Disney+ has added enhanced Imax versions of a selection of Marvel adventures but does it make a shred of difference? It was not so long ago, children, that a person desiring to watch a movie at their leisure had no choice but to purchase a round, shiny object called a Digital Video Disc. The early …
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Top-priced, big screen, two-day battery life and cracking cameras – but just too heavy to beat the best Apple’s latest super-sized smartphone is a beast in all directions, but is bigger really better? The iPhone 13 Pro Max is Apple’s most expensive smartphone, starting at £1,049 ($1,099/A$1,849) – at least £100 more than other models. …
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Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world caught up with his online activities. By Huib Modderkolk Continue reading… Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world …
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Tesla founder responds to senator’s ‘fair share’ tweet Musk sold nearly $7bn of stock after controversial Twitter poll Biden approval ratings plunge amid crisis over inflation Elon Musk waded into yet another Twitter controversy on Sunday, the Tesla owner and world’s richest person responding to a tweet about tax from Senator Bernie Sanders by writing: …
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We are told these members-only groups are the beginnings of Web 3.0. Are they all they are hyped up to be? I have seen the light, and I was not convinced. This month, I was invited to a party hosted by Friends With Benefits, an exclusive club of artists and investors who have access to …
The UK automotive industry will need a large local supply of battery capacity. If it does not get it, it could shrink quickly The end of the internal combustion engine was one of the goals identified by Boris Johnson before Cop26. The climate summit in Glasgow has delivered in part – some manufacturers and a …
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In the future, will we find a better way to live, or will our homes be taken over by surveillance and despotic appliances? Imagine, if you can, a small, bluish room. Wires, screens, sensors. A few keepsakes from the old world. The room’s fleshy inhabitant, confined indoors by a zoonotic pandemic, greenwashes a data-mining company …
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Companies offering remote monitoring software are booming. But spying on your employees is no way to treat people A year ago, while still in the grips of the pandemic, workers at many businesses – small and large – were continuing to work from home mostly due to either government or corporate mandates. Now, as the …
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The machine learning outfit’s foray into pharmaceuticals could be very useful, but its grand claims should be taken with a pinch of salt The most interesting development of the week had nothing to do with Facebook or even Google losing its appeal against a €2.4bn fine from the European commission for abusing its monopoly of …
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How do musician Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie get everyone from popstars to politicians to tell all on their podcast? They cook them lunch If the British media are still looking for the new Jeremy Paxman, she’s been hiding in plain sight under our noses for four years now: a Jewish grandma with sciatica …
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