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Mozilla rolls out Firefox 67, with ‘procrastination on purpose’ for faster browsing In your own time… When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Mozilla has unleashed a new version of Firefox, which is claims is faster than ever thanks to a strategy it’s calling ‘procrastinate on purpose’. Unlike human procrastination (displacement activity like washing the dishes instead of completing a tax return), Mozilla’s system involves creating a ‘to-do’ list and performing tasks at the optimal time....

Nintendo is shutting down Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in Belgium due to loot box regulation concerns Alongside Fire Emblem Heroes When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The loot box debate has been a hot topic in games for several years now, with several government bodies opting to classify the in-game feature as gambling and regulating them as such. One of these countries has been Belgium, whose Gaming Commission deemed in 2018 that loot boxes are indeed a form of gambling and threatened legal action against any game companies who implement the features in their games (well, in Belgium)....

OnePlus 7 Pro features are being brought to older OnePlus phones by fans Why wait for the update? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When theOnePlus 7 Prolaunched it brought with it some novel new features such as a pop-up selfie camera and 90Hz refresh rate, which we haven’t seen in many phones before. It also included some unusual software, most notably screen recording and Zen Mode, and it looks like older OnePlus phones could be seeing these features early....

Opera jumps into gaming with Opera GX browser – whatever that is RGB sync, perhaps? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. You may not have heard of it, butOperais a web browser competing with the likes of Chrome and Firefox to be thebest browser. It may not have much going for it in terms of market share, but it’s a quality browser....

Peak Design unveils ‘world’s most portable and easy to set up tripod’ Kickstarter campaign is now live When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Peak Design is best known for its camera bags, straps and innovative clips that simplify carrying your kit, but the company has now decided to take on a less specialized accessory category: tripods. The Peak Design Travel Tripod has been four years in development, and is described by its maker as the product of a complete reexamination of traditional tripod design....

Permission to intrude: hiring hackers to bolster cyber defences Why hire ethical hackers and where to find them When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. It’s no news that data breaches and cyberattacks are on the rise, with hacks becoming increasingly sophisticated. Businesses are struggling to keep up with rapidly shifting cybercriminal motivations, tactics and appetites for destruction. The problem is exacerbated further by emerging technologies such asIoT, giving hackers new mechanisms and vehicles for attack....

PS5 will offer ‘seamless’ Remote Play cloud gaming and ‘dramatically improved graphics rendering’ There’s still no word on when we’ll see it properly, however When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Sony’sPS5next-generation console will offer improved cloud gaming performance and “dramatically improved graphics rendering” power. That’s the word straight from the company itself, as it showed off a sneak peak at what we’re expecting to be called the PlayStation 5 during a corporate strategy presentation....