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For some reason, Facebook thinks you’ve been craving VR meetings

Yesterday, a CBS tweet caused all manner of speculations as it promised a “special announcement about the future of Facebook.”  The announcement may as well...

Huawei chairman claims company will one day regain “smartphone throne”

You’ve got to admire the optimism. Huawei chairman Guo Ping is clearly a man who doesn’t so much view the glass as half empty,...

Welcome to lockdown: Remote working apps ranked (from coolest to Microsoft Teams)

Welcome to lockdown! While working remotely has its upsides - no commute, turn up in your sweatpants, get through a few loads of washing...

From phones to bones: Study shows the potential health impact of lead mining

There are many problems with the marketer's dream that smartphones should be upgraded every two years, with ethical violations at practically every point on...

Surprise, surprise: social media incentivises outrage, researchers find

Right up there with previous studies confirming that pigs like mud and that breakfast cereals pair well with milk, a new paper shows something...

Google could have a foldable Pixel 6 in the works

A few weeks ago, Google surprised everyone by tweeting the first details of its Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones without any prompting...

This imitation Netflix is a tribute to the best fake movies

For plenty of us, actually watching stuff on Netflix is a surprisingly small percentage of time spent on the app. The rest is spent...

Colourful MacBook Airs could be on the way

If you go to buy a MacBook Air today, you have three choices: space grey (grey), silver (shiny grey) or gold (ostentatiously not grey)....

Twitter – growing up in public

If you want to download the Twitter app on iOS you’ll find it in the App Store in the News category, where it’s currently...

Doctors trial artificial intelligence that promises to spot dementia in a day

While artificial intelligence (AI) is being applied almost everywhere, by far the most exciting field for my money is medicine. AI’s inhuman ability to...