Second-gen Nest Hub avoids the user needing to wear a bracelet or headband and acts as smart alarm Google’s latest Nest Hub smart display tracks sleep with miniaturised radar without the user having to wear a bracelet or headband. The revamped 7in Google Assistant smart display is being repositioned as a smart alarm clock and …
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Electric carmaker’s submission to the government said grants for battery powered cars could be revenue-neutral Elon Musk’s Tesla lobbied the UK government to raise taxes on petrol and diesel cars in order to fund bigger subsidies for electric vehicles, alongside a ban on hybrids. The US electric car pioneer called for a rise in fuel …
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Washington Post reported on the study which confirmed what researchers have long argued about: the echo chamber effect A small subset of Facebook users is reportedly responsible for the majority of content expressing or encouraging skepticism about Covid-19 vaccines, according to early results from an internal Facebook study. The study, first reported by the Washington …
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BT is putting 4,000 phone boxes up for adoption. Many have already been turned into libraries, defibrillator stations, even tiny art galleries Name: Red telephone boxes. Age: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s original K2 design dates from 1924, but his smaller K6, from 1936, is the the more widespread. Continue reading… BT is putting 4,000 phone …
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Tweeting city’s name was enough for 12-hour suspension in apparent gaffe over personal information sharing Memphis, Tennessee, is a city with a storied past. A heartland of rock’n’roll, blues, gospel and country music, it’s the home of Graceland and FedEx, and a cornerstone of the civil rights movement. So it came as a surprise when …
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Black Girl Gamers, a sci-fi veteran and Swedish Fortnite star Loeya are just a few of the YouTube video-makers and Twitch streamers bringing diverse voices to the gaming sphere If you’re in a household with teenage video game players, you will know the sound of Twitch streamers and YouTubers. Right now, my sons seem to …
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Company’s financial chief has been rebranded ‘master of coin’ following £1bn bitcoin investment Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive of Tesla with a penchant for eccentric behaviour, has changed his job title to “technoking” of the electric car manufacturer. In addition to Musk, who also retains his position as chief executive, the company’s financial chief, …
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From a lack of broadband in Appalachia to obsolete devices distributed to poor urban families, the absence of reliable internet has meant a year of lost learning This series was reported by The74Million.org, a nonprofit education news site, in partnership with the Guardian The day her teenage daughter’s hair began to fall out, Eva Garcia …
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Figure makes digital payments firm the most valuable private business to come out of US tech hub The digital payments firm Stripe has been valued at $95bn after a funding round that makes the company the most valuable private business to come out of Silicon Valley. The company, which is dual-headquartered in San Francisco and …
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The departure of two members of the tech firm’s ethical artificial intelligence team exposes the conflict at the heart of its business model If I told you that an academic paper entitled “On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots” had caused an epochal row involving one of the most powerful companies in the world, you’d have …
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