Image copyright Getty Images Sony won’t be attending next year’s E3 Expo for the first time in the event’s 24-year history. E3 is one of the world’s biggest gaming conferences. The three-day event usually sees gaming giants including Sony and Microsoft showcase their newest, shiniest products. In a statement, Sony said: “We always want to …
Image caption Thomas Bromley’s Digitron Electric Clock was built in his shed at his Hull home in 1961 One of the world’s first digital clocks, which was made by a man in his shed, has been sold at auction. Thomas Bromley, an engineer and amateur inventor, created his Digitron Electric Clock in 1961 at his …
Image copyright Activision A hotly anticipated remake of the Spyro the Dragon video games has been criticised for excluding deaf gamers. The new Spyro Reignited Trilogy does not have subtitles during the game’s video sequences, so deaf players cannot follow the story. In a statement, publisher Activision said there was “no industry standard for subtitles”. …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIn this video from 2014, Google said the sensors on the smart contact lens were so small they looked like bits of glitter A firm from Google’s parent company Alphabet has stopped working on one of its first projects – a contact lens designed to monitor blood …
Scientists in Finland and the UK have built a computer model that visualises what water is doing underground in real time. They hope the new technology will help water companies extract groundwater sustainably and give a voice to people like farmers, who rely on the groundwater for their livelihoods. Niko Putkinen, a senior scientist at …
Image copyright USAEstaService Image caption Google removed an ad for this official-looking website Google says it will stop ads for expensive unofficial Esta services appearing at the top of search results, eight years after the first complaints. In 2010, the US started charging UK travellers to use the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (Esta). Unofficial …
Met Police officers are ramming into suspected moped thieves to knock them off their bikes, even during high-speed pursuits. Dashcam footage released by Scotland Yard shows police pursuing suspected thieves across London. However, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating three crashes, although none involves the specialist Operation Venice team set up to …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption We spend £6bn a year on gift cards, but fail to spend £300m – that’s 5% – of that before they expire As shoppers on High Streets across the UK grapple with Christmas shopping this weekend, many of us unable to think of a suitable present will turn to …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Volkswagen said affected customers would be contacted Volkswagen will recall about 75,000 of its VW Polo and Seat Ibiza and Arona cars after a seatbelt fault was exposed by a Finnish car magazine test drive. A new fix would be offered to affected UK owners from Monday, VW said. …
Image caption Anna and Rob Kemm say they don’t trust Outfox the Market anymore and are in the process of switching their energy supplier An energy supplier has apologised to all 100,000 of its customers after it sent out bills that were too high. Outfox the Market admitted the mistake inflated annual bill forecasts by …