It's Monday, May 9th, 2016, and with privacy being a white hot topic lately, the makers of Opera, the number 6 browser in terms of usage, have seen fit to put a free virtual private network (VPN) in their iOS app. According to Opera, this new feature does a lot more than just prevent trackers from following you around the web and let you access blocked websites. It also allows you to change your virtual location by connecting to one of the five regions and borrowing an IP address from that area. This means you can browse away from spots in the US, Canada, Germany, Singapore, or the Netherlands, among other locations.

Opera says that more locations are coming soon, which is exciting news for those looking to expand their online freedom. Both the browser and app were built by Surf Easy, a VPN company that Opera acquired last year. So, how will they make money? According to Opera, yes, there will eventually be ads on the app. Don't worry, Android users – don’t fret! There’s an Android version coming soon as well.

As we're seeing more and more companies incorporating virtual private networks (VPNs) into their apps, it's becoming clear that these tools are going to play a bigger role in our online lives. Facebook is leading the charge with its messenger bot, which works like this: if you want to talk to Facebook about a minor business dealing, you can get the conversation started through the messenger app by talking to a bot. This raises an inevitable question – will all these chatbots take the place of jobs currently occupied by actual humans? After all, a chatbot that helps you set up ads on Facebook if it works as desired is a whole lot cheaper than a spendy human that needs vacations, a 401k, and gallbladder surgery. The trend is gaining steam, with Forbes having a bot on the Telegram app, news curating bots, and now there’s an agency in Switzerland that will make you a bot.

Even big companies like McDonald's are experimenting with bots based kiosks to order up your Big Mac and fries. What's powering all these bots? New and stronger AI systems, that's what. Stay tuned – this is about to get really interesting.

Hey, it’s Monday, and you didn’t get enough sleep, and when he got to work, the internet was out at least it was here a DT but its back up now so brighten up your day with this troupe of dancing storm troopers who got the crowd cheering at a recent airing of Britain got talent. These two came out and said nothing in the way of introductions as it should be and then boom, the Imperial Armed Forces troopers got their Gangnam style on for all the single ladies. They even got serious Simon to crack a smile and hit that big golden buzzer thing, and true to form they never said a word or took their helmets off. Catch the whole act at the link below.

We've got the rest of the day's more serious tech news at Digital Trends calm and be sure to check out our Facebook page and YouTube channel. We'll be back again tomorrow.

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really interesting hey it's Monday you didn't get enough sleep and when he got to work the internet was out at least it was here a DT but its back up now so brighten up your day with this troupe of dancing storm troopers who got the crowd cheering at a recent airing of Britain got talent these two came out and said nothing in the way of introductions as it should be and then boom the Imperial Armed Forces troopers got their Gangnam style on for all the single ladies they even got serious Simon to crack a smile and hit that big golden buzzer thing and true to form they never said a word or took their helmets off catch the whole act at the link below we've got the rest of the day's more serious tech news at Digital Trends calm and be sure to check out our facebook page and youtube channel we'll be back again tomorrowit's Monday May 9th 2016 and with privacy being a white hot topic lately the makers of opera the number 6 browser in terms of usage have seen fit to put a free virtual private network in their iOS app and it does a lot more opera says the Apple box ads in Safari Chrome and other apps prevents trackers from following you around the web and lets you access blocked websites you can also change your virtual location by connecting to one of the five regions and borrowing an IP address from that area browse away from spots in the US Canada Germany Singapore or the Netherlands opera says more locations are coming soon both the browser and app were built by surf easy the VPN company opera acquired last year so how will they make money opera says yes there will eventually be ads on the app and don't fret android users there's a version for you on the way soon abs are so last year the new hotness BOTS as in chatty robots and not the clanky metal terminator kind either more like the friendly Scarlett Johansson AI kind from the movie her without the weird sex thing maybe anyway Facebook is leading the charge with their messenger bot which works like this if you want to talk to Facebook about a minor business dealing you can get the conversation started through the messenger app by talking to a bot which of course raises the inevitable question we'll all these taki chat bots take the place of jobs currently occupied by actual humans after all a chat bot that helps you set up ads on Facebook if it works as desired is a whole lot cheaper than a spendy human that needs vacations a 401k and gallbladder surgery the trend is gaining steam forbes has a bot on the telegram app there are news curating bots and now there's an agency in switzerland that will make you a bot even mcdonalds is experimenting with bots based kiosks to order up your big mac and fries and what's powering all these bots new and stronger AI systems stay tuned this is about to get really interesting hey it's Monday you didn't get enough sleep and when he got to work the internet was out at least it was here a DT but its back up now so brighten up your day with this troupe of dancing storm troopers who got the crowd cheering at a recent airing of Britain got talent these two came out and said nothing in the way of introductions as it should be and then boom the Imperial Armed Forces troopers got their Gangnam style on for all the single ladies they even got serious Simon to crack a smile and hit that big golden buzzer thing and true to form they never said a word or took their helmets off catch the whole act at the link below we've got the rest of the day's more serious tech news at Digital Trends calm and be sure to check out our facebook page and youtube channel we'll be back again tomorrow\n"