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Dev releases ‘unblockable’ ASCII video stream software, stoking fears of unstoppable ads — delivers 360p video at 30 FPS and acts as a ‘bridge for AI’ 2026年6月13日 18:11

Dev releases ‘unblockable’ ASCII video stream software, stoking fears of unstoppable ads — delivers 360p video at 30 FPS and acts as a ‘bridge for AI’

2026年6月13日 18:11

A new and unique video streaming solution is pitched as a 'high-performance, real-time ASCII video rendering engine' that can be used to broadcast 'an unblockable video stream.'

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Google floats reduced initial 5GB free cloud storage limit, users claim — 15GB to require extra security measures, company confirms it is 'testing a new storage policy for new accounts'

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar)

2026年5月15日 23:13

While Google has not publicly announced the change, the company confirmed that it is testing a new approach designed to improve account security and data recovery.

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Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up Dropbox and OneDrive — as firm leans heavier into AI storage services, changes could signal shift away from home backups

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira)

2026年4月18日 18:20

Backblaze redefines "unlimited" while users discover it's not backing up Dropbox, OneDrive, et al

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Expert maps out more than 80 different Microsoft Copilot products, but there may be more than 100 — 'What happens when you name everything Copilot,' an AI consultant mapped out the myriad products

2026年4月6日 20:47

An AI aficionado has put together a chart of all the Copilot products they could find. At the latest count there are 80.

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Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, calls on Houston to fix Microsoft anomaly — puzzled caller describes ‘two Outlooks, and neither one of those are working’

2026年4月3日 00:11

'Two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working,' complains Artemis II astronaut.

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Google is allowing users to change their Gmail address, per official Google support doc — experimental @gmail feature rolling out in India first, no official announcement yet

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir)

2025年12月26日 01:20

Google is finally adding a much-awaited feature to Gmail, allowing to change your old @gmail addresses without needing to create a new account. After switching to a new Gmail, you'll receive emails on both addresses, and all your existing data will remain intact.

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Russian media finally admits Putin is under fire from angry citizens, but it's for the recent Roblox ban — Kremlin says kids have written 63,000 complaint letters, half said they wanted to leave Russia due to the ban

2025年12月14日 21:00

There's been a Russian youth uprising, with tens of thousands of kids writing to say they want to emigrate because Roblox has been blocked.

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Microsoft will force install the Copilot AI app for users with desktop versions of 365 apps like Word and Excel — coming October, with no way to opt out for personal users

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年9月16日 20:53

Microsoft 365 users will now have Copilot installed on their systems, whether they like it or not.

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Microsoft offers a one-year free Microsoft 365 subscription to college students — eligible users get 50% off the monthly plan after the first year

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年9月6日 23:23

Microsoft is offering U.S. college students free access to Microsoft 365 for a year.

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Pilot’s 50-minute in-flight conference call with tech support failed to avert $200 million F-35 fireball — pilot ejected and suffered only minor injuries

2025年8月28日 18:12

An accident report has revealed that a U.S. Air Force pilot spent 50 minutes on a conference call with Lockheed Martin engineers ahead of his plane plummeting to the ground and exploding in a fireball.

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Starbucks Korea pleads with customers to stop bringing desktop PCs into its cafés — issues a countrywide ban on printers, power strips, and desk partitions

2025年8月12日 21:17

Starbucks Korea has issued a ban on a series of office items in its stores.

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AWS user’s data returned ‘because one human being inside AWS decided to give a damn’ 2025年8月10日 20:01

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AWS user’s data returned ‘because one human being inside AWS decided to give a damn’

2025年8月10日 20:01

A software engineer, who previously accused AWS of 'digital execution,' has shared the good news that his data has now been restored.

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Nvidia is giving away free Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions with access to all software — one month for RTX 30 and 40 series owners, two months for RTX 50 series owners

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir)

2025年6月30日 21:55

NVIDIA is giving away GeForce RTX 40/30 owners one month of free Adobe Creative Cloud, while RTX 50 gets two months.

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User says access to ’30 years of photos and work’ in OneDrive denied by Microsoft, can't get a response after filing form 18 times — 'Microsoft suspended my account without warning, reason, or any legitimate recourse'

2025年6月22日 19:45

A OneDrive subscriber is in despair after Microsoft suspended their account without reason, and won't respond to inquiries. It was stuffed with 30 years of precious data, deposited as a relocation stop-gap.