The safety of virtual reality spaces has once again been called into question as a 21-year-old researcher’s avatar was raped in the metaverse. Last week,…
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World’s population problem could be solved by ‘Tamagotchi-like virtual children’
The overpopulation crisis could be solved within 50 years thanks to the evolution of “virtual children”. Computer-generated babies that cost just £20-a-month are likely to…
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Electric cars could be made with plastic – from old bangers, according to new research. Bumpers, carpets, mats, seating, seals and door casings have been…
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Major cinema chains in the UK will now accept digital identification as proof of age. UK Cinema Association members including Cineworld, Odeon, Showcase Cinemas, and…
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By Ryan Mac, Kellen Browning and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times Company The one-minute, 30-second video offers an unnerving first-person view. A man strides…
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Read More Gmail and Outlook warning: Police issue alert after spike in fake energy rebate emailsAI poo sensor app could save thousands of lives – just upload your stool snaps
Scientists have created a new artificial intelligence-powered app which could just save your life—by analysing your poo with a high degree of accuracy. Dieta Mobile…
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A team of scientists from Oxford University have successfully grown human tendon tissue on a robot for the first time. The engineered tissue was attached…
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It’s all very well and good using an iPhone to capture those special moments, but digital cameras still have the edge (sorry, not sorry). If…
Read More The best high-tech cameras to buy in 2022Restaurant owner's 'space kebab' brings the tourists flocking
A Turkish restaurant boss who sent a kebab into space has put his astro-snack on display for tourists. Yasar Aydin launched the pipe kebab into…
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If there's one technology that's being hyped more than any others right now, it's the metaverse—a loose collection of virtual and augmented reality 'worlds'. Earlier…
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Whether dinosaurs were warm or cold-blooded has been one of the oldest questions in palaeontology, but now researchers think they finally have the answer. Based…
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Adam Neumann, infamous for running his startup WeWork into the ground, is back. And investors are inexplicably eager to fund him. This time, the prodigal…
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If you own an iPhone there's one emergency setting you need to activate—it could just save your life. An American woman has credited Apple for…
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If you’re still using a pre-2012 Amazon Kindle for your nighttime reading, you may want to consider upgrading. In an email to customers seen by…
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Read More Sky TV will go up in cost this week! Act now to secure the ‘lowest ever’ price‘Heartbroken’ couples devastated as hackers steal wedding and honeymoon money
Zola, a wedding app that lets couples build websites, gift registers and budgets, was targeted by hackers this week who reportedly made off with thousands…
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Chester Zoo has started cryogenically freezing tissue samples from its most endangered animals in a bid to save them from extinction. Small tissue samples taken…
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Read More New Virgin Media deal just made BT broadband look very expensive – is it time to switch?Slashing CO2 alone 'won't be enough to avert catastrophic climate change'
Slashing carbon dioxide emissions alone won’t be enough to avert catastrophic climate change, warns a new report.. Rising emissions of less well known toxic pollutants…
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Multiple habitats need to be protected in order to save UK bumblebees, a decade-long study has found. Researchers used data on bumblebee numbers, collected by…
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Earth could be ‘the only place’ in the universe with life forms intelligent enough to form civilisation, Professor Brian Cox has said. While microbial life…
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I’m no technophobe. My phone is my lifeline. I rely on it for almost everything – connecting with friends, family, getting work, completing work, getting…
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Two parents from Texas have filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming that their son's hearing was seriously damaged by an 'Amber Alert' notification blasted out…
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