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Tech Digest daily news: TikTok content with eating disorder hashtags continues to rise
TikTok videos using hashtags previously identified as hosting eating-disorder content are continuing to attract views, new research by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate has found. A December report by the campaign group identified "coded" hashtags where users could access potentially harmful videos promoting restrictive diets and so-called "thinspo" content, designed to encourage harmful weight loss.…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google Maps live traffic data disabled in Ukraine
Google has disabled live traffic data in Ukraine. (Generic image. Pexels) Google has disabled live traffic data from being displayed on its Maps app in Ukraine. The app displays this information by collecting anonymous data from Android smartphones, which shows how busy roads and different places are. But it has now…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Virgin, O2 customers face 11.7% price hike
Customers of Virgin Mobile and O2 face hefty price hikes on their phone bills from April. The increase of 11.7% for airtime for many customers is in large part due to the rate of inflation, which has soared in recent months. Price comparison site Uswitch.com said regulator Ofcom should offer customers the chance to change…
Tech Digest daily round up: Lenovo ‘quietly announces’ Smart Clock 2
Without any fanfare or an official announcement, Lenovo has unveiled the successor to its Google-powered Smart Clock – quietly allowing the Smart Clock 2 to slip into the world's collective consciousness by way of a product page. Marked as 'coming soon' on Lenovo's official US site, the second generation of Smart Clock presents a reinvented shape, improved speaker…
MWC cancelled over coronavirus fears
The world's largest mobile phone showcase, Mobile World Congress (MWC), has been cancelled over coronavirus concerns, organisers have confirmed. Due to be held in Barcelona from 24-27 February, the event is usually attended by 100,000 people, about 6,000 of whom travel from China. Organisers, the GSM Association (GSMA), said it had become "impossible" for the…
MWC 2019: Microsoft announces HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset
Microsoft has unveiled a second generation of its mixed reality HoloLens headset, which overlays holograms on to real-world objects. The HoloLens 2 will be made available to businesses for 3,500 dollars (£2,680), with Microsoft looking to “provide a far more immersive, instinctual and comfortable experience for first-line workers whose hands are occupied by physical tasks”. Revealed…
What to expect at Mobile World Congress 2019
Foldable phones, 5G and better smartphone cameras are expected to be the main talking points when the Mobile World Congress (MWC) technology trade show begins in Barcelona next week. The annual event brings together some of the biggest names in the industry, including Sony, Huawei, LG and Nokia – each of which is expected to…
Huawei announces 5G foldable smartphone based on own technology
Chinese tech giant Huawei has announced plans for a next-generation 5G smartphone that will use its own technology instead of US components in a bid to gain a competitive edge and sidestep complaints it is a security risk. Huawei Technologies Ltd, the leading supplier of network switching gear for phone companies, is spending heavily to…
MWC2017: SEAT simulator shows what future driving may be like
VW owned car company SEAT is just one of the many motor manufacturers at MWC in Barcelona unveiling their blueprint for the connected car future. After configuring their mobile phone and creating their own SEAT ID, visitors to the SEAT stand at MWC2017 can sit in the Sitzkiste Simulator and experience what driving in…
Public Service Announcement: DO NOT BUY A NEW PHONE (for a week anyway)
If you've come to TechDigest today looking for advice on buying a phone, then we have one message for you: Don't. This isn't because we're anti-progress, or think that mobile phone technology peaked with the Nokia 3310 or something like that... it is out of concern for you wasting your money. Next weekend one of…