Month: January 2021

Extra battery weight of electric cars means ways must be found to cut particulate emissions You would think that battery electric cars, having no exhaust pipes, would emit less air pollution than diesel and petrol vehicles. A controversial study in 2016 said particle pollution from electric cars would be worse. Due to battery weight, electric …

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Lucy Fallon and Pearl Mackie star in the audio drama Sour Hall. Plus: Alan Carr is a ray of sunshine, and 10 Things That Scare Me considers our deepest fears Sour HallAn intriguing cross between a haunted house tale and an episode of The Archers, Audible’s latest audio drama stars Doctor Who’s Pearl Mackie and …

A queer, immersive take on haunted house scares – podcasts of the week Read More »

New smart TV gadget is step up from basic Chromecast with new interface, apps and voice remote Google’s latest Chromecast streaming media dongle is a bit different. Instead of just streaming or “casting” content from your mobile or computer like its predecessors, the new device acts more like a modern smart TV. With a full …

Chromecast with Google TV review: full smart TV upgrade with voice remote Read More »

Facebook placed a number of leftwing organizers on a restricted list during Biden’s inauguration. It’s part of a much bigger problem In response to the fascist riot at the US Capitol, Facebook engaged in a flurry of dangerous and misguided corporate authoritarianism. I, along with a number of other leftwing organizers, was deemed a threat …

Facebook is banning leftwing users like me – and it’s going largely unnoticed | Akin Olla Read More »

The Reddit forum is at the center of a war between Wall Street and an army of small investors over the store – and Jaime Rogozinski is still getting to grips with it Jaime Rogozinski always knew WallStreetBets, the Reddit forum he founded, was part of something big – but even he wasn’t prepared for …

WallStreetBets’ founder on GameStop: ‘I didn’t think it would go this far’ Read More »

App helping to fuel share-buying frenzy allows ‘limited buys’ after a $1bn cash injection to safeguard trades Shares in companies including videogame retailer GameStop soared again on Friday, as an army of small investors taking aim at Wall Street regained access to amateur share trading platform Robinhood. The app, weaponised by activist small investors to …

GameStop shares surge again as Robinhood restores trading Read More »

The social network’s ‘supreme court’ of 40 assorted academics, politicians and journalists to oversee the site’s content is little more than a PR exercise The day after the insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January, Facebook suspended Donald Trump’s account indefinitely. Two things about this decision are interesting. The first is that, as Will …

Forget the furore over Trump – Facebook is interested only in maintaining its monopoly | John Naughton Read More »

Social network allowing dangerous Covid theories to be shared, says Bureau of Investigative Journalism Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Facebook is allowing users to profit from the spread of potentially dangerous false theories and misinformation about the pandemic and vaccines, including deploying money-raising tools on pages with content flagged up by …

Facebook ‘still making money from anti-vax sites’ Read More »

Jeff Bezos’s company is set for sales topping $100bn last quarter, and while rivals are nibbling, its position looks secure The earliest references to the “one-stop shop” emerged during the first decades of 20th century as the fast-growing US economy spurred rapid retail innovation. A single location for various products provides obvious benefits: removing the …

Mighty Amazon looks all but unassailable as Covid continues Read More »