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Huawei chairman claims company will one day regain “smartphone throne”
You’ve got to admire the optimism. Huawei chairman Guo Ping is clearly a man who doesn’t so much view the glass as half empty, but…
From phones to bones: Study shows the potential health impact of lead mining
There are many problems with the marketer’s dream that smartphones should be upgraded every two years, with ethical violations at practically every point on the…
Surprise, surprise: social media incentivises outrage, researchers find
Right up there with previous studies confirming that pigs like mud and that breakfast cereals pair well with milk, a new paper shows something most…
Google could have a foldable Pixel 6 in the works
A few weeks ago, Google surprised everyone by tweeting the first details of its Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones without any prompting whatsoever. …
If you’re over 30, it’s safer not to use emoji
Language can be a tricky thing, even when there shouldn’t be any ambiguity at all. Case in point, during a 1977 jaunt to Poland, President…
This imitation Netflix is a tribute to the best fake movies
For plenty of us, actually watching stuff on Netflix is a surprisingly small percentage of time spent on the app. The rest is spent scrolling…
Colourful MacBook Airs could be on the way
If you go to buy a MacBook Air today, you have three choices: space grey (grey), silver (shiny grey) or gold (ostentatiously not grey). But…
Doctors trial artificial intelligence that promises to spot dementia in a day
While artificial intelligence (AI) is being applied almost everywhere, by far the most exciting field for my money is medicine. AI’s inhuman ability to absorb…
Apple gets on the defensive over child abuse photo scanning plans
Last week, Apple put a dent in its reputation for privacy by announcing that it would begin scanning photos uploaded to iCloud for child sexual…
Samsung wants to make foldables mainstream, but can a folding phone beat my apathy?
Samsung wants to make foldables go mainstream. The fact that this ambition was nestled in the middle of a 2,097-word press release about the company’s…