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CES 2022 to Close One Day Early Amid Growing COVID Concerns
With CES 2022 set to officially kick-off, back as a physical event, on January 4th, it’s no exaggeration to say that with the rise of fresh COVID-19 concerns, there had been some doubt that it would still be going ahead over the last few weeks. Admittedly, a last-minute cancellation did…
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CES 2022 Has Several Major Tech Firms Withdraw Over COVID Concerns
Although CES 2022, after a 2-year hiatus, is finally returning to a physical event (set to kick off on January 4th), it might have surprised some of you to learn that we here at eTeknix were not going to attend it. Now, as many of our long-term fans and supporters…
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Microsoft ‘Teams For Home’ Personal Free Update is Out Now!
Following the Coronavirus pandemic over the last year, Microsoft Teams has proven to be an exceptionally popular means of staying in touch with those you were not able to meet in the flesh. If you haven’t used it before though, you might not be aware that in its standard form,…
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NHS Issues Warning Over Scam COVID-19 Vaccination Emails
With COVID-19 vaccinations currently being rolled out across the UK, it’s entirely understandable that many people are more than a little anxious to get their jab. It seems, however, that scammers are attempting to tap into this fear as following an official Twitter post by the NHS, they have issued…
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Surgeon Simulator 2 is Offered Free to NHS Workers
It’s been a pretty rough year medically speaking around the world given the COVID-19 situation, and this has undoubtedly been a lot tougher for those working within the health care system. If you do, however, happen to work directly for the NHS (or know someone who does) then we have…
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Facebook Deletes 7m Posts With Coronavirus Misinformation
It’s certainly been a rough few months as we all look to try and stay safe in these troubling times. For social media, however, attempting to keep on top of the masses of misinformation surrounding COVID-19 has been more than a little tricky. In something of a positive step (well,…
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Football Manager 2021 Has Been (Unsurprisingly) Delayed
With many major sporting events being delayed or canceled during the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s not exactly surprising that this has had more than a few consequential effects. If you were, however, looking forward to the next release in the highly-popular ‘Football Manager‘ series then you might need to brace yourself…
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Microsoft to Keep Offices Closed Until 2021
With the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s not exactly news that many businesses have been attempting (wherever possible) to minimize the number of workers (or visitors) entering their premises. This has, of course, been achieved by various means. These include ‘furloughing’ staff (essentially giving them a partially paid extended…
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CES 2021 Confirmed as an ‘All-Digital’ Event
With the Coronavirus pandemic continuing to cause more than a little disruption around the world, it’s still somewhat surprising to think that the last major (physical) tech event held was CES 2020 back in January. With all other trade shows being either canceled or moved to digital events, however, there…
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A Bizarre ‘COVID-19’ FPS Game Arrives on Steam!
I’m pretty certain that anyone who has occasionally delved into the Steam gaming underground has probably (at some point or another) encountered a game that, quite frankly, just seemed a bit weird. In something that is more than a little bizarre (for more than a few reasons), however, if you…
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GAME Confirms UK Stores Will Start Re-Opening Next Week
With the Coronavirus situation in the UK starting to calm down a little, it’s hardly any surprise to hear that high street stores would be looking to open their doors again. One of these is GAME who, in a report via Eurogamer, has announced that as of next week, their…
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Anti-5G Device Costing $346 Turns Out to Just Be a $6 USB Stick
If you’re something of a fan of conspiracy theories, then you probably heard one of the more recent (and wilder) allegations that the Coronavirus was (and is) capable of being spread using 5G networks. Now, this was, of course, absolute tosh! It did, however, sadly see a number of the…
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Formula E Driver Kicked From E-Sports Event for Cheating
With many physical events being canceled due to the COVID-19 situation, we’ve seen significant growth in virtual e-sports online events replacing them. And, it should be noted, to a pretty popular response from both the sports and gaming community. It seems, however, that there has been a lot of controversy…
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NASA Advertises Job to Isolate on Fake Mars for 8 Months
Based on the current COVID-19 situation, I daresay that many of us are starting to feel like self-isolation experts. On the plus side though, this could potentially lead to a new and exciting career with NASA! Following a post on their official website, NASA is actively advertising vacancies for a…
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Apple Starts Reopening its Stores – With Some Conditions
It’s been exactly 2 months now since Apple effectively ordered all of its physical store locations to be closed amid Coronavirus concerns. It seems, however, that with lockdown restrictions relaxing around the world, the tech giant is set (or at least preparing) to re-open its doors. Albeit, with some conditions…
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