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This Week in Tech

Extra Lessons - For GAMING!

Friday, 3 August, 2018

It seems like the days of parents and teachers telling kids to stop wasting their time playing computer games might really be at an end. If you've been reading along with previous blog entries you will have noted that e-sports tournaments have huge money prizes and are being considered for the olympics. Not only that, people are earning incomes from sponsorship as top gamers (just like top sportsmen do) - and from streaming their gameplay on services such as Twitch (where they earn money from advertising). The inevitable has finally happened. Parents are paying for their kids to get extra lessons - for Fortnite! Expect to see more of this....

Readable Rants

The bullshit Web - a rant on tracking, adverts and how its slows the web... A worthwhile read
Is Facebook evil? - Not a rant but a thoughtful analysis of how Facebook gets things wrong. No spoiler - a good read.
For the technically minded: an explanation of latency and why modern machines still 'feel' slow...(mentioned before)

3D Printing

A new tail for an alligator

Fake News

The BBC has a segment on how the fake news epidemic is become a real crisis - with fake news crowding out real news...
Its not just the fake news that is the problem - it is the term 'Fake News' that is becoming the real headache. - A very thoughtful and insightful read.

Hacking, Scamming, Phishing

Operating Systems