Browser Extension Adds Sci-Hub Download Links to Publishers’ Websites
Jan18

Browser Extension Adds Sci-Hub Download Links to Publishers’ Websites

Given its reputation for tearing down paywalls to deliver knowledge and enlightenment to academics, students and researchers, Sci-Hub remains one of the internet’s most valuable data resources. Praised by all who find its services useful or even vital, Sci-Hub also has to deal with attacks from publishing giants who would prefer to see the platform taken offline, or blocked by ISPs wherever that is a viable option. Unfortunately for...

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VPN Provider Agrees to Block Torrent Traffic and The Pirate Bay on U.S. Servers
Jan18

VPN Provider Agrees to Block Torrent Traffic and The Pirate Bay on U.S. Servers

Amidst growing concerns surrounding online privacy and security, VPN services have become increasingly popular in recent years. Millions of people use VPNs to stay secure and to prevent outsiders from tracking their online activities. As with regular Internet providers, a subsection of these subscribers may be engaged in piracy activities. Over the past few years we have seen copyright holders take several ISPs to court, accusing them...

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/17/2022
Jan18

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/17/2022

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two new entries on the list. “Eternals” is the most downloaded title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on January 17 are: Movie Rank...

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Perform unit tests using GoogleTest and CTest
Jan18

Perform unit tests using GoogleTest and CTest

This article is a follow-up to my last article Set up a build system with CMake and VSCodium. read more Powered by...

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How curiosity helped me solve a hardware problem
Jan18

How curiosity helped me solve a hardware problem

I typically have a dozen computers up and running on my home network—yes, 12. And I am responsible for several more in other locations. With so many computers, there are always failures of various types, and I ultimately diagnose many of them as hardware problems. But it can be difficult to diagnose which hardware component is causing the issue. read more Powered by...

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