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Nintendo bets big on Zelda sequel – with latest instalment met with positive reviews | UK News
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Japanese games giant Nintendo hopes the latest instalment in their Legend Of Zelda franchise will sell in similar numbers to its predecessor. The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom has been met today with overwhelmingly positive reviews from print and online outlets. Sky News played the game the day before its release and first […]
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Big changes are coming to Reddit – and some users really aren’t happy | Science & Tech News
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Swipe through your social media apps of choice and you will likely notice them looking increasingly similar. The rapid ascent of TikTok, now with more than a billion monthly active users, to become the attention-sapper of choice for many has threatened the dominance of old favourites like no app before it. With Instagram‘s Reels and […]
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New giant trapdoor spider discovered in Australia – ‘it’s a big, beautiful species’ | Science & Tech News
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A new and “rare” species of giant trapdoor spider has been discovered in Australia. The large eight-legged arachnid is so big that it has been named “Euoplos dignitas” – meaning dignity or greatness in Latin – in honour of its “impressive” size. Researchers say the female spiders, which are typically larger than the males, can […]
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Britain is a big part of the new space race – and could become a global launch pad | Science & Tech News
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Britain is a big part of the new space race, but you probably didn’t know it. More satellites are built here than anywhere outside California. But because we don’t launch them, it goes unnoticed. It began with telecommunications satellites the size of double-decker buses that bring us hundreds of TV channels and connect us to […]
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Big advertisers including Amazon returning to Twitter, says report | Science & Tech News
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Amazon is planning to resume multimillion dollar advertising on Twitter, according to reports. The move will see Amazon ply about $100m (£81.3m) per year into the platform, now owned by Elon Musk, according to Reuters news agency, citing a tweet from the tech blog Platformer. The tweet by a Platformer reporter said the company’s return […]
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VR dating to a robot dog – Big Ideas Live in pictures | Science & Tech News
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From Britain’s role in the space race and the future of warfare, to 3D-printed burgers and robots delivering pretzels, Big Ideas Live examined how science and technology is affecting our world. Image: Presenter Sarah Jane Mee with science and technology editor Tom Clarke Image: Understanding the food of the future from Redefine Meat Image: VR […]
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Big Ideas Live: Can the UK become a science superpower? | Science & Tech News
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt wants to turn the UK into the next Silicon Valley. The question many scientists are asking is: How? Although there were no cuts to science and technology in Mr Hunt’s autumn statement, those in the field say a lot more must be done to realise the government’s ambition. For a special Sky […]
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3D-printed food to ‘sentient’ chatbots – five Big Ideas Live highlights | Science & Tech News
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From Britain’s role in the space race and the future of warfare, to 3D-printed burgers and robots delivering pretzels, Big Ideas Live certainly ran the gamut when it came to how science and technology is affecting our world. There were opportunities for visitors to try some of the innovations they can welcome into their home, […]
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5G is overhyped – and many Britons are yet to see big improvements in speed, new study claims | Science & Tech News
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5G connectivity is overhyped – and many users are yet to experience improvements in mobile speed or reliability, says a new study. Research from Uswitch.com found one in six mobile users felt the power of the technology had been overstated, and less than half said they had seen noticeable speed or reliability improvements since upgrading. […]
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iPhones and iPads get big updates today – here are the new features | Science & Tech News
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The iPhone and iPad are both getting a bunch of new features courtesy of a software update today. Apple is releasing iOS 16.1 – adding to the functionality which arrived with the iPhone 14 range last month – and iPadOS 16, which comes ahead of the launch of new tablets this week. Starting with the […]