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The big picture: A provisional agreement between the Council and the European Parliament could soon become law in Europe, offering gig workers transparency and fair treatment. According to the EU, if a “contractor” is required to adhere to the same rules as an employee, they are effectively considered an employee. The European Union aims to […]

Can you hear me now? It’s happened to all of us. You’re having a conversation about painting your house, and the next time you go on the internet, you are served with ads for paint. Coincidence? That’s what Google and others have said for years, but are they telling the truth? Recently, a Cox Media

WTF?! Valve is notoriously persistent in catching and banning DOTA 2 players who break the rules, having kicked well over 100,000 in 2023. However, the company’s latest campaign to keep the game fair is getting into the spirit of the holidays by transmitting bans through digital lumps of coal. In a clip circulating online, DOTA

A hot potato: Creative Assembly is now acknowledging that it has had a rough past several months, pledging to spend the next few months regaining the trust of Total War players. If you purchased Total War: Pharaoh at full price, check the company’s updated FAQ to see if you’re eligible for a partial refund due

In a nutshell: Lenovo has introduced a portable docking station designed for those that work onsite and remotely. The Lenovo USB-C Dual Display Travel Dock, as the name suggests, connects via USB-C and grants access to seven additional ports including an always-on USB port, a 100W USB-C PD (power delivery) port, a 4K DisplayPort connector,

The big picture: Intel’s launch presentation for its new Meteor Lake generation of processors primarily focused on how their Neural Processing Units (NPUs) enhance local AI workloads. However, the company also made ambitious claims about integrated graphics performance improvements. Time will tell whether they hold up to real-world benchmarks. Intel claims that the integrated graphics

Privacy Oblige: Google has begun implementing its new Tracking Protection technology, designed to improve privacy online while providing advertisers with a viable business alternative. A random selection of users will join the slow-roll test, with the software coming to every Chrome user in a few months. Google just announced the final Tracking Protection testing phase,

Editor’s take: Aside from Grand Theft Auto V in 2013 and Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018, Call of Duty has held the the rank of top-selling game in the US since 2009. As of the end of November, Hogwarts Legacy still sits at the top of year-to-date sales charts. However, scoring second with an

May I have a minute: Every year since 2013, the data analysis group Domo has published its “Data Never Sleeps” report, showing what happened on the internet every minute of every day throughout the year. The stats are a fascinating snapshot of our trending internet culture and data generation. Most of the categories make an

The big picture: Solar wind is a stream of electromagnetically charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, the corona, and it permeates every planet and cosmic object in the Solar System. When something changes in the amount of charged particles, unexpected and extreme atmospheric phenomena can be observed. The Mars Atmosphere and