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Tech Digest daily roundup: Scientists test living skin on robot

Scientists have created living human skin on robots that is water-repellent and can self-heal. Scientists want robots to look like humans as much as possible so they are relatable, which is particularly important when they are used in the healthcare and service industries. The researchers believe living skin is the solution to give robots the look…

10 June 202210 June 2022 Chris Price News

Tech Digest daily round up: Google Earth introduces time-lapse feature

Google Earth has launched a time-lapse feature that lets users wind back the clock and see how the world has changed over several decades. The feature uses millions of satellite images from the past 37 years to let people scroll through time. It allows people to see, for example, the retreat of glaciers alongside global…

16 April 202116 April 2021 Chris Price News

1 in 5 have had their dating accounts hacked, claims survey

Nearly a fifth (18%) of people have had their dating app accounts hacked, with 16-25-year-olds twice as likely to fall victim (30%), according to a survey from antivirus software company McAfee. McAfee’s latest research reveals a significant shift in consumer behaviour in the past year, with 65% of Brits increasing their online social activities – including online…

10 February 202110 February 2021 Chris Price Apps, News

3 Fun Tech To Expect In The Future of Online Dating

The popularity of online dating has reached greater heights. In fact, a 2019 study published by Stanford University found that most couples meet each other online. The study also learned that the percentage of meeting new people through mutual friends declined abruptly. Meanwhile, meeting another person online started to increase. Because of online dating…

30 January 202029 May 2022 Tech Digest Correspondent News

Dating site OkCupid also experiments on its users

To paraphrase the Smashing Pumpkins, despite all our rage we are still just rats in a cage... In June, Facebook disclosed that it had tested to see if emotions were contagious, deliberately manipulating the emotional content of the news feeds for 700,000 people. Now it seems that Facebook is not the only website that conducts…

29 July 201414 July 2018 Stuart Internet, Websites

Fraudsters launch phishing attacks against dating sites

Fending off creeps, perverts, stalkers and bunny-boilers are not the only things you need to worry about when looking for love online. According to internet monitoring company Netcraft, criminals are stepping up phishing campaigns that target people who use dating…

20 June 2014 Stuart Computer Security, Internet

Mobile dating to become $1bn global phenomenon

According to the latest study from Juniper Research, the mobile dating industry will reach a whopping $1bn in revenues by the year 2012, as some of the big online players such as Match.com expand into the mobile arena. It's Japan…

18 September 200720 December 2015 Andy Merrett Mobile phones

DatingDirect.com partners with Vodafone to offer mobile dating service

DatingDirect.com, the UK’s largest dating service, has announced a new partnership with Vodafone to bring a mobile dating service to the Vodafone Mobile Internet service.

This will give Vodafone users complete access to the Dating Direct website, and its 3.5m active members, straight from their mobile phone.

The new service has been developed and optimised for mobile phone use, and will allow users to browse images and profiles, manage their own content, upload photos, and even sign up as a new member directly from their mobile.

12 July 20076 August 2020 Andy Merrett Internet, Mobile phones, Web 2.0, Websites

FlirtFrenzy takes speed dating into the Web 2.0 world

30 May 20078 August 2017 Stuart Dredge Web 2.0

Men enthusiastic about webcam dating: women turned off, survey suggests

The dating and friendship web site makefriendsonline.com has discovered that only men are really interested in video chat via a webcam.

When the site asked its members if they’d like a Video Chat option, 75% of men were eager to try it out, while only 44% of women liked the idea.

16 May 200713 February 2019 Andy Merrett Internet

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‘Black November’ gets off to slow start for e-commerce, research shows

Instagram to release algorithm reset feature, UK approves Google’s $2 billion Anthropic investment

Supersonic first from Dawn Aerospace, Astro Bot leads Games Awards nominations

Roblox to ban Under 13s from messaging others, Google to launch ‘Shielded email’?

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