Today marks the 40th anniversary of a truly important date in computing history: the release of the ZX Spectrum. The Spectrum was by no means the first home computer. It wasn’t the first home computer that came pre-assembled in an affordable package. It wasn’t the first home computer that allowed children to develop programming skills. […]
Netflix may introduce a low-price tier that includes ads following a surprise drop in subscribers. It’s also talking again about restricting password sharing. In the first three months of 2022, Netflix had a net loss of 200,000 subscribers on the previous quarter, the first such drop of any significance in its history. That’s misleading to […]
Police in San Francisco pulled over a car to speak to the driver only to find it had nobody inside. It turned out to be a test vehicle for a driverless ride service. The officers stopped the car because it was driving without headlights. As it appeared to comply with their request to pull over, […]
The DuckDuckGo browser is now available in beta form on MacOS. It’s the first time the privacy-focused browser has come in desktop app form. The beta is available on an invite basis, with users on a waitlist being added over time, while a Windows version is in the works. Rather unintuitively, the signup point for […]
Two archive videos show that what is today a mundane reality was once a fantastical future… though not everything worked out as planned. The clips come from BBC show Tomorrow’s World, which featured a combination of the latest technology available at the time and the ideas in the works. The first, from 1989, imagined what […]
A trial in the UK will run broadband cables through water pipes. The idea is to get twin benefits: expanded broadband provision with reduced disruption, and a way to better detect leaks in water pipes. While in many regions the biggest obstacle to broadband expansion is the economics of reaching rural areas, this trial is […]
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