Month: December 2018
How to ensure gadgets are safe for children this Christmas
Ghislaine Bombusa, head of digital for Internet Matters, a not for profit organisation set up to improve children’s safety online, shares tips for parents to ensure their children can enjoy their new gadgets safely. Children across the country will unwrap a vast range of electronic gifts this Christmas – raising safety concerns for parents. Smartphones,…
Israeli ‘Drone Dome’ system believed to be in use at Gatwick Airport
The military equipment being used to stop further drone disruption at Gatwick Airport is believed to be capable of jamming signals to the rogue devices as well as tracking them. The Israeli-developed Drone Dome system is believed to be among the technologies deployed at the airport by the British Army, and can detect and jam…
BBC launches Congo VR, a new virtual reality documentary series
A new virtual reality documentary series from the BBC takes viewers into the heart of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of Africa’s most dangerous and beautiful countries. Produced by BBC VR Hub and BBC News, the new three-part series, Congo VR, is now available for free on the BBC VR app and at bbc.co.uk/virtualreality. Congo VR is…
Over 20 million Brits will use video-chat services to speak to relatives this Xmas
OVER 20 million Britons will use video-chat services like Skype to speak to friends and relatives this Christmas, with the vast majority saying these are people they would otherwise have no face-to-face contact with at all. An new poll for the Internet Association reveals that 40 per cent of British adults say they will use…
Twitter now allows you to see most recent tweets first – again
Twitter has added an icon to its mobile app which enables users to switch back to its old system of showing the most recent tweets first. The social media platform changed its timeline algorithm in 2016, introducing a feed that showed a mixture of the most recent tweets alongside those the site’s algorithms believed were…
Winter Wonderland! Giant ice-filled crater on Mars photographed by ESA
An 82 kilometre-wide crater on Mars that is topped with snow has been photographed by the ESA’s (European Space Agency) Mars Express. The stunning untrodden snow scene comes as the mission prepares to celebrate 15-years since it entered the Red Planet’s orbit on Christmas Day. Korolev, as the crater is known, is thought to be…
Amazon Alexa user given access to stranger’s conversations
A user of Amazon’s Alexa smart voice assistant was sent audio files from a stranger after requesting access to his own recordings. According to a report in German technology magazine C’t, the user – who is based in Germany – made a request to Amazon under the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to access…
Court ruling could see sales of older iPhones halted in Germany
An iPhone 7 (Yui Mok/PA) A court in Germany has sided with chipmaker Qualcomm in a patent dispute with Apple that could see sales of older iPhone models halted. The Munich regional court ruled that Apple and its subsidiaries had breached a European patent held by San Diego-based Qualcomm. The court…
Classic PC game Lemmings returns as a free game for mobile devices
Popular retro PC game Lemmings has made a surprise comeback as a free mobile game for iOS and Android. The game has been redesigned to suit mobile touchscreens, with the levels of the game played out in portrait mode, which developers Sad Puppy said was the easiest way to play one-handed on a phone. The game…
Rudolph and friends now being tracked using GPS!
Image: Press Association Rudolph and friends no longer need to rely on the famous reindeer’s red nose to avoid getting lost. Now they have wireless technology. To keep track of their animals in Lapland, Northern Finland’s vast and remote snow-covered forests, reindeer herders are turning to technology by fitting them with…