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Automated lane-keeping systems likely to be allowed only when traffic is moving slowly Motorists could legally allow their cars to “self-drive” on British motorways later this year – but only slowly, the government has announced. Drivers could soon be allowed to read a newspaper or watch a film via the car’s built-in screen in periods …

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Setting means iPhone users can stop advertisers following their digital lives – to the ire of Facebook Users of iPhones can now prevent advertisers tracking them across their apps, after the release of the latest software update from Apple introduced the controversial feature despite the protests of Facebook and the advertising industry. The update, iOS …

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Designer living in Buenos Aires says he snapped up google.com.ar after noticing it available in registry Google’s entire web presence in Argentina was last week briefly redirected to the website of a 30-year-old designer who bought the company’s domain name for just £2. Nicolas Kuroña, a resident of Buenos Aires, says he noticed that the …

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Researchers are going on a bear hunt, using AI and radar to spot dens and track the threatened Arctic predators Genghis Khan got his dying wish: despite attempts by archaeologists and scientists to find the Mongolian ruler’s final resting place, the location remains a secret 800 years after his death. The search for his tomb, …

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Car company makes $438m on revenues of $10.39bn Delivery doubled to 184,800 vehicles in early 2021 Tesla announced a record quarterly profit on Monday as sales of its electric vehicles boomed in the first three months of year. Related: Tesla crash: investigators ‘100% sure’ no one driving car in fatal Texas incident Continue reading… Car …

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In the century since the first on-air report in 1921, meteorologists have – almost – got the science of forecasting down to a fine art Exactly 100 years ago today, at 10.05am on 26 April 1921, an unassuming cleric and academic, Rev William F Robison, the president of St Louis University, made history as the …

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How am I supposed to wean my children off screens when they know I’m addicted too? It started, last March, as an act of necessity – sticking the kids on iPads all day so I could make a hard deadline that fell six weeks into lockdown. There was no way around this; at five years …

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37m people use the gaming platform every day in search of adventure – and for teenagers exploring their gender identity, it is also a place of liberation When she was a child, Hannah discovered two portals to other worlds. The first was her Nintendo 64, which could transport her to the dark dungeons of Zelda …

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Big, fast screen, flagship chip, long battery life and slick experience – but a few corners cut to save money The OnePlus 9 offers the same top-performance, slick experience and long battery life as the firm’s best phone but with a few corners cut to slice £200 off the price. The £629 handset looks almost …

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Such an update would be another signal that Covid lockdown entertainment boom is over Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Spotify is expected to report this week a significant slowdown in the number of new subscribers in the first quarter, the latest pandemic winner to signal that the lockdown entertainment boom is …

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