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Netflix Removes Squid Game Phone Numbers After Man Gets 4,000+ Calls
I daresay that more than a few of you reading this have spent the last week happily watching ‘Squid Game’ on Netflix. And you’ll get no criticism of that from me either as it’s brilliant! However, as you may remember, the series showcases a number of phone numbers for the…
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AMD Market Share Tops Intel in More Asian Countries
It’s well known that in terms of market share, AMD has been making great strides since the release of their Ryzen processors in closing the gap on Intel. This is particularly so in Germany where Team Red is booming. It seems, however, that AMD is also making great strides in…
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Game ‘Boosting’ in South Korea Could Carry A Jail Sentence
New Gaming Laws Introduced in South Korea While we have perhaps not gotten to the stage yet of applying any actual laws to gaming in the West, it is something that parts of Asia take very seriously. For example, last year a gamer was sent to prison in South Korea…
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SK Hynix Investing $107B on Four New Memory Chip Plants
Maintaining Chip Competitiveness Memory manufacturers have been enjoying a long period of increased prices (and profits) for some time now. For SK Hynix, they are using this to further expand their capability with plans for four new chip plants. The South Korean company has announced that they are spending $107…
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Blizzard Names 18,000 Banned South Korean Overwatch Players
Overwatch If you play Overwatch, you will be aware of how Blizzard has been taking very proactive steps to ensure that the community is as ‘clean’ as possible. Through the use of in-game reports, Blizzard has been regularly handing out suspensions or bans against anyone they feel is not acting…
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South Korea To Make ‘Game Boosting’ Illegal
South Korea To Make ‘Game Boosting’ Illegal It can be rather frustrating when you’re playing a competitive online game to find that while one of your opponents is fairly ok, the other seems almost Godlike. Well, at least compared to your ability. This isn’t, however, particularly uncommon. The term ‘boosting’…
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Blizzard Announces New ‘Busan’ Control Map for Overwatch
New Korean-centric Content Overwatch has released two new Korean-centric content recently. One of which is the latest map set in Busan, and the other is a cinematic featuring Korean superstar D.Va. This cinematic short gives fans a look into the life of the actress/eSports athelete turned mech-pilot. It especially focuses…
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Overwatch Cheater Sent to Jail by South Korean Courts
South Korea Takes Competitive Gaming Seriously With a booming eSports industry, South Korea takes their gaming seriously. Which is why unlike many countries in the world, they have laws in place to punish game hackers and cheaters. In fact, South Korean courts recently sentenced a 28-year old Overwatch hacker a…
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Experts Claim Korean University Are Working On Killer Robots
Korean University May Be Working On Killer Robots Overall, the opinions on our future living along sides robots are generally not good. Many people, including the late Professor Hawking, are convinced that our end will likely come at the hands of, if not robots, then AI. Elon Musk has regularly…
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Bitcoin Exchange Collapses Following Two Cyber Attacks in a Year
Bitcoin Exchange Collapses Bitcoin is big business these days. From a price that has increased by over 20 times its value this time last year, some people have made some serious money from this crypto-currency. One exchange, however, has had to close following a second cyber attack in less than…
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South Korean Presidential Candidate Uses Starcraft Maps for His Campaign
It’s no secret that Starcraft is still incredibly popular in South Korea, so popular in fact that one particular politician has decided to use a series of Starcraft maps for his campaign. We’re talking about presidential candidate Moon Jae-in, whose team had the clever idea of launching two free maps on his…
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South Korea Launching Near-Supersonic Hyperloop Rival
South Korea is launching a new initiative to develop a near-supersonic public transport system, capable of speeds of almost 1,000km/h, faster than a maglev train (pictured above), which is capable of 500km/h, and making it the first potential rival for Elon Musk’s Hyperloop system, which is currently in development in…
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South Korea Hits Qualcomm With Record $850M Fine
Every now and then, regulators take a good hard look at a companies practice. Other than the usual targets like Apple and Microsoft, Qualcomm has been facing various investigations from different countries. In a recent development, the South Korean KFTC (Korea Fair Trade Commission) has fined the American firm a massive…
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Hack & Aimbot Creators in South Korea Could Face 5-Years in Jail
If you’re a PC gamer, then you’re more than likely familiar with the scourge of aimbots and hackers that have been a part of countless competitive multiplayer games. However, now it looks like South Korea is taking a very aggressive stance against the people who create software like this, which…
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British Couple Pay £67,000 For Two Clones of Their Dead Dog
A couple from the UK have paid a South Korean lab to clone their dog, ending up with two duplicates of the deceased canine. Richard Remde and Laura Jacques of West Yorkshire paid South Korean firm Sooam Biotech Research Foundation £67,000 to clone their boxer Dylan, who died of a…
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