Kim Dotcom seeks topnotch chef and counter-intelligence staff for new house
Dotcom, a German national with New Zealand residency, has moved from Auckland to the tourist hub of QueenstownKim Dotcom, the founder of file-sharing company Megaupload, is advertising for live-in...
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Some claim they can stop your contactless cards being scanned – or is it just scaremongering?Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a...
View ArticleAC Invacar Model 70 review: ‘Terrifying but exhilarating’ | Martin Love
The ice-blue three-wheel invalid carriage that was such a feature of the 1970s rides again in a heroic adventureAC Invacar Model 70Year 1972Engine 493cc Top speed 82mph (surely not!)Having dragged this...
View ArticleWindows 10 April 2018 update: everything you need to know
Microsoft has released the latest version of Windows 10, adding improvements to task management, Cortana, Edge and sharingThe next version of Windows 10 is finally ready to download as a free update...
View ArticleVictoria threatens to pull out of facial recognition scheme citing fears of...
Identity matching bill provides ‘significant scope’ for minister to expand powers, state warnsVictoria has threatened to pull out of a state and federal government agreement for the home affairs...
View ArticleFacebook's dating app is finally making privacy invasion sexy
I, for one, can’t wait for Facebook’s new service. Where better to point a powerful surveillance tool than our love lives? Thank God Facebook is finally offering a dating app. Who better to entrust...
View ArticleChina's Xiaomi set to raise $10bn on Hong Kong stock exchange
Smartphone firm’s flotation could be world’s largest initial public offering in years valuing company at $100bnThe Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is reportedly seeking to raise at least $10bn by...
View ArticleHarry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery review: a shameless shake-down
iPhone, Android; Jam City/Portkey GamesAfter drawing in the Potterites with a enchanting start, this game refuses to let you play unless you pay up. It’s dull, dismaying and deeply cynicalThere’s about...
View ArticleBending time: The hidden dimension of time-lapse photography – video
Guardian Australia heads to the picturesque foreshores of Sydney Harbour to discuss the art of time-lapse photography with Matthew Vandeputte, a Belgian-born photographer who has made a name for...
View ArticleNo death and an enhanced life: Is the future transhuman?
The 21st century tech revolution is transforming human lives across the globeThe aims of the transhumanist movement are summed up by Mark O’Connell in his book To Be a Machine, which last week won the...
View ArticleWikipedia: the most cited authors revealed to be three Australian scientists
Trio who wrote climate paper had no idea they were referenced more than 2.8 million timesAn academic paper on global climate zones written by three Australians more than a decade ago has been named the...
View ArticleFounder of Worms maker Team17 in line for £50m windfall
Debbie Bestwick will sell up to half her shares when Yorkshire-based video games firm floatsThe founder of the Yorkshire-based video games company behind hits such as Worms is set for a £50m windfall...
View ArticleFrom solar-powered shirts to drunken droids: what the smarthome will look like
Can a robot fold towels? Could your toaster turn against you? And will Amazon know when you’re hungry and drone-deliver a Chinese takeaway directly to your mouth? Find out as we step into the home of...
View ArticleGoogle’s AI program DeepMind learns human navigation skills
Google’s AI beat humans at a game that involved racing around an unfamiliar virtual environmentNotch up another win for the robots: the latest program from Google’s artificial intelligence group,...
View ArticleFake terror attacks: why are the frightening pranks going viral?
A fake Isis attack in an Iranian mall is the latest example of extreme YouTube pranks, a trend driven by American teensIt sounds like another terrifying story of insurgent terrorism in the Middle East:...
View ArticleElectric dreams of Philip K Dickleburgh | Brief letters
Georgina Chapman | In the Night Garden | Smart Compose | Philip K Dick | SuguruNo criticism of Georgina Chapman (‘I was so humiliated and so broken’, 11 May), but of the Guardian. Again you show an...
View ArticleVolvo XC40: ‘It has the swagger of a vehicle born to win’ | Martin Love
Volvo’s chunky little crossover has a big future ahead of itVolvo XC40 Price £34,9700-62mph 7.9 secondsTop speed 130mphMPG 56.5CO2 127g/kmOfficially, this is the best car made in Europe this year. At a...
View ArticleAustralian regulator investigates Google data harvesting from Android phones
Australians are reportedly paying their telco providers for the data harvested by tech giantThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will investigate reports Google harvests huge amounts of...
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View ArticleYanny or Laurel? Sound 'illusion' sets off ear-splitting arguments
Audio clip features voice repeating one word – but which one do you hear? A short audio clip of a computer-generated voice has become the most divisive subject on the internet since the gold/blue dress...
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