Matthew Hardy so frightened some of his victims that they slept with weapons. Although he was known to the police – and even prosecuted – it was more than a decade before he was jailed The conversations always started the same way. A woman would get a message from a social media user. It would …
ESA project aims to harness power of smartphones to match atmospheric conditions to weather on ground Even with supercomputers, accurate weather forecasting is still one of science’s most difficult challenges. We are all familiar with the feeling of being let down having planned a trip based on the forecast only to find it was wrong. …
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Three-year-olds are on the video-sharing platform and it may be affecting their attention span British toddlers are increasingly likely to be users of TikTok, with a substantial number of parents saying their preschool children use the video service despite the app supposedly being restricted to those aged 13 and older. About 16% of three- and …
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Gaming company, which faces further lawsuits, agrees to take steps to prevent and address discrimination and harassment A US judge has approved an $18m settlement between Activision Blizzard and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, bringing one of several discrimination lawsuits against the gaming company to a close. During a hearing on Tuesday, US district judge …
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Subscription offers games for low fee as tech firms compete to establish Netflix-style streaming service Sony is preparing to launch a PlayStation competitor to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, kick-starting a race between the console firms to establish a Netflix-style service for gaming. The service will offer a wide selection of titles for a low monthly …
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Run out of cyan? Help could be at hand as the takeaway delivery company teams up with WH Smith to get your home printer working again Pass notes: Printer ink. Age: Ink has been around for yonks, since early folks started using soot to draw pictures on the walls of their caves. The history of …
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They are low-tech and hard to text on, but the simplicity is comforting. I was a devotee for years and can see the appeal I was never ideologically opposed to smartphones. Or, at least, I wasn’t at first. It all began one spring afternoon in 2006, when a group of friends and I were mugged. …
Jim Carrey reprises his role as baddy Robotnik and Idris Elba plays spiny anteater Knuckles in Sonic’s so-so second coming Before the screening of this sequel to 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog started, a representative from the film company asked us to please not spoil any of the film’s big surprises. Human nature being what it …
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Psychologists find biggest effects in girls aged 11-13, while boys’ most vulnerable age seems to be 14-15 Social media may affect the wellbeing of girls and boys at different ages, according to research that raises the prospect of windows of vulnerability in adolescence. Psychologists found that girls who increased their time on social media between …
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