Andrej Kovacevic
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Tech blogger & Editor @ TechLoot.co.uk
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Five Simple Steps To Reclaim Your Digital Privacy
Today, we do everything online. And that new reality means we all have an awful lot of personal information about ourselves floating around out there. Scammers use it to fuel vast identity theft schemes. Businesses collect and sell it to help other businesses more precisely target us with advertising. Even our employers scour the internet looking for clues as to our proclivities and the specifics of our private lives.
By Andrej Kovacevic2 years ago in 01
Is Buying In-Game Gold Such a Bad Thing?
We see this sort of thing all the time, from the gold bars in Red Dead 2 online to gold in WOW, gemstones in Lost Ark, and credits in Assassin’s Creed. We all know that paid loot boxes are bad things and that many micro-transactions are money-grubbing, but should we remove in-game gold and credit purchases completely?
By Andrej Kovacevic2 years ago in Gamers
How To Ease Your Quarantine Anxiety With Some Personal Development
The global population is becoming increasingly better educated thanks to simpler and cheaper access. This uplift in provision of knowledge led to hyper people movement and economic productivity as well as the birth of the gig economy. In Australia, for instance, 73% of the available workforce is employed!
By Andrej Kovacevic4 years ago in Education
What to Do If You’re Facing an Unexpected Coronavirus Redundancy
Coronavirus is currently wreaking havoc on the global job market. Hundreds of thousands of people are likely to lose or have already lost their jobs as a result of the situation. With many of the world’s citizens staying at home right now, jobs in many sectors of the economy are in jeopardy. Here's what you could do if facing an unexpected redundancy:
By Andrej Kovacevic4 years ago in Journal
3 Security Steps Every IoT-Using Business Should Take Right Away
Ever since IoT devices started to make inroads into businesses and homes all over the world, they've been plagued with security problems both large and small. Everything from smart thermostats to smart speakers has seen their share of issues, and the problems extend all the way up to some big-name vendors. In short, nobody's been safe.
By Andrej Kovacevic4 years ago in 01
Social Media Faces an Uncertain Regulatory Future - Here's What It May Look Like
In the space of a few short years, social media has come to dominate much of the digital technology landscape. It's become the world's default communications medium. It's become a primary channel for digital advertising and marketing. It's even become the way an increasing number of people learn about the news of the day.
By Andrej Kovacevic4 years ago in 01
4 Films That Get Hacking Mostly Right
If there's one thing that American film fans can't seem to get enough of, it's hackers. They turn up over and over again in Hollywood blockbusters and indie movies of all genres. They're even the titular characters in some pretty well-known mainstream fare.
By Andrej Kovacevic5 years ago in Geeks
Five Major Conventions to Scratch Your Cosplay Itch
These days, it's difficult to find anyone that isn't into cosplay, in one way or another. That's just because it's good, inventive, escapist fun and literally anyone can do it (if they're willing to be the center of attention now and again). Most people who become interested in the cosplay scene get involved at a local con or event, and then get hooked and ready to look for more. The problem is, there aren't all that many big local events that can quench the thirst of your average cosplay newbie, and you might need to do a little bit of traveling to scratch your brand new itch. If you're in that situation, here are five major anime and cosplay conventions where you can get your costumed fill.
By Andrej Kovacevic5 years ago in Geeks
5 Local Co-Op Games No Old-School Gamer Should Miss
If you've been around long enough, and you're a geek, you can probably recall a time when cooperative gaming meant gathering with friends and a handful of game cartridges (or floppy disks, if you're willing to admit being old enough to remember them) for a night of Jolt Cola and electronic diversion. Up through the end of the 1990s, there was no better way to assert your geeky superiority than to demolish your friends at a game of GoldenEye or Mario Party. Then, the internet changed everything.
By Andrej Kovacevic5 years ago in Gamers
Four Groundbreaking Devices That Started Today's Tech Revolution
These days, the average person is walking around with a smartphone in their pocket that makes a room-sized mainframe of 30 years ago seem like little more than a calculator. That speaks to the insanely quick evolution of technology in the modern world and how much we've all come to depend on the latest and greatest in tech gadgetry in our daily lives.
By Andrej Kovacevic5 years ago in 01
If You're in the Real Estate Business, You Need to Learn About Blockchain
Disrupting this, disrupting that—tech bloggers, industry pundits, market forecasters, and anyone with dollar signs scrolling across their corneas absolutely loved to apply the word “disrupting” to any title or SEO meta description.
By Andrej Kovacevic6 years ago in The Chain