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• Google dismantles Health unit, here we go again.

  By Shaun on August 25, 2021

  From consumer-facing products like sleep tracking tech with its Nest Hub smart home devices and Fitbit wearables to clinical initiatives like its Care Studio EHR search tool and its health AI work, Google has intensified its focus on health tech… Read More ›

• DDN

  By Shaun on August 25, 2021

  In an ever increasingly divided world, our job isn’t to drive people further apart with fear and fiction but bring them together with empathy and evidence Far too many Journalists sit comfortably trapped in their own bubble of privilege and… Read More ›

• What exactly is a ‘beater’ watch?

  By Shaun on August 25, 2021

  That the man uses a hefty gold watch worth in excess of $140,000 as his beater says a lot about how successful he is… Or perhaps the size of his cojones. Must be nice. Weighing in at 41mm and powered… Read More ›

• Hiding tech in everyday objects

  By Shaun on August 24, 2021

  The latest device from Ikea’s novel partnership with the wifi-speaker maker Sonos is a bit different: a speaker hidden in a picture frame. The Symfonisk picture frame costs £179 ($199) and joins Ikea’s other unusual speakers – one is in… Read More ›

• My Journey into QAnon

  By Shaun on August 24, 2021

  It started with an anonymous post in 2017. They called themselves ‘Q’ and left a trail of cryptic messages for an increasing number of followers to obsess over. Over the years, the conspiracy theory became a movement, crashing into mainstream… Read More ›

• The Segway did not change the world

  By Shaun on August 24, 2021

  The proposal quoted Steve Jobs saying the invention would be “as significant as the personal computer.” Jeff Bezos said it was “revolutionary.” But what was surprising about the book deal wasn’t merely the praise the invention and its inventor, Dean… Read More ›

• The Titanic’s Final Hours

  By Shaun on August 24, 2021

  In the hierarchy of the ship’s crew, the mail clerks were somewhere in the middle. Initially, they were housed in third-class quarters, and expected to take their meals with that group, but after some protest they were moved, and given… Read More ›

• How is the Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro possible?

  By Shaun on August 23, 2021

  If you want to buy a titanium Apple Watch series 6 you will pay a minimum of £749 for the 40mm edition. If you want to buy a traditional watch with sapphire glass you will pay approximately £350 as a… Read More ›

• This Is How We Live With Coronavirus

  By Shaun on August 23, 2021

  In the 1980s, doctors at an English hospital deliberately tried to infect 15 volunteers with a coronavirus. COVID-19 did not yet exist—what interested those doctors was a coronavirus in the same family called 229E, which causes the common cold. 229E… Read More ›

• Scottish government considers making coronavirus powers permanent

  By Shaun on August 23, 2021

  The Scottish government is considering making its temporary coronavirus powers permanent, which would allow it to impose lockdowns, close schools and release prisoners early. A change in the law would allow Holyrood to respond to any future public health threats… Read More ›

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