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UK age check law seems to be hurting sites that comply, helping those that don’t

The United Kingdom recently started enforcing the Online Safety Act’s age-check rules, and The Washington Post reports that it’s already having a significant effect on web traffic. U.K. law now requires pornography websites to verify their users’ ages through means such as face scans and driver’s licenses; it also requires that online platforms prevent children...

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How to Clean a TV Screen or Computer Monitor

We’ve all been there: You moved your TV or computer monitor with bare hands and got it all greasy, or you splashed a bit of liquid on it in sports- or video-game-fueled excitement. How do you clean your screen? Read our guide below for pro tips. Interested in other screen-related information? Be sure to check...

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Microsoft and AWS join forces as DocumentDB shakes the database world with open source power under Linux Foundation control

DocumentDB started as a Postgres add-on before evolving into a standalone project The Linux Foundation’s adoption signals a new era for open document databases MongoDB’s restrictive licensing decisions created openings for DocumentDB’s permissive approach For years, open source databases have been described as either traditional relational systems or newer NoSQL alternatives. The emergence of DocumentDB,...