Amazon buys Ring video – CNET
Reuters says Amazon will acquire Ring for over $1 billion, but watchdogs are worried the purchase could suffocate the smart doorbell space. Source: CNet News
View ArticleFacebook shares the key to being a top workplace – CNET
The company’s been named the best place to work by jobs site Glassdoor three years in a row. What helped get it there? It’s more than the free food. Source: CNet News
View ArticleTakata airbags flaw leads to historic Australian recall – Roadshow
Over 2 million vehicles in Australia will be recalled by Dec. 31, 2020 in what is the first compulsory recall in the country’s history. Source: CNet News
View ArticleGoogle's 'bro culture' meant routine sexual harassment of women, suit says
Former employee alleges she was subject to ‘lewd comments, pranks and even physical violence’ on daily basisGoogle has a “bro-culture” that allowed the daily sexual harassment of a female software...
View ArticleThe best new Android and iPhone games for 2018
Step away from Candy Crush with Alto’s Odyssey, Final Fantasy XV, The Room: Old Sins and more new mobile games to tryiPhone, £4.99 Continue reading… Source: TheGuardian
View ArticleFantasy miniatures bring roaring success to UK's Games Workshop
From The Hobbit to Warhammer, world of elves, orcs and ogres have made model-maker a stock market hitIt is usually forbidden for quoted companies to cash in on bloodthirsty conflicts fought by armed...
View ArticleAir taxis: we have lift-off…
Individual journeys by air – to work, to the airport, between cities – may feature in the not-too-distant futureLast month Airbus released a video of the first successful test flight of its electric...
View ArticleHome Office warned over plans to block immigration data access for EU citizens
Digital rights campaigners write to Amber Rudd threatening legal action on data protection billPlans to deny millions of people the right to access immigration data held on them by the Home Office are...
View ArticleHow a Tory MP's tweeted apology proves Labour are still winning at social media
Ben Bradley’s apology to Jeremy Corbyn was retweeted 55,000 times. Is social media the future of political recourse?Congratulations to Ben Bradley, Conservative MP for Mansfield, who, in little over a...
View ArticleScan and go: Co-op shoppers to avoid tills with phone app
Technology expected to be rolled out this summer raises fears for retail jobsThe Co-op is set to roll out technology that allows shoppers to scan and pay for items on their smartphone while they shop,...
View ArticleAustralian scientists move closer to world-beating quantum computer
Led by Australian of the year Michelle Simmons, team has built qubits from single phosphorus atoms in siliconAustralian scientists, led by Australian of the year Michelle Simmons, have made a...
View ArticleWhen death pings: Chips with Everything podcast
Would you download an app that sends you a reminder five times a day that you’re going to die? Some people are doing exactly that. This week, Jordan Erica Webber attempts to figure out why we need this...
View ArticleeSports analyst receives death threats after thanking men on women's day
Soe Gschwind-Penski’s women’s day tweet prompts online abuseOverwatch host doubles down on praise of male allies in responseA prominent eSports commentator revealed on Thursday that she received “death...
View ArticleBombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story review – a remarkable double life
By day, a glamorous film star, by night a technology pioneerIt is, as one interviewee says, the ultimate “crime fighter by night” story. By day, Hedy Lamarr was the most glamorous star in Hollywood. By...
View ArticleHow video games are fuelling the rise of the far right | Alfie Brown
Violent, isolationist and misogynist desires course through games – and push rightwing ideologies on playersDonald Trump’s claim, in the aftermath of the Florida school shooting, that these events are...
View ArticleMyanmar: UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred of Rohingya
‘Facebook has now turned into a beast’, says United Nations investigator, calling network a vehicle for ‘acrimony, dissension and conflict’ Facebook has been blamed by UN investigators for playing a...
View ArticleFrom kickass heroine to soppy student snowflake: the many lives of Lara Croft
Hot pants in the tundra? As Tomb Raider hits cinemas, Lara Croft’s writers and developers explain her evolution from pneumatic bait for teenage boys to global sensation – and reveal why motherhood may...
View ArticleMeet the tech evangelist who now fears for our mental health
Belinda Parmar was a passionate advocate of the digital revolution – but has started keeping her family’s smartphones and laptops locked away to protect her loved ones. Is she right to be so worried?In...
View ArticleFake news is Twitter's flu: Chips with Everything podcast
This month, MIT scientists published a paper that found lies spread six times faster than real news on Twitter. This week, Jordan Erica Webber tries to understand why this happensSubscribe and review:...
View ArticleAdrian Lamo, hacker who turned in Chelsea Manning, dies aged 37
Lamo testified about Manning’s release of documents to WikiLeaksCause of death was not immediately known Adrian Lamo, the computer hacker who turned in whistleblower Chelsea Manning to law enforcement,...
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