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  2. Nick H.
    I'm not sure about "left, right & centre" but I have seen it with a couple of sites I use, like 123-reg. If I can't use a VPN to access a website I'm going to give serious consideration about whether I want to continue using that website or their services.
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  4. Steve121178
    "Suggestions" & "Recommendations" are ads in all but name. Not to mention these suggestions & recommendations are also made based on data Microsoft syphoned out of your usage habits.
  5. Steve121178
    VPN's are getting blocked left, right & centre with websites that no longer work with them all over the world. VPN's are on life support in India as the Indian government looks to exert full control on what data can or cannot be encrypted.
  6. James W.
    Lol. Even WhatsApp is more secure than Telegram. And yes, Signal is the most secure one.
  7. hellowalkman
    Higher wouldn't surprise me if it's got a beefy GPU like they say. The reason they've kep the CU counts on the iGPU low all this time was because of space/cost and the hit to power/thermals IMO. and for memory bandwidth reasons too like I say in the article. If these APUs indeed have Infinity Cache, then that will finally allow for adding more GPU cores.
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  10. Napo-leon
    when you are strong, no one can face you! simply because you own everything, the rules is yours. hence we see monopoly not only from Apple, but from all big giants. Microsoft, Google, Meta, and if you complain they tell you: if you are not happy with what you got, go find better service somewhere else,
  11. InsaneNutter

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    +InsaneNutter replied to Jim K's topic in The Media Room

    I did similar with Voyager a few years ago. I'd also watched quite a lot of episodes as a kid, however never everything from start to finish, or in any particular order. After Voyager I ended up wanting more, so watched DS9. To the younger me DS9 was like watching paint dry, however in my 30's I found it much more entertaining. I would now go as far to say DS9 is one of my favourite Trek series, it only gets better as the series go on. The Ferengi in particular I thought we're hilarious, especially their Rules of Acquisition! 😄
  12. Nick H.
    Yep. The article says, "the service has more than 400 million users in India, which also makes the country the largest market for the platform." But they won't break encryption. If they did, it's a slippery slope of other countries making the same demand. And then before you know it, WhatsApp have lost one of their main selling points and their customers will go elsewhere (Telegram, Signal...)
  13. bitflusher
    They won't break encryption either. It's easier to leave India, no matter how many users use it. This might be the right time to invest in vpn, even if a small number of people choose to keep using Whatsapp with VPN it is still a large number of people.
  14. Steve121178
    Breaking encryption would be the death of the product globally & they know if they comply then they'd have to do the same for literally every other country.
  15. Sulphy

    The official Funny Pictures thread

    Sulphy replied to DrunknMunky's topic in Jokes & Funny Stuff

  16. thartist
    Ooh interesting, i wonder if they'll mention it's aided by AI when they announce it.
  17. testman
    They won't break encryption either. It's easier to leave India, no matter how many users use it.
  18. GravityDead
    nah, WA will not leave India at any cost. Last I read, India is their #1 country by the number of daily users and even the #2 spot was faaaar behind.
  19. Lamp0
    Ok, can i just get like 1 or 2 million of that?
  20. Dick Montage

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Dick Montage replied to Jim K's topic in The Media Room

    Baby Reindeer Enjoyed it, well made, but the lead character just became an insufferable ######!
  21. Nick H.

    The official Funny Pictures thread

    Nick H. replied to DrunknMunky's topic in Jokes & Funny Stuff

  22. Sulphy

    The official Funny Pictures thread

    Sulphy replied to DrunknMunky's topic in Jokes & Funny Stuff

  23. Nikita122
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  24. George P
    Monkey Man, 7/10. It could've been a 8/10 if they didn't use that annoying Bourne Identify shaky cam for the fights. Otherwise, it was a good revenge story.
  25. George P

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    George P replied to Jim K's topic in The Media Room

    Fallout, great show, 9/10 if I had to give it a score. Also watching X-men 97, ep5 and 7 go so hard, 6 was ok overall.
  26. kopsarchidis
    Gee! And I thought ads was first on it.
  27. George P

    Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

    George P replied to +primortal's topic in The Media Room

    People saying this movie will save the MCU or put it back where it used to be etc. While I expect a fun movie and think some people are expecting too much. One good movie isn't going to put the whole franchise back on track overnight.
  28. wotsit
    Revenue from all the ‘ads’ in Windows 11? 😉
  29. George P
    Sure, if you look at it as a marketing term, then yeah. But I've always thought of it as a compatibility thing. Until the XSX and PS5 kept the same x86 arch and BC with PS4/XBO games, each new console would mark a clean break from the one before it. Older console cycles were also around the 5 year mark till the 360/PS3 made that 7-8. I think we're going to go back to a shorter, 4-5 year cycle, as far as home consoles go. Though as far as Xbox goes, I expect them to release a handheld device for sure. Maybe selling you a external GPU powered dock for 4k60 on your TV at home as a option.
  30. Karthik Mudaliar
    WhatsApp says it will leave India if forced to break end-to-end encryption by Karthik Mudaliar Photo by Studio Art Smile from Pexels WhatsApp has informed the Delhi High Court that it would cease operations in India if compelled to compromise message encryption during the ongoing case of WhatsApp LLC vs. Union of India. The online messaging platform argues that end-to-end encryption safeguards user privacy by allowing only the sender and recipient to access message content. Tejas Karia, appearing for WhatsApp, told a Division Bench in New Delhi: "As a platform, we are saying, if we are told to break encryption, then WhatsApp goes. There is no such rule anywhere else in the world, not even Brazil. We will have to keep a complete chain and we don't know which messages will be asked to be decrypted. It means millions and millions of messages will have to be stored for a number of years". Karia added that people use WhatsApp for the privacy feature it offers, and the service has more than 400 million users in India, which also makes the country the largest market for the platform. The Meta-owned company challenges the Information Technology Rules of 2021 in India (PDF, via LiveLaw.in), which mandate tracing chats and identifying message originators for security reasons, such as curbing the spread of fake news. WhatsApp says that this weakens encryption and infringes on user privacy rights under the Indian Constitution. Since then, WhatsApp has also published an explainer that highlights how the demand for message traceability, without explicitly naming the Indian government, violates human rights. The IT Rules, 2021 were introduced by the Central Government of India to govern social media intermediaries and digital media platforms. These rules stem from section 87 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and aim to place obligations on intermediaries to ensure an open, safe, and trusted internet in India. The rules require intermediaries, like WhatsApp, to inform users of platform rules, prevent prohibited content, appoint compliance officers, establish grievance redressal mechanisms, and identify the originators of information. However, critics argue that these rules could potentially infringe on free speech by imposing restrictions on content removal, lack clarity on the definition of intermediaries, and raise issues regarding the calculation of user numbers. Organizations like the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) have also raised concerns that the rules significantly undermine privacy rights in the country and interfere with the right to freedom of speech and expression. Via The Times of India
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