Month: April 2022

Scams relating to digital ‘coins’ are growing – but data reveals authorities are making record seizures of assets too In July 2021, specialist police officers in Manchester swooped on an international cryptocurrency scam, seizing USB sticks and an online safe containing £16m worth of digital coins, mostly ethereum. A month earlier, Leicestershire police had confiscated …

Crypto-crimewave forces police online to pursue ill-gotten assets Read More »

The controversial billionaire may find that buying the platform exposes him to a whole new world of legal problems Contained within 95 pages of dense legal jargon, the warning from Twitter to Elon Musk was clear: don’t use your considerable power on the social media platform to attack the company. The world’s richest man and …

The price of free speech: why Elon Musk’s $44bn vision for Twitter could fall apart Read More »

Firm to pay staff in US, UK and other countries flat rates regardless of their region’s living costs Airbnb staff will be able to work from almost anywhere they want, the company has announced, and they won’t see their pay docked if they move outside metropolitan areas. The new model will apply to staff in …

Airbnb embraces home working with location-blind equal pay model Read More »

Unplugging equipment normally left on standby may not save consumers as much cash as hoped As the cost-of-living crisis bites, and households look for any opportunity to cut the bills, headlines suggesting consumers can save hundreds of pounds just by turning off unused chargers have been an appealing prospect. But, experts say, such claims about …

Impact of energy-draining ‘vampire devices’ overstated, says tech expert Read More »

More sophisticated AI means space agencies should not use public funds for risky human missions, says Lord Martin Rees The world’s space agencies should scrap plans to send astronauts to the moon and Mars and leave them to explorers and billionaires who can privately fund and risk such adventures, the astronomer royal says. Lord Martin …

Leave space missions to billionaires and robots, says astronomer royal Read More »

James Ball spends countless hours a week staring at his iPhone. Would a fortnight with just old-school text messages and games of Snake shake him out of it? Plus! Five tips for resetting your tech life One Monday morning early this year, bleary-eyed and getting ready for work, I am interrupted by a notification on …

Two weeks, no smartphone: how I tried – and failed – to kick my screen addiction Read More »

A spontaneous snap in Iceland in the first week of lockdown has taken on a new significance for the Canadian photographer Pre-pandemic, Canadian Jessica Auer split her time between Montreal and east Iceland. She was living in the former when the city announced its first lockdown in March 2020 and so, not knowing what lay …

‘It looks like a river, but it’s actually the sea’: Jessica Auer’s best phone picture Read More »

If you keep precious camera moments locked away on a mobile they are at risk of being lost Photos are precious records of our lives, and as the summer kicks off many of us will be adding to our collection as we enjoy holidays and celebrate special occasions. For many of us, however, these pictures …

Picture perfect: how to take, store and print photos from your phone Read More »

Naked Wolfe’s six-inch ‘Spice’ platform boots have topped Lyst’s ‘heat’ index and been a hit with Tik Tok users and celebrities alike You might think that unfeasibly high, pumped-up platform boots by the London-based brand Naked Wolfe would only enjoy niche appeal. At first glance, they look more at home with Camden’s cybergoths or Catwoman …

Platform for success: how TikTok has made one shoe brand the hottest on the planet Read More »

Demand for products emblazoned with ‘Theranos’ logo have soared with set of five pens selling for a eye-popping $150 Fans and followers of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes can now take home an expensive original piece of the company. On eBay, more than a dozen allegedly authentic products from the now-defunct Silicon Valley firm …

Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans Read More »