Smart speaker ditches puck shape but keeps solid sound and function with or without LED clock display Amazon’s fourth-generation Echo Dot has evolved from its predecessors’ puck-like appearance into a small ball, shaking up the idea of what a small smart speaker can look like. The new Echo Dot is priced the same as the …
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While many smartphones are advertised as ‘water resistant’, this doesn’t mean they’re immune from water damage If you’ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you’re not alone. One study suggests 25% of smartphone users have damaged their smartphone with water or some other kind …
Want to go viral on Twitter? Steer clear of positive terms, Spanish researchers say You’ve treated your Twitter followers to a pithy 280-character comment about the government’s latest gaffe – but what gives your tweet the fuel to spread like wildfire? It’s how negative the tweet is, say researchers, that raises its chances of going …
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Oversight Board braced for onslaught of cases concerning issues including blasphemy and hate speech Facebook users can now appeal to the company’s quasi-independent Oversight Board to get bad posts removed, the body has announced, in a large expansion of its role just three months after it issued its first findings. From Tuesday, the Board, which …
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Several digital currencies surge a day before launch of Coinbase trading platform on Wall Street The value of the cryptocurrency bitcoin has surged to a record high, reaching $63,000 (£45,800). The cryptocurrency, which has risen in value by 450% in the last six months, continued to climb by a further 5% during trading on Tuesday. …
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Notebooks offer choice of Intel and AMD chips for first time, plus better webcams and mics for video calls Microsoft has announced the latest in its Windows 10 PC notebook series, the Surface Laptop 4, with a choice of AMD and Intel processors across all sizes for the first time. The Surface Laptop 4 comes …
We want to hear about the best Yahoo Answers posts you have encountered since it started in 2005 Since 2005, Yahoo Answers has been one of the longest-running platforms providing reader posted questions and answers. Last week it was announced that the platform would be shutting down on 4 May. To celebrate the best of …
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Richard Kind is compelling as the retiree seduced by a VR ‘companion’, but the film fails to do much with its rather familiar premise The face of American character actor Richard Kind – melancholy, hangdog, a little dyspeptic – is exactly right for this high-concept midlife satire from director and co-writer Matt Kane. It’s a …
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Juan Orlando Hernández falsely inflated his posts’ popularity for nearly a year after the company was informed about it Facebook allowed the president of Honduras to artificially inflate the appearance of popularity on his posts for nearly a year after the company was first alerted to the activity. The astroturfing – the digital equivalent of …
State-backed harassment campaign targets journalists and dissidents in authoritarian country Facebook has allowed a state-backed harassment campaign targeting independent news outlets and opposition politicians in Azerbaijan to return to its platform, less than six months after it banned the troll network. A Guardian investigation has revealed how Facebook allowed an arm of Azerbaijan’s ruling party, …
