information and communications technology
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A Father Accidentally Shut Down His Town’s Whole Internet in an Effort to Limit His Kids’ Screentime
In case you haven’t noticed, kids these days just do not know how to moderate their screen time. So, in a desperate bid to get his children offline, some guy in France apparently blitzed his entire town’s internet connection — by accident, that is. He now faces up to six months in prison for the…
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Netflix Is About to Cost You More Money
Netflix is raising prices again: Depending on your subscription tier, you can expect to start paying from $US1 ($1.39) to $US2 ($2.77) more a month.
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Hisense’s New TVs Are All In With Mini-LED and Google TV — Oh, and Lasers
Hisense announced a new line of TVs and accessories during CES 2022 that’s set to include some cool upgraded technologies at every price point, including ULED and mini-LED, smart home integrations, and next-generation gaming features.
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Can You Really Tell the Difference Between 4K and 8K?
Some time ago I came to feel, in a very literal way, the speed of semi-recent technological progress. My roommate — a gamer — had gotten it into his head, possibly via some other gamer, that ‘90s video games look best when played on ‘90s televisions. This led him to secure one on Craigslist, which…