Neowin News Feed for: Banning

China bans Nvidia chips, company boss Jensen Huang expresses disappointment

Hamid Ganji — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:34:01 +0000

China has ordered local firms to stop purchasing AI chips from Nvidia, a move that could significantly impact Nvidia's finances in the coming months. Read more...

Even $1 billion & a manufacturing plant aren't enough to get iPhone 16 unbanned in Indonesia

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:12:01 +0000

The Indonesian government has rejected Apple's offer of a $1 billion investment plus an AirTag manufacturing plant in the country. Read more...

US-Russia tensions escalate as Kaspersky ban set to be introduced

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:30:01 +0000

The US could ban Kaspersky anti virus sales on Thursday, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The US government believes Kaspersky is poses a significant security threat. Read more...

President Biden signs TikTok bill into law; clock is ticking on the app's possible US ban

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:16:01 +0000

President Joe Biden has now signed the TikTok bill into law. That means the social network's Chinese owners at ByteDance have 270 days to sell it, or the TikTok app could be banned from US app stores. Read more...

Nepal's government becomes the latest to ban TikTok

Steve Bennett — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:00:01 +0000

Governments across the world have imposed bans of varying degrees on TikTok, however, Nepal has gone further to ban the app across the entire country in a decision made in a cabinet meeting today. Read more...

France bans sale of iPhone 12 over high radiation levels, Apple disputes the findings

Anurag Singh — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:00:02 +0000

France's National Frequency Agency (ANFR) has notified Apple that it is banning the sale of iPhone 12 models in the country. Apple expressed its disagreement with ANFR's conclusions. Read more...

Links to sites that Elon Musk publicly attacked apparently load slower on X

Steve Bennett — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:44:01 +0000

In the saga that is Elon Musk's management of X, it's being reported that links to websites that he has been having arguments with online are now loading slower, with delays of up to 5 seconds. Read more...

Microsoft has started suspending gamers who use Xbox emulators in retail mode

John Callaham — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has also reportedly flat out banned some gamers who have attempted to upload emulators on Xbox consoles set in retail mode. The use of emulators in developer mode is still allowed. Read more...

Reddit to go dark on June 12, subreddits protest against probable death of third-party apps

Aditya Tiwari — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:04:01 +0000

In an attempt to protest against Reddit's recent API pricing, various subreddits have joined hands for a digital protest. These subreddits will be going dark later this month for a period of 48 hours. Read more...

Windows 11 debloater app gets banned from Microsoft Store, dev calls it "a tragedy"

Sayan Sen — Fri, 05 May 2023 15:32:01 +0000

The Windows 11 debloater app BloatyNosy had issues with Microsoft Store policies, which had been seemingly resolved once. However, Microsoft has once again banned the app from its Store. Read more...

Imgur to ban all explicit NSFW content starting May 15

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:40:02 +0000

Imgur has started its latest crackdown on explicit content uploaded to its platform. The website will soon remove all explicit content and orphan content that is not tied to any user account. Read more...

TikTok now banned on New Zealand government devices

Paul Hill — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 21:14:01 +0000

New Zealand is the latest country to ban its governmental employees from using TikTok. It fears that the app could collect sensitive data which could get into the hands of the Chinese government. Read more...

Twitch now has a tougher stance against broadcasting deepfake porn

Justin Luna — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:38:01 +0000

After an incident last January where a streamer displayed a browser window that contained deepfake porn of other streamers, Twitch is now taking a harder stance when it comes to such content. Read more...

Valve has banned over 40,000 Dota 2 cheaters by tricking them into checking marked data

John Callaham — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:52:01 +0000

Valve has announced it has permanently banned over 40,000 Dota 2 accounts. It used a software "honeypot" to entice these cheating players into checking data that would be read by their exploits. Read more...

YouTube changes its policy in attempt to make content safer

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 02:54:02 +0000

In an attempt to filter its content and make things a little safer for users, YouTube has implemented a new policy change banning videos demonstrating how to modify firearms to have a bump stock. Read more...

EU comes out in support of Uber, Airbnb; banning services should only be 'last resort'

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:34:01 +0000

The European Commission has come out in support of the sharing economy and implicitly of Uber and Airbnb. The two companies have been facing crackdowns and bans from governments across the EU. Read more...

Can PlayStation 3 hackers now unban themselves and ban innocent gamers?

Byron Hinson — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:26:29 +0000

It seems that some hackers may not only have managed to get around Sony’s new PlayStation 3 banning system, they could even manage to turn it around and get innocent gamers banned for doing nothing... Read more...

UK To Propose Banning Plasma TV's

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:02:19 +0000

The Conservatives in the UK will propose banning plasma screens and other energy-guzzling electrical goods in a report to be unveiled next week. The proposals target white goods like fridges and freezers, as well as... Read more...

Microsoft & Xbox Live Banning

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:29:45 +0000

Ever since Xbox Live came out officially, people who accessed Xbox Live with their modchip on were banned. Live detected the modified BIOS that was loaded, and the Xbox's EEPROM (the unique identity of each... Read more...

MS accused of banning mod chip Xbox from Live service

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:27:23 +0000

Microsoft's campaign against Xbox mod chips has ratcheted up a notch with the launch of the Xbox Live online gaming service. According to a posting at Got Mod?, (there's a site that's going to be... Read more...

Europe Proposes Banning Web Cookies

Thu, 01 Nov 2001 17:44:32 +0000

The European Commission (news - web sites) is encountering strong opposition to its proposed ban on computer cookies -- an Internet technology that stores information on Web surfers -- but even ardent privacy advocates in... Read more...