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Fake Biden video prompts Meta review, man pulled over for wearing Apple Vision Pro while driving

The independent body that reviews how the owner of Facebook moderates online content has said the firm should label fake posts rather than remove them. The Oversight Board said Meta was right not to remove a fake video of US President Joe Biden because it did not violate its manipulated media policy. But it said…

5 February 20245 February 2024 Chris Price News

Google Doodle marks World Wide Web’s 30th anniversary

Google has dedicated its home page Doodle to the World Wide Web to mark the technology’s 30th anniversary. The animated illustration shows a 1980s-style computer – similar to the NeXT Cube Sir Tim Berners-Lee used to create the online application which has since grown to encompass nearly two billion websites. Google Doodles are animations or…

12 March 201912 March 2019 Chris Price Google, News

Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee calls to stop misuse as it marks 30th anniversary

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has called on the public and politicians to “come together” to end its misuse in a letter to mark the technology’s 30th anniversary. The founder of the World Wide Web Foundation said the internet had created opportunities for good but had also become a space…

11 March 201912 March 2019 Chris Price News

Happy 30th Birthday World Wide Web! 7 things you didn’t know about the Web

March 12 marks a significant milestone in British technology with the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web. In 1989, working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for information management that would go on to transform the way people communicate and consume information. Here are…

11 March 201912 March 2019 Chris Price Internet, News, Websites

Large Hadron Collider proves existence of sub-atomic "God" particle

The Large Hadron Collider, the "Big Bang" particle accelerator that's the most breathtaking piece of engineering the world of physics has ever seen (and likely the device that will open up a wormhole to another dimension here on Earth, leading…

4 July 2012 Gerald Lynch Science, Tech Digest news

CERN completes first proton smash

Twitter has been a'buzzing this morning with news of the Large Hadron Collider's first full day of full-pelt collisions. LHC was trending hard, as everyone was getting in on the act as CERN tweeted its way to the full…

30 March 201017 May 2019 Oliverjones Twitter

Reddit send a crowbar, headcrab and Half-Life strategy guide over to CERN

If the turning on of the Large Hadron Collider does trigger some sort of dimensional portal and alien invasion, at least the men and women of CERN will be prepared. Or they will if anyone on their team is as badass as Gordon Freeman…

10 September 200813 October 2020 Duncan Geere Gaming, Science, Weirdness, YouTube Video of the Day

OPINION: The Large Hadron Collider goes live tomorrow – fingers crossed

The end of the world is nigh! Tomorrow morning, before many of us will have had our first cups of tea, the Large Hadron Collider will be switched on at CERN. By the time we reach for the sugar, we may no longer exist; nor the sugar, nor any record of sugar ever having existed, nor records…

9 September 2008 Daniel Sung Science

Get your geek on for this year's holiday: Lost Weekend's top techie trips

Haven’t feasted your eyes on our new men’s blog, Lost Weekend? Perfect for planning that boozy trip away with Gazza, Rob and Christos, and now…helping you get your geek on by giving you six of the best techie destinations to holiday at. Just don’t drag the missus along, unless she too owns a pair of Spock ears.

Featuring trips to CERN in Switzerland, Futuroscope in France, Sega Joypolis, plus many other destinations rimming to the brim…

9 July 20071 October 2021 Katherine Hannaford Websites, Weirdness

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