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Video streaming has been described as having a CO2 footprint of 1.6kg for 30 minutes of streaming, equivalent to driving four miles, but CarbonBrief and the International Energy Agency have debunked this.

Netflix was once a place to escape adverts and catch up on a lot of films and original content. The push for more subscribers means that to support a cheaper plan adverts are now present on a new Basic with Adverts plan.

While Google Stadia is not the only cloud gaming service it was a big household name so to see closure of the service announced less than two years after launch is a surprise.

From looking at the bit rates reported in the Netflix app on a smart TV it looks like 4K HDR content is now running at around 7 Mbps in the UK and HD content is varying between 1 and 2 Mbps.

There is apparently some discussion going on between ISPA and Government around possibly making broadband free, but we think there may be better ways to address the problems around affordability.

Fortnite is celebrating its second birthday and season X was available to gamers on 1st August, BT has released a graph showing the impact that this 8GB download had on traffic as well as the differences arising from the school summer holiday.

Its not clear if this is just embarrasing or a major dent in plans for the UK to be the safest place to be online, but the Age Verification that would have required adults to verify that they were not a minor before accessing commercial porn due in place on 15th is now not going to happen.

The BBC has announced a big test of 4K HDR streaming as for people with fast enough connections and on a first come first served basis the higher resolution and colour range streams will be served. To help tell if your connection is good enough we have also added streaming speed messages to our speed test.

The delayed age verification requirements for online commercial pornographic services are now set to be whipped into shape before coming into effect later in 2018. The first stage of the new shape process is a public consultation on draft guidance on the age verification requirements.

The need to share personal information with verification systems for adults to allow them to access legal commercial pornography in the UK has had a stay of execution.