A visual neuroscientist realized he saw green and blue differently to his wife. He designed an interactive site that has received over 1.5m visits It started with an argument over a blanket. “I’m a visual neuroscientist, and my wife, Dr Marissé Masis-Solano, is an ophthalmologist,” says Dr Patrick Mineault, designer of the viral web app …
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TikTok to assert the law targeting it is a breach of the first amendment protecting freedom of speech TikTok will take its case against a threatened US ban to a federal court on Monday where it will argue that a law targeting the video platform is “unconstitutional”. In April Joe Biden formally introduced a law …
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iPhone upgrade joined by watchOS 11, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, adding new features to Apple’s devices Apple will release software updates for its iPhone, iPad, Mac and smartwatch on Monday, adding new features and designs for compatible devices. Announced at the company’s developer conference in June, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11 and macOS …
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The modern world just isn’t set up for non-smartphone users, but after a few faltering steps away from mine, my life changed My 16th birthday was a big deal. Not only was I allowed to throw a party at my dad’s, I was also given a brand new mobile phone. I was giddy. Back in …
Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official tally Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But as the rise of artificial intelligence creates ever bigger energy demands, it’s getting hard for the industry to hide the true …
Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Read More »
A Brazilian justice ordering the platform to be blocked until it complies with state laws is a first among non-autocratic nations At 10 minutes past midnight on 31 August, Elon Musk’s X (nee Twitter) went dark in Brazil, a country of more than 200 million souls, many of them enthusiastic users of online services. The …
The SpaceX boss has envisioned people staying on the red planet in a self-sustaining city in 20 years Almost buried beneath a recent avalanche of rightwing invective posted by Elon Musk on the platform he owns, X, was one eye-popping statement that made space watchers sit up and take notice: an assertion that humans could …
Musk says humans can be on Mars in four years. Many laugh, but some see purpose Read More »
Roasting can be really brutal, but at least if we inflict it on ourselves, we can get ahead of the joke A friend recently shared a comment someone had made about her online. Sophie was a middle-aged, never-was influencer, in this stranger’s estimation, who exploited her children and alienated everyone she met. As I debated …
What’s so funny about getting an AI app to give you a roasting? Read More »
A controversial tweet may make it to the news, but reading every post from the world’s richest man shows how frenzied and extreme he really is It’s just after midnight mountain standard time in the US on 13 August when Elon Musk makes his first post of the day on X, the platform he bought …
A day in Elon Musk’s mind: 145 tweets with election conspiracies and emojis Read More »
Customers are coming to Preston’s Spud Bros from as far away as Australia thanks to a revival of the humble jacket potato on social media The humble baked potato is enjoying a renaissance, with TikTok algorithms bringing the stuffed spud to new audiences and transforming this once-tired classic into the lunch of the moment. Young …
Fresh starch: how TikTok helped spark a baked potato revival in the UK Read More »
