Pornhub and YouPorn banned in Russia and other top stories.

• Pornhub and YouPorn banned in Russia

  

  Russia’s media watchdog has extended its crackdown on internet pornography, banning two of the biggest porn sites in the world.As of Tuesday, Pornhub and YouPorn now redirect Russian visitors to a page that says they’ve been blocked ‘by decision of public authorities.’In response to the outcry that has since ensued, the agency behind the move has reiterated advice issued on Twitter last year following the ban of 11 popular porn sites – telling disgruntled users to ‘meet someone in real life.’ As..

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• Pokémon Go Plus: This Wearable Was Supposed to Be for Kids, but It's Not Kids Who Are Buying It

  

  From the 1950s well into the 1980s, the slogan for Trix breakfast cereal was “Trix are for kids.” Ads showed a silly rabbit going through all sorts of machinations to get his hands on the colorful cereal. That, in a nutshell, is the story of Pokémon Plus, the Pokémon Go accessory released today. It was supposed to be for kids, Niantic founder and chief technology officer Phil Keslin told me this week. He says Nintendo pitched it as a low-cost, low-entry augmented reality device for children. Sa..

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• RE: Abarth 124 rally car: Time For Tea

  

  World rallying is experiencing something of a resurgence. For the 2017 season there will be more aggressive and faster WRC cars, plus the popularity of the R-GT class seems to be increasing. Now we have our first look at the second rear-wheel drive R3 ...

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• Dunlop wins Supercars control tyre deal extension

  

  Dunlop will continue to be the control tyre supplier for Supercars until at least the end of the 2019 season. The current deal was set to run out at the end of 2017 season, but despite the likes of Pirelli showing interest in bidding for the contract, an early extension has been confirmed, meaning Dunlop will continue to supply rubber until at least the end of 2019. The news comes as Dunlop readies itself to introduce a new soft compound for the 2017 season. “Dunlop is one of our longest runnin..

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