Tag: Throttle

01 FEB

Op-ed: Apple was right to throttle iPhones, but some things still need to change

Enlarge (credit: Samuel Axon) This week, we learned that the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple took actions that violated securities laws when it throttled certain iPhones’ performance without informing investors or users. This follows previous reports of class action lawsuits on behalf of consumers as well […]

19 SEP

T-Mobile won’t throttle unlimited data until you use 50GB

Carriers throttling user speeds is now the reality we live in, but most mobile plans only squeeze your rate once you’ve downloaded an arbitrary amount of data. T-Mobile is raising the threshold at which they optionally throttle customers’ data from 32GB to 50GB, which it claims is still pretty high — enough to stream hours […]

11 JUL

CFL Power Rankings: Stampeders keep the throttle down

With Week 3 complete, Malcolm Kelly breaks down the balance of power in the Canadian Football League. 1. Calgary Stampeders (unchanged) Record: 2-0-1 Streak: Unbeaten in 3 Last: Won at Winnipeg, 29-10 Next: At Montreal The rest of the league won’t like this, but the White Stallions are unbeaten in three and still have yet to […]

14 JUN

Mamma Mia! Live-Action Mario Karting Goes Full Throttle

Mario speeds around the track, eyes wide and focused, hoping to win. But he’s out of luck as Hello Kitty sweeps past, followed by a smiling 6-foot pizza slice piloting a bright-yellow Minion. One driver plows into the hay bales that line the track, and a pileup occurs. As the vehicles stall bumper-to-bumper, a race […]

27 APR

Full Throttle Remastered review

Full Throttle Remastered is like a tiny, video game-shaped time capsule. It combines corporate scheming, biker feuds and the intricacies of projecting film into a game that still feels unique two decades later. The original Full Throttle, released in 1995, has all the hallmarks of the adventure game design of its time, up to and […]