Ron’s Gone Wrong can’t decide whether big tech is a problem or solution

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This is going to be a slightly different column than usual, as it focuses entirely on one movie — and a kid’s one at that. That’s not because I’ve run out...

Why the tech industry could do more to help close the gender gap

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In 1843, mathematician and writer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace wrote the first computer algorithm. It can only be assumed she would have expected all women to, one day, be...

I’m starting to hate true wireless earbuds

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AirPod owners aside, I have a question for you: does anybody really, actually like true wireless earbuds?  For those confused by the terminology, “true wireless” refers to those earphones without any kind...

Companies: stop trying to normalise mid-game snacking, please

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This week, I became aware of a product that 200,000 years of human evolution has led us to. The answer to a greasy gamepad isn’t wet wipes, soap or a mirror...

The Joe Rogan controversy and how Spotify may regret moving beyond music

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Facebook and Twitter are deeply reluctant to see themselves described as publishers. That isn’t because they’re sticklers for accuracy, but because if that classification were to stick, they would suddenly be...

What’s with all the weird tech collaborations in 2021?

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It’s nearly Christmas Party season, which makes it that magical time of year when, under the influence of alcohol and an excess of holiday spirit, people will end up shacking up...

Norton 360’s ‘Game Optimizer’ actually looks useful

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NortonLifeLock unveils Game Optimizer (called GO) as a new feature in the Norton 360 for Gamers pack. This feature helps clear power-hungry applications running in the background to free up computing...

We spent a day looking for Covid and Vaccine disinformation on Facebook: Here’s what...

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Like most of us who believe in science rather than crackpot conspiracy theories, I'd unfollowed the few Facebook friends who - out of the blue - started posting anti-vaccination rants.  But here...

The Samsung Galaxy S21 FE is still coming, but is late really better than...

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Samsung’s will-it, won’t-it drama with the Galaxy S21 FE has swung back once again to ‘will’. Over the weekend, two bits of fairly conclusive evidence popped up to back up the...

Is Facebook even worse than we imagined?

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Even those of us who follow the travails of Facebook closely were rocked earlier this month by the revelations uncovered by ex-Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen. Her testimony, and the internal...