Top camera, Android 12 and Tensor chip but competitive pricing makes for a bargain The Pixel 6 is Google’s affordable flagship phone for 2021 and proves to be a leader in the field with a top-class camera and a new advanced chip at its heart – while undercutting most of the competition on price. The …
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A computer company for gamers says it filed to trademark the name a year ago Meta PCs, an Arizona-based company that sells computers, laptops and software for gamers was an unremarkable retail outfit a week ago. Then on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company would be changing its name to Meta and it …
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Some BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen-group vehicles will be able plug into Tesla charging stations in Netherlands Tesla is opening its charging network to other electric cars for the first time with a pilot programme in the Netherlands, as the world’s most valuable carmaker looks to bring electric vehicles into the mainstream. The programme will be …
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Twenty accounts and groups tracked by NewsGuard gained more than 370,000 followers over past year Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Misinformation and sceptical views about Covid-19 and vaccines has been allowed to spread on more than a dozen Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages and groups that together have gained 370,000 followers …
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Whistleblower says a new CEO should prioritise online safety over Meta restructure Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has delivered her strongest call yet for Mark Zuckerberg to step down as chief executive of his social media empire, saying the business will be better off with a leader who focuses on user safety. Frances Haugen said Facebook’s …
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Squid token’s website and social accounts disappear after price jumped more than 310,000% in value and then crashed The value of a cryptocurrency inspired by the popular Netflix series Squid Game collapsed on Monday less than two weeks after investors could start buying tokens. After jumping more than 310,000% in value as of Sunday night, …
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We document everything obsessively. And implicit in this compulsion is the suspicion that our lives are best understood at a distance – but what do we lose? This summer I bought two in-home security cameras. I told people I got them because my cat was sick, and I required on-demand proof he was still alive. …
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We now face as many as 2,167 messages a day from multiple apps. No wonder it sometimes all gets too much When Senait Lara, a 28-year-old video producer in Los Angeles, was confronted by her friends about her lack of communication in their group chat, the accusations were as follows: she only caught up every …
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