Take your eyes off your mobile phone, says inventor, 50 years on
The problem with mobile phones is that people look at them too much. At least, that's according to the man who invented them 50 years ago.
Mar 30, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
News tagged with early adopters
Consumer & Gadgets
Huawei flagship phone goes Google-free
Huawei drove into its post-Google era Thursday with a flagship smartphone that uses none of the Android maker's apps now that the Chinese group has been blacklisted by US authorities.
Mar 26, 2020
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Hardware
In a circular economy, hard drives could have multiple lives in the future
U.S. data storage technologies, like hard-disk drives (HDDs), contain imported rare-Earth elements in their magnets. As the demand for data storage increases, the supply of critical materials will become more limited.
Nov 11, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric cars coming on fast: Climate worries, sinking prices put spotlight on EV sales
Concerns about climate change, a bonanza of choices, falling prices and government support mean that a decade after the first modern, mass-market electric cars appeared, the American public is beginning to embrace them—and ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Business
Gaslighting, love bombing and narcissism: Why is Microsoft's Bing AI so unhinged?
There's a race to transform search. And Microsoft just scored a home goal with its new Bing search chatbot, Sydney, which has been terrifying early adopters with death threats, among other troubling outputs.
Feb 17, 2023
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Business
To use rather than collect, the second coming of NFTs
NFTs have been called everything from fads to outright scams, but early adopters see a future for them as uniquely useful tools for business, health and the arts that goes beyond mere digital collecting.
May 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Petrol, pricing and parking: Why so many outer suburban residents are opting for electric vehicles
Until now, you might have thought of electric vehicles as inner suburban toys. Teslas and Polestars are expensive, leaving them as playthings for wealthier Australians and out of reach for the mortgage belt.
Mar 13, 2024
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Security
Smart street furniture in Australia: Public service or surveillance and advertising tool?
Smart street furniture—powered and digitally networked furniture that collects and generates data—is arriving in Australia. It comes in a variety of forms, including benches, kiosks, light poles and bus stops. Early examples ...
Jun 23, 2021
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Internet
Bluesky, the X rival boosted by EU's tech enforcer
Since Elon Musk hollowed out Twitter's staffing, pushed services behind a paywall and renamed it X, many users have been thrashing around for an alternative social media platform.
Oct 11, 2023
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Automotive
Ford launches 'hands-free' driving on UK motorways
In a scene Ford hopes to see across Europe "soon", the first hands-free car model allowed on the UK's fastest roads zoomed down a motorway before slowing down as the back of a truck appeared.
Jul 24, 2023
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