Month: December 2021

Cybersecurity experts confirm that Bluetooth signals can in fact be intercepted. And old-school earbuds have a level of retro cool AirPods are bad, people. I’ve said it for years. In 2016, when Apple first debuted the overpriced accessories, I wrote that wireless headphones were like tampons without strings – missing the crucial feature that helps …

Kamala Harris is on to something: AirPods are bad, people | Julia Carrie Wong Read More »

The Information reports Apple CEO’s agreement will placate threats that would have hobbled its devices and services in the country Tim Cook, the chief executive of Apple, signed an agreement with Chinese officials, estimated to be worth about $275bn, to placate threats that would have hobbled its devices and services in the country, The Information …

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The Theranos founder’s fraud trial reminds us how obsessed Silicon Valley used to be with productivity. But has the pandemic changed things for the better? Everyone is just winging it. That’s one of the most valuable things I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older, but not particularly wiser: it doesn’t matter how successful or grown-up someone …

Up at 4am, meditating by 4.15: apart from all the money, why would anyone envy Elizabeth Holmes? | Arwa Mahdawi Read More »

Founder of blood testing company faces up to 20 years in prison over charges that she defrauded investors and patients Elizabeth Holmes will begin a sixth day on the stand Tuesday, testifying in her own defense in a widely followed trial centering around her now-defunct blood testing company Theranos. Holmes faces up to 20 years …

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I was hoping to earn my son’s respect by playing Sea of Thieves, but was hopelessly out of my depth My poop deck is on fire. I am taking on water below decks and some guy is screaming he is going to kill me. I am panicking, randomly picking up wooden planks, cannon balls, accordions …

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that this pirate game is full of hornswagglers | Dominik Diamond Read More »

Long before Auto-Tune and deepfake compositions, university professor Lejaren Hiller premiered a concert recital composed by a computer and became an overnight celebrity On the evening of 9 August 1956, a couple of hundred people squeezed into a student union lounge for a concert recital at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, about 130 miles outside …

‘He touched a nerve’: how the first piece of AI music was born in 1956 Read More »

PC, Xbox Series, Xbox One; Microsoft; 343 IndustriesThe engrossing flagship Xbox shooter returns with its fabled craggy supersoldier and plenty of style but not quite enough bang Twenty years since Halo: Combat Evolved, Master Chief is still “finishing the fight”. Made infamous by Halo 2’s premature cliffhanger ending, the line is uttered with zero irony …

Halo Infinite review – old-school blasting in sci-fi ‘Dad’ game Read More »

Drivers get protection but prices may rise as minicab firms in city told to contract directly with customers Uber will be forced to change its business model in London to contract directly with passengers who book, after a high court ruling that will affect all private hire operators in the capital. The judgment was hailed …

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Florida jury finds Wright, who claims to have invented the cryptocurrency, did not owe half of 1.1m bitcoins worth $50bn to another family Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of bitcoin, has prevailed in a civil trial against the …

Australian man Craig Wright wins US court battle for bitcoin fortune worth billions Read More »

Replacement routers put speedy wifi in every corner of the home for reliable work, video calls and films With wifi more important than ever for keeping your home working and your online entertainment up and running, it may be time to banish those irritating “not-spots” and make your broadband work everywhere in your home with …

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