- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 28th, 2015
"Star Wars Episode 7" Is Coming, Hide All Spoilers with This Chrome Extension
The Chrome extension will hide the entire page under a fullscreen overlay if it detects any Star Wars mentions
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 6th, 2015
YIFY (YTS) Reaches Out-of-Court Settlement with MPAA
MPAA takes new approach to bringing down pirate sites
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 4th, 2015
MPAA Takes Credit for Shutting Down YIFY (YTS) and Popcorn Time
2 well-timed lawsuits were enough to bring the services down
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 2nd, 2015
PewDiePie Blames the Creation of YouTube Red on Ad Blockers
PewDiePie says ad blockers can be devastating to smaller YouTube channels, cutting down 40% of member revenues
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 1st, 2015
Confirmed: YIFY (YTS) Shuts Down for Good
Piracy group closes operations after 5 lucrative years
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 27th, 2015
EU Rejects Net Neutrality, Semi-Eliminates Roaming Surcharges
Europeans expected something else, they expected fair laws
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 27th, 2015
Piracy Is Having a Bad Week: Popcorn Time, YIFY, and Kickass Torrents Are All Down
Most simple explanation: It's all just weird coincidence
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 26th, 2015
Here Are Some Popcorn Time Alternatives
PopcornTime.io shut down, here are some alternatives
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 25th, 2015
Mozilla Is Giving $1 Million to Open Source Projects It Relies On
10 open source projects will be funded at the beginning
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 19th, 2015
Survey: Which Web Browser Do Users Trust?
Most users chose Firefox, but what browser do you trust?
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 18th, 2015
Italian ISP Starts Disconnecting Piracy-Accused Users at Hollywood's Request
Hollywood antes up the pressure on local ISPs
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 7th, 2015
ActiveDen, the Biggest Flash Files Marketplace, Is Shutting Down
ActiveDen will close down in February 2016
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 5th, 2015
Facebook Will Provide Free Internet in Africa via Satellite
Facebook signs Eutelsat deal to beam down Internet in Africa
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 28th, 2015
Megaupload Paid $3 Million to Its Most Prolific Uploaders
Kim Dotcom extradition hearing begins in New Zealand
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 13th, 2015
Subaru Asks People to Blog About Them, Then Sends DMCA Notice to Take Their Blog Down
Subaru's legal department fails to understand its own social media campaigns, issues silly DMCA takedowns
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 2nd, 2015
Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Others Unite to Create New Free Video File Format
Internet companies get tired of patent trolls, will create their own video codec to use with their video applications
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 1st, 2015
Wikipedia Bans 381 Accounts Because of Paid-for Editing Practices
The accounts have not yet been linked to any PR firm