About Jeff Belanger
I'm a Canadian, I like to write, I like to play video games, watch movies and read books and all that. Also interested in current affairs and comic books as well.
Part of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s recent speech about net neutrality included the idea of looking into and possibly overturning state laws that restrict public broadband. Despite the fact that ISPs have scored restrictions ...
A security flaw in Tinder, which is a dating app, may have accidentally given out the exact location of its users. The flaw according to Include Security. a consulting firm specializing in security, had been present for the majori...
Jerry Anderson (R), who is the Senator of Utah, thinks that we should raise the limits on greenhouse gases, not lower them. Anderson, who was a science teacher at one point, is trying to fight against the regulations on greenhouse...
Microsoft’s competitor to Siri is finally arriving, and her name is Cortana. Despite being Microsoft unwilling to discuss the possibility of a Windows Phone 8.1 update, a recent leak has revealed that the update will have it...
Scientists have been working on a system that can distinguish when someone is lying in a tweet. The system, which is being called Pheme, operates by taking into account the information and sources which disseminate it. It looks t...
A new start-up company, Eterni.me, is looking to create virtual avatars of people, and let them live beyond death in a virtual space. The idea the company has is to go through your Facebook information and use it to create an avat...
New documents released by Edward Snowden show how the NSA went after WikiLeaks as well as those associated it. Details of these efforts have been published by The Intercept, and they show how the NSA as well as the UK’s Gove...
An advertisement for the Nude Scanner 3D app has been banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The advertisement first appeared on Channel 4 and in between episodes of Hollyoaks and the app was marketed in t...
Google has released an etiquette guide for those in their Google Glass Explorer program. The guide is broken down into two sections, do and don’t, and goes through the proper and improper ways to deal with others when wearin...
Gabe Newell, co-founder and managing director of Valve, has denied rumors that it is keeping an eye on user’s browser history through the Valve Anti-Cheat system (VAC). The rumor was given strength by a thread on Reddit that...
For those that are interested in coding, but want a non-traditional way to learn, CodeCombat may be just the thing for you. The game is a browser-based, built through java, and is free to play on their website. It was designed to ...
YEI Technology, which has launched a second Kickstarter campaign for their full-body virtual reality suit, has been successful. The company tried a Kickstarter last year, but it failed. This year they have come back and they were...
Kayla Finley, who is a 27-year-old living in South Carolina, has been arrested for not returning a VHS tape that she rented 9 years ago. Finley had gone into the police station to file a report dealing with harassment, and when sh...
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, is going to meet this week with French President Francois Hollande to discuss the possibility of a Europe’s own internet network, one that will allow them to avoid US spying. Merkel, who...
Jackson Palmer, the founder of Dogecoin, has reportedly turned down investment offers that are worth $500,000. Palmer, who is from Australia, turned down the offers from two venture capitalist firms because he feels that Dogecoin ...