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Apple pushes back EV launch date, children on TikTok for over 2 hours a day
Apple has pushed back the launch date for its long-rumoured electric vehicle and scaled back its self-driving features as the iPhone maker struggles with the shift from gadgets to cars. The Californian tech giant has delayed its internal target to launch a car from 2026 to 2028, according to Bloomberg. The vehicle will also have…
Gamers at risk from hearing loss, Apple overtakes Samsung as top smartphone seller
Gamers could be at risk of irreversible hearing loss and tinnitus, according to new research. A review of worldwide studies involving more than 50,000 people concluded that sound levels are often close to or exceed safe limits. The risk is exacerbated by people typically gaming for long periods of time while impulse noises - such…
Brands failing to tell customers when smart appliance support will end
Hive has switched off support for many of its security cameras making them obsolete, just a few years after launch Big brands behind expensive smart appliances, including washing machines, dishwashers, TVs and security cameras are keeping customers in the dark about how long it will be before they abandon products by…
Microsoft overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company (briefly), Rabbit AI assistant sells out
Two tech giants are battling it out for the title of the world's most valuable company. Microsoft had overtaken Apple for the first time since 2021 to become the world's most valuable firm by market capitalisation - which measures the value and number of a company's shares. Microsoft surpassed Apple at numerous points throughout Thursday's…
Range Anxiety to be ‘thing of the past’, LG to announce 98inch TV at CES
Fear of running out of battery far from the nearest charging point is the stuff of nightmares for many electric car drivers. But so-called range anxiety will soon become a “thing of the past”, according to the AA, as the number of breakdown calls for low batteries plummeted this year. Only 2.3pc of emergency callouts…
UK could introduce driverless cars in 2026, record number of EV chargers installed in 2023
Driverless cars could be on some UK roads by the end of 2026, the transport secretary has told the BBC. Mark Harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without having to watch where they're going by the end of that year. Last month the government announced…
Emojis should be more biodiverse, Honda e to be killed off
Emojis should better reflect the breadth of biodiversity on planet Earth, scientists have said. The library is too skewed towards animals like 🦁, 🐯, and 🐻 (oh my), according to a study in the iScience journal, leaving plants, fungi, and microorganisms underrepresented. Biologists who carried out the research said the icons were now such a…
Elon Musk slams advertisers for leaving X, Tesla’s Cybertruck arrives today
In a profanity-laced outburst, Elon Musk has slammed advertisers that have left X, warning they will kill the social media platform. At an event in New York, he accused companies that have joined an ad boycott of the site formerly known as Twitter of trying to blackmail him. "Go [expletive] yourself," the billionaire said in…
‘Reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was faulty, PlayStation 5 Slim pre-orders live in UK
A judge has found “reasonable evidence” that Elon Musk and other executives at Tesla knew that the company’s self-driving technology was defective but still allowed the cars to be driven in an unsafe manner anyway, according to a recent ruling issued in Florida. Palm Beach County Circuit Court judge Reid Scott said he had found evidence…
Stability AI exec quits over copyright issues, Apple to improve texting with Android
Image: Stability AI A senior executive at the tech firm Stability AI has resigned over the company's view that it is acceptable to use copyrighted work without permission to train its products. Ed Newton-Rex was head of audio at the firm, which is based in the UK and US. He told…
