Ubisoft cracks down on hate speech in ‘Rainbow Six: Siege’ matches

Ubisoft is joining the likes of Blizzard when it comes to stopping hate speech from spreading in matches held in Rainbow Six: Siege. The developer is now tracking how often players use hate speech in the game and issues bans on them accordingly. These could range from two days for lighter uses to permanent bans for those grievous offenders. And if you try to contest this, Ubisoft won’t beat around the bush and will tell you that you’ve been banned because of “toxicity.” This is apparently the “first step” towards controlling these kinds of bad behaviour on the platform and that there will be more in the future.

Source: Engadget

Parents can soon block specific shows or movies on Netflix

Netflix just announced new features that will make it easier for parents to monitor and control what their kids watch on the streaming service. At the moment, you can already put a PIN code on shows and movies that are over a particular maturity level or you can mark certain accounts as belonging to a child. But soon Netflix will let you put a PIN behind certain shows or movies to stop them from watching specific titles. On top of this, maturity level ratings are going to be displayed more prominently on the screen when a new title plays. The feature is rolling out in the coming months and the streaming service plans to look into how it can make maturity level ratings more descriptive and easier to understand.

Source: Engadget

‘Black Mirror’ is coming back for Season 5

The Netflix anthology series just released its fourth season late in 2017 but is now ready to tackle a new season. Netflix just announced that Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror is coming back for a fifth season. When that is or how many episodes we don’t know just yet. The teaser released on social media for the announcement showing different critically praised episodes of the series and ended it with a reference to season two’s “Be Right Back” episode with Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson. It also played the show’s recognizable tune and as The Hollywood Reporter points out a big Easter egg for season four’s “Black Museum,” which has references to nearly all the episodes of the show.

First impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S9

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

On the surface, the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and its larger brother, the S9+, seem to look identical to their predecessors from last year. The near edge-to-edge display is still there, as is the tapered metal frame sandwiched in luxurious glass.

Samsung's gone for two extremes in colour this year. Canadians will have to choose between the austere yet elegant Titanium Silver or the striking Lilac Purple. Samsung Canada says there's a 60/40 split on pre-orders between the two colour choices. Do you like Audi grey or are you going for a Lamborghini purple? Depends on your style. 

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