Author Archives
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Smartphones that charge in five minutes ‘could arrive next year’
Smartphones with batteries that fully charge in five minutes could be available to consumers next year. The technology was first shown off in 2015, when Israeli start-up StoreDot demonstrated its FlashBattery at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Chief… Read More ›
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The child being abused in a cobalt mine…
The kid in the middle of this photo is 8 years old, his name is Dorsen, and the man next to him is threatening to hit him if he screws up again. They are both standing in the pouring rain,… Read More ›
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Why did eBay side with the buyer?
I sold a non-working Apple MacBook on eBay for spares for repairs. With a lot of bids it went for £460. After I sent the item off, the buyer asked for a return and refund as, he said, it did not… Read More ›
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Diving into 1000 Mousetraps
One of the most (choose your word) things I have ever seen.
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F**k Photojournalism
Let me take you back to 2016, when it was revealed that Steve McCurry had been manipulating images for an astoundingly long time. And these were no small manipulations; entire people were being removed from photos. Like Datta, McCurry was… Read More ›
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ExoMount CD Car Mount
More and more states are passing laws prohibiting holding phones while driving, making car mounts all the more necessary. Your GPS just isn’t something you’re all that likely to give up, and sometimes you really do have to make calls… Read More ›
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FilmLab lets you digitise analogue film with your phone
When you first point FilmLab at some film, it automatically detects the photos, and gives you a real-time preview of what negatives will look like as positives. You can tap a frame, and it will zoom in to fill the… Read More ›
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Next cyber-attack could be imminent, warn experts
Another major cyber-attack could be imminent after Friday’s global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer systems, security experts have warned. UK security researcher “MalwareTech”, who helped to limit the ransomware attack, predicted “another one coming… quite likely on Monday”…… Read More ›
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They didn’t suddenly get converted
We have this perception that young people are more liberal or left leaning. And more open to equality and diversity. But where do you think all the older people who aren’t that way come from? They didn’t suddenly get converted…. Read More ›
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Where did the time go?
I snapped the above photo a couple of months after starting my first mobile tech website, ClieWorld. My son is 17 year’s old today. Where did the time go???
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