Silicon Valley companies (and governments) already surreptitiously gather as much data on us as they can and use it in ways we’d rather they didn’t. How sure can we be that our random and personal thoughts won’t be captured and studied alongside the instructions we want to give the technology?
This week on the lightest start you’ll get all week — iPhone launches some niftly smartphone camera lenses, He-Man will be back, Elon still wants to nuke Mars, and we need this new Dualshock 4 colour.
Arresting this incline will be the first step towards a sustainable system of international travel – but how could it be done? A frequent flyer tax would be relatively easy to implement but it could mean the richest can still afford to fly while the poorest are priced out.
It’s time for another entry in the annals of Need for Speed. The next title to peel forth from Electronic Arts’ digital garage is Need for Speed Heat, an open-world racer set in the fictional Palm City. But we’ve played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, we know what an analogue of Miami looks like
With the rise of internet juggernauts Google, Facebook, Amazon and others, this insight seems obvious now. But over the past two decades, a fundamentally new business model emerged which even Castells had not foreseen – one in which attracting users onto digital platforms takes precedence over everything else, including what the user might say, do, or buy on that platform.
Kids these days, eh? Can’t even take away their smart devices, and they go ahead and access social platforms and tweet from smart-home devices
It’s not the first but hopefully it’s the last. Huawei’s Mate X folding smartphone has suffered yet another delay, according to a report from TechRadar. Though it was slated for a September release this year, the Mate X has been pushed back even further
if you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at flying a race-spec drone, now’s your chance. The Drone Racing League is offering an at-home version of its DRL Racer4 drone, the unit being raced in this season’s fixtures.
Journalist Eve Livingston’s recent article for The Face examines the many social and cultural features of Scottish Twitter. But the fact it has provided a medium for written Scots language to evolve in a way that wasn’t possible before the advent of social media is equally fascinating.
Still keen on Apple’s doomed AirPower charger? Mophie’s gone and made the next best thing. The accessories-maker has come out with its own 3-in-1 wireless charging pad. The only downside? It’s a little less smart than the AirPower was supposed to be.