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Assassin’s Creed Could Be Key to Notre Dame Cathedral Restoration
Ubisoft Game Features Incredibly Detailed Digital Notre Dame Despite the depressing sight of a burning Notre Dame Cathedral just a few days ago, a silver lining is already on the horizon. Especially after French President Emmanuel Macron declared that restoration will take place. Moreover, millions have already been pledged to…
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Man Files €45M Lawsuit Against Uber for Tipping Wife of Extramarital Affair
Uber is not exactly the most popular ride-hailing app these days, especially after the whole #DeleteUber debacle, but it looks like one particular person in France dislikes the company even more to the point of filing a lawsuit against them to the tune of €45 million. The plaintiff wishes to keep…
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French Man Sentenced to Two-Years in Prison for Visiting Pro-ISIS Website
The French government is not taking any threats of terrorism lightly, sentencing an 18-year old teen several weeks ago for naming his Wi-Fi SSID “Daesh21”, but now have also has sentenced another man for visiting Pro-ISIS websites. The man was convicted on Tuesday and was not known previously to the…
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Game Of Thrones On Your Kingly Xbox One
Ever feel like you miss out on all the good deals? Remember when your favourite TV shows used to air on the TV at 6, just in time for you to get home and enjoy them with some food, now having to wait weeks while avoiding social media and anyone…
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Frenchman Learns Rockclimbing to Retrieve Strangers iPhone
Finding a lost iPhone might be a blessing at first thought, but what if it is just out of reach and let’s say 20 meters down a large cliff used for cliff diving? One Frenchman took this as a challenge and made it his mission to retrieve the discovered treasure. The…
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Pro-ISIS Hackers Take Down French TV Station
TV5Monde, a French TV station that broadcasts around the world, was attacked by ISIS and taken down for around three hours before it could get its stations broadcasting again. The reports indicate that the stations Facebook page and website were also taken down by the attackers, having network director Yves…
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Google ‘Ebola-proof’ Tablet for Biohazards
For too long now, doctors have had to use pen and paper, rather than any of the technology available to them when fighting some of the deadliest diseases. But when French organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) came to Google with the request of something they could work with, Google…
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Apple Approves ‘Je Suis Charlie’ App in 1 Hour After Tim Cook E-Mail
Apple is notoriously famous for its lengthy App Store approval process. Some apps can take weeks to get approved for sale on the store. Well one new app got approved in just an hour after the developers e-mailed Tim Cook. The app in question has been created for the ‘Je Suis Charlie’…
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Apple and Google Show Support for ‘Je Suis Charlie’
Among many tech companies showing their respect for the victims of Wednesday’s shooting at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris, Apple and Google have made modifications to their websites in support of those affected. As you can see above, Apple has included the ‘Je Suis Charlie’ message on their…
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Parrot Announces Ultimate In-Car Solution
Parrot, the French telecommunications company most famous for its AR Drones, has announced the Parrot RNB 6 – a pretty impressive in-car unit. The RNB 6 combines pretty much everything you could ever want for an in-car ‘infotainment’ system. It offers easy integration with iOS CarPlay and Android Auto, as…
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Forget About Smart Watches, it’s all About the Smart Belt
It’s CES 2015 this week (in case you didn’t know) and there’s a whole manner of new ‘smart’ devices being unveiled. From the usual phones and now smart TVs, to the increasingly common smart watches, there’s a whole lot of ‘smart’ going on in Las Vegas. One thing we didn’t…
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France Unhappy with Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s Storyline
Ubisoft has been copping quite a lot of flack recently. If I were to link to you all of the articles that only just eTeknix has written over the last two months, it would take me all day. But if you’re interested in what started the original ‘witch-hunt’, look no…
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Reliable Tech – Hardware Repair Rate Rankings Released
As computer enthusiasts often get hostile about their favorite brands warranties, returns and reliability, we’ve just been given an insight into hardware failure and warranty rates across popular technology manufacturers. Only just being released but complied with data relevant prior to October 2014, these statistics will show the top four performers in each category.…
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13 New Languages Added to Gmail Covering 94% of the World’s Internet Population
Google has announced it has added 13 new language support for its Gmail service, which previously had support for 58 languages, summing up the service’s language support to a total of 71 languages now. The company has stated that, along with the new languages addition, it also now covers 94…
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Chip Which Mimics Human Brains Revealed
According to Fudzilla, there is some news that a chip which works like a human brain has been developed. According to the French Tribune, the chip will appear in the shops in 2014. Scientists say that this chip will enable the computers to mimic human brains and with the help…
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