The price of bitcoin has risen above $80,000 (£62,000) for the first time ever, after Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the US election last week. It comes as the Republicans are edging closer to overall control of Congress after having already secured the presidency and a majority in the Senate. On the campaign trail the…
Simon Duffy Getting good advice on making your house more energy efficient is not easy says Simon Duffy When Simon Duffy gets another energy bill, his heart sinks. “It’s madly expensive,” he says. Mr Duffy lives in a traditional stone-walled detached house in Sheffield. He estimates that he spends £3,100 every year on heating and…
The struggling genetic testing company 23andMe says it will cut 40% of its workforce, or 200 jobs, as it fights for survival. The once-popular DNA-testing site will also halt work on therapies it was developing. Last year, the company said hackers had managed to gain access to personal information of millions of its users. 23andMe’s…
Chinese scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in a real-life “Death Star” energy beam weapon, according to reports. The new high-powered microwave weapon combines many small electromagnetic waves to make one large focused laser beam — much like the Death Star from “Star Wars,” which destroyed planets by firing a particle beam comprised of…
Google reportedly cracked down on employee political discussions ahead of an Election Night that ended in victory for Donald Trump. The Big Tech giant moderated and removed election-related posts on an internal message board called Memegen, CNBC reported. Google had previously tightened limits on political discussion in September – and enacted a rule that would…
The US Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over a bid by Meta’s Facebook to scuttle a federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders who accused the social media platform of misleading them about the misuse of its user data. The justices heard arguments in Facebook’s appeal of a lower court’s decision allowing the 2018 class action led by Amalgamated Bank to proceed. It…
Frying and spying. A new study, conducted by researchers at Which?, revealed how your air fryer is not only cooking for you but spying, too. Air fryers, sold in the United Kingdom, asked users permission to listen in on conversations, according to Which?, part of the Consumer’s Assocation. Researchers reveal how air fryers are spying on…
Apple has warned investors that its future suite of new products may never be as profitable as the iPhone. The company issued the warning in a recent securities filing as part of a list of “risk factors” that could weigh down the business. Apple, which was recently supplanted by AI chip maker Nvidia as the…
Donald Trump’s White House win could have a major impact on antitrust regulation and US policy toward the tech sector — including a pair of pending Justice Department cases against Google. Trump — a longtime Google critic who has accused the search giant of political bias and election interference — has nevertheless expressed reluctance to…
Looks like we’ve got some bad apples. iPhone users are creating inappropriate emojis using Apple’s new Genmoji feature. The generative AI emoji tool allows iPhone users to generate custom emojis using simple text prompts. Genmoji — a generative AI emoji — allows iPhone users to generate custom emojis using simple text prompts. Apple However, since…
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