New documentary looks for a woman who was synonymous with typing in the 80s and 90s, with surprising results Before bashing out emails and text messages by thumb became an accepted form of communication, typing was a fully manual skill. In the 80s, “the office” was an exclusive preserve for freaks who could type 40 …
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Found-footage horror about YouTube pranksters turns into an online phenomenon, giving its star and creator a Hollywood inroad 2024 is already becoming something of a banner year for horror, with Longlegs making over $100m and Late Night with the Devil earning a whopping 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. And yet the breakout horror of the …
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New running headphones combine bone conduction and open-air speakers for more rounded sound So-called bone conduction headphones are a runner’s best friend, allowing you to be fully aware of the outside world while you listen to your motivational tunes. But the technology simply can’t generate decent bass – a problem that the open-ear headphone firm …
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A man in Washington state has trademarked the phrase – but all isn’t lost for Jools LeBron, legal experts say The creator behind TikTok’s “demure” catchphrase has become more mindful of US trademark law. Jools Lebron, an influencer with over 2 million followers on the app, became an overnight sensation after advising on how to …
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PlayStation 5, PC; Game SciencePrior to this release, few would have heard of Chinese developer Game Science, but the studio has produced a totally original epic Black Myth: Wukong is a video game obsessed with spectacle – but inspiring awe requires confidence. Such self-assuredness is a rarity in big-budget games, where concerns about mainstream palatability …
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Journalists are using artificial intelligence avatars to combat Maduro’s media crackdown since disputed election The Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, who spent some of his happiest years chronicling life in Caracas, once declared journalism “the best job in the world”. Not so if you are reporting on today’s Venezuela, where journalists are feeling the …
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Meta boss regrets bowing to government power and says he would not make the same choices today Business live – latest updates The Meta boss, Mark Zuckerberg, has said he regrets bowing to what he claims was pressure from the US government to censor posts about Covid on Facebook and Instagram during the pandemic. Zuckerberg …
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In this week’s newsletter: Pavel Durov’s detention by French authorities is a major break from the norm – but his low-moderation, non-encrypted app is an anomaly Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here So we’ve entered a world in which the CEOs of major social network are arrested …
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Curtis Priem has a vision for a quantum computing future and believes the area along the Hudson valley is fertile for the next tech boom The “quantum chandelier” that sits within a glass box in the chapel at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s campus in Troy, New York, is the symbolic centerpiece of an ambitious effort to …
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He has been praised for refusing to share data with the Kremlin. But if targeting CEOs worries Musk, Zuckerberg et al, so be it The shock arrest of Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov as he stepped off his private jet in Bourget airport near Paris over the weekend is a startling, unprecedented event: he faces …
