Coronavirus: Hands on with NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
For an app with so much riding on it, NHS Covid-19 is at first sight very simple and extraordinarily unexciting. Source
Leaked pics reveal Google smart debit card to rival Apple’s
Would you pay with a “Google Card?” TechCrunch has obtained imagery that shows Google is developing its own physical and virtual debit cards. The Google card and associated checking account will allow users to buy things with a card, mobile phone or online. It connects to a Google app with new features that let users [...]
Motorola Razr flip phone revived with foldable screen
Motorola has revived its slim Razr flip phone, some 15 years after the original “game changing” device hit the market. Source
TikTok: Should we trust the Chinese social-media video app?
TikTok is thought to have about half a billion active users worldwide, with a large percentage in their teens or early 20s. Source
Xiaomi smartphone has 108 megapixel camera
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has unveiled the world's first mainstream handset to feature a 108 megapixel camera. The extra high-resolution sensor was developed by Samsung, which has yet to feature it in its own products. Source
Microsoft four-day work week ‘boosts productivity’
Microsoft Japan said sales had been boosted by nearly 40% during an experiment in which staff worked a four-day week on full pay. Source
AI recognition tech drones to help find missing people
Police Scotland has unveiled a new aerial drone system to help in searches for missing and vulnerable people. The remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS) can see things we can't to try to work out where people are. Source
Sony claims PS5 will be ‘world’s fastest console’ – beating Xbox Scarlett
The Sony PS5 will be the "world's fastest console", if a job ad posted by Sony is anything to go by. Source
Apple AR Headset May Debut in 2020, Report Claims
Apple seems to be doubling down on Augmented Reality (AR). The Cupertino giant already has its ARKit to support a large number of AR developments. But in 2020, Apple is believed to bring its much-awaited AR headset. The company is reportedly in plans to enable its AR headset to work in tandem with the iPhone [...]
Microsoft pips Amazon for $10bn AI ‘Jedi’ contract
The Pentagon has awarded a $10bn (£8bn) cloud-computing contract to Microsoft, following a heavily scrutinised bidding process in which Amazon had been seen as the favourite. Source
Microsoft leak reveals Windows 10X will be coming to laptops
Microsoft has accidentally published an internal design document for its upcoming Windows 10X operating system. Spotted by WalkingCat, the document was briefly available online today and provides some more detail about Microsoft’s plans with Windows 10X. The software giant originally unveiled Windows 10X as the operating system powering the company’s new Surface Neo hardware, but [...]
Stalkerware: The software that spies on your partner
Amy says it all started when her husband seemed to know intimate details about her friends. "He would drop snippets into conversations, such as knowing about Sarah's baby. Really private things that he shouldn't have known about. If I asked how he knew these things, he'd say I'd told him and accuse me of losing [...]
