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I’m off in my shopping time machine back to the mid 80s
Memories…
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What our dogs think about love, lust and laughter
Why do dogs get separation anxiety?Strictly speaking, most of them don’t, according to Petrina Firth, director of the company The Pet Coach and a specialist in the condition. She says she has only met one dog in her career with… Read More ›
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Do we have free will?
The question of free will is still hotly debated. On the one hand, we clearly experience ourselves as able to make choices and freely act on them. If you fancy some crisps, you can choose to walk into a shop,… Read More ›
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Is your smartphone camera lying to you?
I was genuinely shocked by some of the contents in the above video. The problem is that a lot of it makes sense and seems perfectly feasible, especially the moon part.
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Trans swimmer Lia Thomas smashes two US women’s records
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has broken United States records in two races over the weekend. The 22-year-old student from Austin, Texas, competed in the Zippy Invitational in Ohio where she smashed two records in the 200m and 500m freestyles… More… Read More ›
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TV is on the way out
I suspect that live TV makes up less than 5% of my screen viewing these days. It’s incredible how quickly this huge change has occurred for me. The above image was originally tweeted here.
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Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone
A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring tried to make the future before it was ready. This… Read More ›
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If Johnson stays after this, I give up
People could not visit their elderly relatives in care homes last December, they could not spend a last Christmas with relatives who subsequently died in January and later. None of us could have a normal Christmas and life was miserable… Read More ›
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Limit the iPhone 13 Pro refresh rate (dizziness)
I noticed something strange yesterday. On my iPad Air (2020) I am not suffering dizziness when scrolling up and down, but I am on my iPhone 13 Pro. I initially wondered if it was the screen size, but then I… Read More ›
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Google Pixel Watch renders
These slides come courtesy of Jon Prosser, highlighting the watch’s circular display with a bezel-less design and how it will bring “unity to hardware and software.” The circular knob on the right of the smartwatch could be helpful while scrolling… Read More ›
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