals and gigs, and now April Fool’s day – it appears coronavirus is cancelling even the most light-hearted of traditions. In fact, as the severity of the virus…
News We’ve rounded up all the best ads from this year’s Super Bowl by Mia Montesin If you’re like me and didn’t watch the Super Bowl yesterday because you were at work moaning at your desk and pretending to be productive, here is an uncomprehensive list…
Features News Soundcloud Go, Soundcloud Pro and every f*** up in between. What happened to our beloved platform? by Rob Christian Man, MySpace Soundcloud – you used to be cool. For years it has been one of the few direct lines to the pulsing heart of electronic music, cutting through the vulgar,…
News Artist tricks Google Maps into thinking there’s a traffic jam with 99 smart phones by Mia Montesin Another glitch in the matrix is upon us, with Berlin-based artist Simon Weckert causing mayhem with a viral traffic diversion via Google maps and a small red wagon. So, what’s…
News Google fixes algorithm to stop ‘lesbian’ searches being so pornographic by Sarah Gillard Anyone who’s ever searched for the word “lesbian” on Google in the past will know that basically, the only search result is porn. Now, following a widespread online campaign, Google has…
News Streaming companies appeal CRB in “shameful” bid to cut payments by Mia Hull In a split decision last year, The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) called for a mechanical royalty increase of 44 per cent over a four-year term for songwriters and publishers, with the…
News Rejoice, Google are cracking down hard on ticket scalping and re-sellers by Bill Robinson When it comes to buying concert or festival tickets, the internet has developed a nasty habit of ripping people off. Though, it now appears that Google are finally making an…
NSFW What took the internet so long? Someone has finally run porn through Google’s neural network by Happy We’ve touched the subject of Google’s image-based artificial intelligence algorithm before, when it turned the ever-peaceful Bob Ross into a fucked-up, psychoactive nightmare of epic proportions. As is the great…
