The mobile phones we loved then lost will go on show in Finland and online to reveal history of bestselling brand “Everyone remembers their first Nokia,” says Mark Mason, who joined the telecoms company’s design team back in its 1990s heyday. “When you say the name, it evokes a memory.” This is not as hyperbolic …
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One far-right cell wanted to use 3D-printed guns to cause ‘maximum confusion and fear’ on the streets of Finland. Could the police intercept them in time? Long before he started making guns with a 3D printer, Viljam Nyman was a kid who was bullied. In a document police later found on his computer, titled “The …
FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government Silicon Valley poured more than $394.1m into the US presidential election this year, according to a Guardian analysis, the bulk of it coming from an enormous donation of about $243m Elon Musk made to Donald …
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The billionaire, having helped Trump regain the White House, is reportedly turning his interest to Britain Elon Musk appears to have many obsessions. The world’s richest man is evangelical about electric vehicles, space travel and Donald Trump. Another of his interests may yet have profound consequences for the UK: British politics. The billionaire is reported …
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Sales of Elon Musk-owned carmaker have chalked up an annual drop of nearly 21%, as the overall EV sector growth weakens Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Elon Musk may be riding high in the US with Donald Trump just weeks away from taking office, but fortunes of his electric …
SpaceX head has had Trump’s ear since election, and Israel hopes he can convince president-elect to pursue a deal Israel has sought to enlist Elon Musk’s help in reviving hostage negotiations with Hamas, according to reports in US media. Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, called the billionaire tech entrepreneur earlier this week to ask for his …
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Musk bolstered Pac with $20.5m ahead of election while late supreme court justice’s family denounced it as ‘appalling’ Elon Musk has emerged as the sole financial architect behind a provocative political action committee that appropriated the name of late US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to bolster Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to federal …
Decision is latest twist in a years-long battle between the social media company and the US government TikTok is one step closer to facing a ban in the US. A federal appeals court ruled on Friday to uphold a law that forces the hugely popular social media company to sell its assets to a US …
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This latest piece of modern vintage hardware from Retro Games Ltd makes for an astonishingly nostalgic experience The first time I played on a ZX Spectrum was at the Stockport branch of Debenhams, which in 1983 had an impressive home computer section that quickly turned into a sort of free creche for bored 13-year-old boys. …
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Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people’s age, disability, marital status and nationality, the Guardian can reveal. An internal assessment of a machine-learning …
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