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YouTube Tests Removing ‘Dislike’ Option From Videos
I am personally of the opinion that you shouldn’t put yourself on public social media such as YouTube unless you are entirely willing to take the good with the bad. And let’s face it, among society there is a very solid mix of both of those categories and everything in…
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AVerMedia Live Streamer CAM 513 4K Web Cam Review
The world changed a lot when we entered lockdown, or whatever your local equivalent of that was. With so many of us transitioning to working from home, homeschooling, or simply just being at home more… you can relate, I’m sure. The demand for good quality webcams exploded for work meetings,…
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Can You Play Hades With a Pomegranate Controller!?
As far as titles go, that’s one of the stranger ones I’ve written. However, it’s not the first time Rudeism has cropped up on eTeknix doing something extremely strange, or giving me quirky titles to write. He gets his kicks out of doing crazy gaming challenges with truly unique interfaces.…
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Capcom Issues New Video Privacy Policy to Stop RE8 Spoilers
Back in November, it was revealed that Capcom has suffered a colossally huge data breach. One that had resulted in masses of exceptionally important information, such as game files and even employee/accounting details, being compromised. With the hacking organization seemingly holding this information to random (reportedly asking for an 8…
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The eTeknix Christmas and New Year Message – 2020
Well, 2020 is (nearly) over and I think it would be fair to say that we’ve all been living in ‘interesting times’ this year. And for those of you unfamiliar with the connotations of that Chinese proverb, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s been necessarily good! – Despite the difficulties…
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Don’t Panic… But YouTube (and Discord) is Down!
EDIT – PANIC OVER – GOOGLE IS BACK! – WE’LL UPDATE YOU IF WE HEAR WHY THEIR SERVICES WENT DOWN! As part of our work, and I promise you it is mostly for work reasons, we regularly utilize Google services such as YouTube or Google Docs as a means of…
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YouTube to Add Feature Blocking Gambling/Drinking Adverts
While falling down a YouTube black hole a few nights ago, I started to get moderately surprised at just how many potentially questionable adverts were being deployed on the video streaming platform. Admittedly, my attention was mostly drawn to the promotion of gambling websites which made me think that if…
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Floyd Mayweather to Fight Logan Paul – No, This Isn’t A Joke!
Just when you thought that 2020 couldn’t throw up any more insanity, it seems that despite coming late, we have one more piece of madness we can add to the list! – Yes, this is not clickbait, it’s not fake news! – It is 100% confirmed that Floyd Mayweather (the…
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Team eTeknix Look to Storm the HWBOT Leaderboard!
Despite the fact that we have been registered and reporting results for quite some time, we recently decided to kick-up the efforts of Team eTeknix on the HWBOT website. As such, in recent weeks, both members of our staff and community have been looking to make a big splash in…
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Google in Damage Control after Controversial Streaming Tweet
Google Stadia represents one of the most mainstream forms of physical video game streaming services. Even despite the fact that in terms of sales, the system isn’t doing very well at all. Following a Twitter post from Google Stadia Montreal Creative Director Alex Hutchinson, however, it seems that the company…
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YouTube Channel Uses Presidents for DeepFake Videos
Undoubtedly, ‘deepfake‘ videos represent quite a concern surrounding their potential to effectively represent people saying things they never actually did. For example, only a few weeks ago a ‘deepfake’ video was released showing President Nixon’s speech had the Apollo 11 moonlanding ended in disaster. Let’s be honest though, when applied…
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Flight Simulator X vs Flight Simulator 2020 Comparison Video Released
Every damn day I look at the news and I see yet another bunch of Flight Simulator 2020 screenshots and drool over them. Every now and then, I even write about those images here on eTeknix, but honestly, it’s so common now I try to dial it back. Today I’ll…
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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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Watch SpaceX Launch Astronauts to the ISS Here!
All going well, at 9:33 pm this afternoon (UK time) we should witness the first manned rocket launch from America in quite a long time. That isn’t, however, the most interesting aspect. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be getting to the International Space Station using the SpaceX…
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Guinness Issues Mass SMB Speed Run Copyright Claims
I must admit to being a pretty huge fan of competitive speedrunning and among the various games on offer, runs of the original Super Mario Bros. game will always be some of the most popular. It seems, however, that Guinness World Records is currently on something of a warpath. Following…
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