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Robot Uprising Shooter ‘Generation Zero’ Launches on March 26
Overthrowing Robot Overlords Stockholm-based Avalanche Studios has finally announced the launch date for their upcoming shooter Generation Zero. Set in an alternate 80’s where the world is overrun by robots, players will team up (via 4-player co-op) to take back control of society. Avalanche Studios is of course the developers…
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1,969 Piece Saturn 5 Lego Rocket to Go on Sale June 1st
The iconic rocket that went to the moon is set to make a return as a 1:110 scale Lego Rocket. Standing a circa 1 meter tall when assembled the rocket has been created to commemorate the “icon of space exploration”. With 1,969 pieces even this number is not incidental as 1969…
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Swedish Researchers Develop 5 Trillion Images per Second Camera
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have announced that they now have the world’s fastest camera, able to capture rapidly occuring events that are just 0.2 trillionths of a second long or what is the equivalent of five trillion images per second. This allows the researchers to photograph things that…
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Kickstarter CEO: ‘We’re here to help people take over the mainstream’
Kickstarter CEO, Yancey Strickler has said that his hopes for Kickstarter are that it will allow the talented but unrecognised be able to make an impact and one day perhaps even take over the mainstream of industries. Yancey Strickler has been speaking following the events of the Kickstarter Funded film “Kung…
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Volvo Is Testing In-Car Delivery System
Do you remember back in April Amazon announced plans to make deliveries to the boot of your car? No? Well, it seems nothing has come of it yet, so Volvo has taken the reigns with Swedish postal company PostNord to offer this system in Sweden. Try and think of all…
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Volvo to Accept Blame in Event of an Accident
Well in the case of the autonomous cars anyway. Up until now, the only company to come forward with a fully working prototype is Google and the accidents that occurred were never blamed on the company, rather the external parameters such as traffic and pedestrians. It has now come to…
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The Pirate Bay Founder Freed From Prison After Three Years
The founder of infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm, has been freed from prison after three years. Svartholm, also known by his nickname Anakata, served his prison time in both Sweden and Denmark on charges related to his activities with The Pirate Bay, but is now a free…
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PayPal’s One Touch Feature Expands to Other Non-US Markets
PayPal introduced the One Touch feature last year when it first rolled out to mobile devices in the US. Retailers who already had a PayPal payment feature could switch automatically and allow customers to make payments without the need of entering their passwords again. This was ideal for people who wanted…
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Swedish Man Faces up to Two-Years Prison and Fines for Leaking Music
Premature release of new material, or material never intended for release, is considered some of the most damaging by artists and record labels, and while it can create a buzz, it robs the artists of their choice of when and what to release. Such leaks can happen anywhere in the…
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Apple Increases Prices of Its Products in Non-US Countries
While Apple has discounted the price of its Apple TV in North America to $69, the company seems to be doing the exact opposite to a lot of its products around the world. This comes as a result of the US Dollar gaining some ground and becoming stronger in the…
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100 Real People to Test Volvo Self-Driving Cars in 2017
Volvo, the Scandinavian automaker, has said that they will begin testing of their first driverless vehicles with real drivers in 2017. Yes, that means anyone, not special scientists or engineers. The tests will also be on public roads as well, in real traffic on the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo…
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Could This be the End for The Pirate Bay?
Police in Sweden have reportedly taken down popular torrent site The Pirate Bay. The site has also been down today, notable as it is seemingly the first time in months users haven’t been able to access it. TorrentFreak is reporting that Swedish police conducted a raid in Stockholm, “seizing servers, computers,…
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Swedish ISP Offers Customers Free VPN
Swedish Internet Service Provider Bahnhof is offering to protect its customer’s internet privacy by introducing its own free VPN service, a first for an ISP. Bahnhof have teamed up with digital rights group 5th of July Foundation, who will run the VPN service. Since the foundation is not an ISP,…
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Gamer Waits in Queue for Game24 Event and Receives Amazing Prize
With the Nvidia GAME24 event kicking off all around the world, something magical has happened for one lucky gamer in Stockholm, Sweden. Much like anticipating fans of the new iPhone 6 have been doing, he decided to queue for the event which starts later on tonight. The staff at Nvidia…
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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Peter Sunde Has Been Arrested In Sweden
The Pirate Bay co-counder Peter Sunde has been arrested in his home country, Sweden, after a police raid took place on a farm in Skåne Tonganoxie. Peter Sunde has been wanted by Interpol since 2012 over copyright infringement violations related to the Pirate Bay website. This arrest of Peter Sunde means…
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