Author: Chris Price
Chris has been a journalist since the 1990s. In addition to editing TechDigest.tv and ShinyShiny.tv, he also regularly contributes tech/business articles to The Daily Telegraph and Tech Radar. A passionate swimmer, Chris has his own swimming blog and is a qualified lifeguard. He can be contacted at [email protected]
Tech Digest daily roundup: New law will make sharing pornographic deepfakes a crime
A planned new law would make sharing pornographic deepfakes without consent a crime in England and Wales. Tackling the rise in manipulated images, where a person's face is put on someone else's body, is part of a crackdown on the abuse of intimate pictures in the Online Safety Bill. This law would also make it…
Festive MINI is back again for Christmas
The Festive MINI is back and brighter than ever before, this year wrapped in 3,000 smart LED lights by creator Nicholas ‘Nico’ Martin and supported by MINI UK, to raise money for MS Trust and Duchenne UK. First started over four years ago, the MINI Electric is wrapped in 3,000 app-controlled twinkly lights, capable of generating customisable animations…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Mercedes to offer subscription for faster EV
Mercedes-Benz is to offer an online subscription service in the US to make its electric cars speed up quicker. For an annual cost of $1,200 (£991) excluding tax, the company will enable some of its vehicles to accelerate from 0-60mph a second faster. It comes after rival manufacturer BMW offered a subscription feature earlier…
Hyundai IONIQ5 named New Car of the Year
The Hyundai IONIQ 5 has added another honour to its trophy cabinet by being named New Car of the Year at the 2022 Motor Trader Industry Awards. Now in their 32nd year, the awards are held annually to celebrate excellence in the UK motor industry. Motor Trader’s independent judging panel of industry experts hailed the victory…
6 Tips to Help Shop Online on Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Social media and the internet are riddled with enticing 'shopping bargains', often with price tags that seem too good to be true, especially on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Here we offer 6 tips to help you spot the fakes... With the cost of living at an all-time high across the country, Brits are looking…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Police seize iSpoof phone scam website
Image: iSpoof website The Met police have smashed a global online fraud shop selling tools that allowed criminals to carry out phone scams on hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting victims. Detectives disabled the iSpoof website as part of the biggest anti-fraud operation ever mounted in the UK. Criminals using software purchased…
Hack Friday: Over 10 million Brits victim of online shopping scams
Over 10 million Brits have fallen victim to online shopping scams, it was revealed today, as 19 million UK shoppers prepare to embark on the biggest bargain hunts of the year. Research from cybersecurity company NordVPN can reveal that 20.7% of UK adults have been scammed while shopping online — equivalent to 10.6 million people. With Black Friday just a…
Football-themed passwords see over 100,000 hacks
England football fans have been urged to think twice before using their favourite player’s name for their online accounts, as World Cup fever ramps up. A study from ECI Software Solutions, a provider of cloud-based business management software, has revealed which passwords to avoid if you want to keep your details safe. People who use ‘Wayne Rooney’ are…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Mazda hints at electric MX-5
Mazda has previewed a sleek two-seat coupé – which could hint at the next-generation MX-5 – alongside the announcement of an £8.9 billion investment into future electric vehicles. Although the firm did not detail the model...it was shown alongside a series of Mazda MX-5 convertibles. This suggests it could be an early look at the next-generation sports…
Social media users swarm to Hive after Twitter takeover
In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, users have been fleeing to other social apps like open source microblogging platform Mastodon and niche communities like CounterSocial. Now, another social app called Hive is seeing a boost in sign-ups in response to the upheaval at Twitter. The app today finds itself in the top 20 on the U.S. App Store after seeing…