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Brighton-based ISP and hosting provider Fastnet has emerged from a trying week which involved battling VMware/Broadcom tech issues that have downed a number of its customers’ websites.

The outage began on August 13, at which point Fastnet said its technical team was engaged “at the highest level with the vendor” and was working as quickly as possible to restore services.

Fastnet repurposed its homepage into a rolling live blog of progress updates, posting a new one roughly every two hours during workdays. The company didn’t, however, reveal much in the way of technical details about the outage, only attributing the woes to its VMware hosting platform.

“Fastnet are currently experiencing a major, wide-scale…

Cloud gaming opens doors to playing games on non-native hardware. You do not have to purchase specific hardware or a powerful gaming phone to access a cloud service’s catalog. However, cloud gaming is expensive. Most well-established server hosts implement heavier restrictions or require payment upfront. As a cheaper alternative, many turned to emulators. It is easier to emulate old classics. Still, emulating games is a gray area, as it is often a form of piracy.

Now.gg is the middle ground. It is a cloud gaming service created by the same organization that owns BlueStacks. Now.gg hosts various mobile games using dedicated servers, and it’s free. Our guide teaches you everything you need to know about now.gg.

The drawbacks of cloud gaming

Cloud gaming seems like a…