GIGAZINE

GIGAZINE is an Osaka-based tech news website launched on April 1, 2000. It has been picked up as one of the world's 50 most powerful blogs by Guardian UK and Top 25 Blogs by TIME.com. The English edition started on March 31, 2008. The site covers technology news with a focus on revealing bugs, contradictions, and conflicts of interest related to tech products and companies.

70%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This news site has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on its reporting.

Bias

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Snow discovered that their Hisense 50Q8G smart TV was generating Universal Plug and Play IDs, causing an infinite number of devices to appear on Snow's network, resulting in a denial-of-service attack on their PC.
  • The Microsoft forum reported that HiSense Android TVs generate random UUIDs for UPnP network discovery, causing thousands of devices to fill up the device tree and resulting in bugs on Windows PCs.
  • Windows added these alternate Hisense devices to its Device Association Framework (DAF), causing various applications and settings to hang or stop working.

Deceptions

0%

Examples:

  • It has been revealed that the mysterious bug that occurs frequently on PCs is caused by HiSense Android TVs connected to the same network
  • Priscilla warns, 'Don't buy a HiSense TV. At the very least, you need to keep it offline.'

Recent Articles

  • Hisense TV's Excessive UUID Generation Causes Network Issues for Windows PC Users: A Case Study

    Hisense TV's Excessive UUID Generation Causes Network Issues for Windows PC Users: A Case Study

    Broke On: Monday, 22 April 2024 A Hisense smart TV's excessive network discovery attempts using random UUIDs cause overload on Windows PCs, resulting in malfunctioning applications and settings. Sound designer Priscilla Snow experienced this issue firsthand, leading to thousands of devices appearing in her Device Association Framework (DAF) and requiring registry key deletions for resolution.