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Giphy (Bizarrely?) Calls GIF Images ‘Cringe’ and ‘Out of Fashion’
I have to admit that when someone mentions GIF images/animations, my initial thoughts do generally tend to go back to the days of the internet in the mid to late 90s. – At a time when dial-up connections could barely handle a 5MB download, let alone a 500MB video, GIFs…
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Hacking Group Anonymous Declares ‘Cyber Warfare’ on Russia
We at eTeknix are, first and foremost, a technology publication. We tend to avoid, whenever possible, giving our opinions on political issues unless they are directly relevant to what we know and love (PC hardware!). – It is, however, hard to ignore the fact that with the current situation between…
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UK Edges Closer Towards Online ‘Passports to Porn’
For the last three years, the UK Government has regularly discussed/proposed plans to introduce terser age verification checks when it comes to accessing online pornography websites. To date, however, one of the biggest issues hasn’t so much been the concept, but exactly how this could be applied. – Following a…
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YouTube URL Bug Lets You Watch Videos Without Ads
The chances are that many of you reading this probably really enjoy YouTube as a form of ‘free’ entertainment, but likely not so much the masses of adverts that have grown increasingly on the platform over the last few years. While many have resorted to ‘ad-blockers’ as a means of…
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Ubisoft Expected to Announce a New Prince of Persia
It seems remarkable, but it’s been around 10 years now since we last saw an official new installment in the Prince of Persia franchise. Well, 10 years if you do not include the mobile game they released back in 2018 or those (pretty crap) films. In a report via DSOGaming,…
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Hubble Website Shows You What was Photographed on Your Birthday
The chances are that with us all being told to stay at home that the internet is currently one of your main sources of entertainment. If astronomy is one of your interests, however, then a new website launched by NASA might just be perfect for you! Allowing users to select…
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Disney Launches ‘Magic Moments’ for Families in Self-Isolation
If you have kids, then the chances are that following concerns surround COVID-19, you’ve probably got them at home at the moment. As such, you’re probably either pulling your hair out or, at the very least, are running out of solid means of entertainment. Well, the good news is, Disney…
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Online Toilet Paper Calculator – Because People Are Idiots!
If the current Coronavirus outbreak has taught us anything about humans as a whole, it’s that some of us are really stupid! I mean, the fact that the initial response by many has been to buy up as much toilet roll as possible perhaps best highlights just how poorly some…
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Google Launches its Highly Informative COVID-19 Website
With current concerns surrounding the Coronavirus (or COVID-19 if you prefer) we’ve already seen a number of websites pop-up looking to offer us some useful information about it. While it may have taken them some time to get their online ducks in a row, however, Google has just launched theirs…
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Microsoft Launches a Coronavirus Tracker on Bing
With current concerns surrounding the Coronavirus, it’s hardly surprising that we’ve seen a number of websites pop up over the last few weeks looking to provide us with up to date tracking on the progress of COVID-19. That has, however, unfortunately, led to the creation of a lot of illegitimate…
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Hackers Create Fake Coronavirus Websites to Steal Your Data
We all know (or at least we should do) that the internet can be a dangerous place. With the current concerns surrounding the Coronavirus, however, it shouldn’t be forgotten that it’s also a pretty dodgy place outdoors as well. As you might expect, however, with the growth of the virus,…
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YouTube’s ‘Classic’ Interface Will End in March
Late in 2017, Google decided to implement a new interface on the YouTube platform. I must admit at this point that on a personal level, I did not like it. There was, however, some hope when they did (via a little digging) still offer users the option to continue (or…
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Sony Surprises All by Officially Launching its PS5 Website
There have been more than a few rumors in recent weeks that Sony was planning on using an event this month to formally announce the details of their upcoming next-gen console. Namely, the PS5. While there is still no formal confirmation as to a launch date (let alone any major-specific…
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Firefox Releases a Beta VPN Addon That You Can Try Out Now!
Despite Firefox being, relatively speaking, quite a small player in the world of internet browsers (with a market share of around 5%) it still has a very strong and loyal fanbase who both love the simplicity of its design and also the fact that developer Mozilla is regularly looking to…
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