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A new Oxford University study involving 38,935 video-game players overs six weeks has concluded that there is little to no evidence for a causal connection between game play and well-being. Why Do We Believe Spending Time Playing Video / Online Games Is Bad For Us?  A combination of previous research, social judgements, anecdotal evidence, online … Continue reading Featured Article : Playing Video Games For Long Periods Isn’t Bad For You →

Google has announced that due to the need for more time to evaluate alternatives, it is delaying (by nine months) its plans to rid Chrome of third-party tracking cookies. Third-Party Cookies  A cookie is a piece of code (used for tracking) that takes the form of a small text file that is stored on the … Continue reading Tech News : Chrome Cookie Removal – Delayed →

Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder have developed a net carbon neutral (or even carbon negative) method of producing Portland cement by substituting quarried limestone with limestone produced by microalgae. The Problem With Traditional Portland Cement  The problem with traditional Portland cement is that it is made by quarrying limestone in large quarries and … Continue reading Sustainability-In-Tech : Algae-Grown ‘Limestone’ For Cement Could Be Sustainable Solution →

A new Proofpoint report has warned that hackers, who used to use macro-enabled documents attached to messages to deliver malware are now adapting to Microsoft’s move to block XL4 and VBA macros by default for Office users. Proofpoint says that hackers have now switched to methods such as using container files like ISO and RAR, … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Hackers Adapting Methods Following Microsoft’s Macro Blocking →

One way to get more organised when using Google Chrome is to group open website tabs together with a click to keep related pages together in one workspace. Chrome’s ‘Group tabs’ lets your give the groups a label/name and colour. Here’s how: – Right-click a browser tab. – Click ‘Add Tab to new group.’ – … Continue reading Tech Tip – How Group Tabs In Chrome To Keep Related Pages Together →