After 4,500 folds the screen is pristine, the device is useful and the wow factor hasn’t worn off Are phones that unfold into tablets really the future of mobiles? And is flexible screen technology really ready for prime time? I spent four months with the £1,800 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 to find out. The …
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Soo Youn is considering giving up the apps. She speaks to those who have already taken the plunge – with liberating results My memory and recall are alarmingly good – borderline photographic. But when I used Instagram, I found it would short-circuit my recall in an alarming way. I’d be describing something mid-sentence and I’d …
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Genetic testing company with 10 million customers’ data has ‘huge cybersecurity implications’ The genetic testing company 23andMe will go public through a partnership with a firm backed by the billionaire Richard Branson, in a deal that has raised fresh privacy questions about the information of millions of customers. Launched in 2006, 23andMe sells tests to …
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Libya, Palestine and Syria near top in online searches for bitcoin and other digital forms of money, analysis finds People in the world’s major conflict zones are turning to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin as soaring values and the backing of super-rich investors make them more attractive. Online searches for bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin have increased …
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A lawyer showed up to virtual court in the 394th district of Texas with a kitten filter turned on, the cat moving its lips and eyes, as Rod Ponton said he and his assistant were attempting to remove the filter during the court case. The judge later posted the snipped and wrote: ‘If a child …
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Since Spotlight’s launch, the app has been giving ordinary users a share of $1m daily for popular content Pet influencers are nothing new on social media. From Marnie the shih tzu (RIP) to Grumpy Cat (also RIP), there’s a long history of animals becoming famous on the internet – and their owners making a quick …
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Hackers claim to have copied source code for a number of CD Projekt’s biggest games The company behind troubled gaming blockbuster Cyberpunk 2077 has been hit by a ransomware attack, it has said. In a post to its Twitter feed on Tuesday, CD Projekt, the Polish developers, shared the ransom note left by the hackers, …
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Company will remove posts with false claims and groups with repeated violations will be shut down Facebook has banned misinformation about all vaccines following years of harmful, unfounded health claims proliferating on its platform. As part of its policy on Covid-19-related misinformation, Facebook will now remove posts with false claims about all vaccines, the company …
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They’re not quite as good as new but the phones are cheaper, more sustainable and now available at the supermarket in Australia Buying new smartphones gets worse for the wallet every year. Back in 2008, the first generation iPhone cost about $700. The tenth generation started at $1,549. Today, the top-shelf iPhone 12 Pro Max …
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Elon Musk has helped to drive popularity of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and dogecoin Tesla, the electric car company run by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, revealed on Monday that it had bought $1.5bn (£1.1bn) in bitcoin and said it might soon accept payment in the popular but controversial cryptocurrency. News of Tesla’s investment in …
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