Lotus reveals price of Emeya EV ‘hypercar’ will start at £95,000
Three models available, with prices starting from £94,950 / €106,400 Customers in the EU can now order their vehicles. For more information on this and to configure Emeya, visit www.lotuscars.com/emeya/specifications Lotus has revealed the UK and EU pricing and further details of its first electric hyper-GT, Emeya. It has also launched the configurator for the…
5 tips to use public WiFi safely
Image Credit: Unsplash For frequent commuters, hybrid workers and those who simply want quick access to social media or emails on the go, public WiFi networks can be incredibly convenient. However, open WiFi can also bring security issues that could cause personal information to be compromised. Free Wi-Fi networks that…
Elevating your online store with specialized hosting solutions
In today's digital age, the landscape of online shopping has undergone a significant transformation. What once was a simple transactional interaction has evolved into a complex ecosystem requiring high-performing, secure, and scalable platforms. The backbone ensuring that these platforms meet modern demands is specialized hosting solutions from providers like Hypernode.com, which are not merely about keeping…
Police concerned AI chatbot wouldn’t understand Brummie accent, Google One gets free updates
West Midlands Police trialled a voice assistant powered by artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to deal with rising volumes of non-emergency calls. Sensitive technical details of the plan were erroneously published online in a document seen by the BBC. It set out potential risks of the AI, including whether the system, dubbed "Amy101", would…
Over 100 million old phones, worth £14.1 billion, lying around UK homes
Over 100 million old mobile phone devices – worth an estimated £14.1bn - are lying unused in the nation’s homes, while the same amount have been thrown in the bin, according to new findings from mobile phone service provider giffgaff. According to the report, the average UK adult has at least two old mobile devices…
Humax enters EV charging market in the UK
Best known for its digital TV recorders and smart home devices, Humax has entered the EV charging market for the first time in the UK. South Korea-based Humax has a 35-year heritage in manufacturing and the automotive mobility sector, with an extensive portfolio covering smart parking, fleet management, shared mobility and electric vehicle charging –…
Turkey had highest proportion of crypto owners in 2023, claims report
Turkey, Thailand, and Argentina had the highest crypto ownership rate in 2023, almost twice as high as the United States or European countries. Cryptocurrency adoption continues growing on a global scale. In 2024, around 160 million people are expected to flock to crypto, causing the total number of users in the market to jump over…
Bitcoin hits high of $69,202, Apple iPhone sales in China fall 24%
The value of the best-known cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has reached a new high. For the first time ever one Bitcoin bought $69,202 (£54,404) on Tuesday afternoon, surpassing the previous high just below $69,000 (£54,242) recorded in November 2021. It comes, as the previous high did, as a 'halving' event approaches, whereby Bitcoin production is cut by…
Deep fakes of Donald Trump with black ‘supporters’ emerge, Alan Sugar brings back Amstrad
Donald Trump supporters have been creating and sharing AI-generated fake images of black voters to encourage African Americans to vote Republican. BBC Panorama discovered dozens of deepfakes portraying black people as supporting the former president. Mr Trump has openly courted black voters, who were key to Joe Biden's election win in 2020. But there's no…
Facebook to shut news section entirely, new Macbook Air models promised for March
Facebook will stop paying newspaper publishers and will shut down its news section entirely, saying that people do not come to the social network for news or political content. Meta, Facebook’s parent company, said it would wind down deals with US and Australian publishers and remove a news tab that had served users a feed of…
