Image copyright Reuters Image caption Juul has experienced explosive growth – but will it continue? Juul has all the qualities of a standard Silicon Valley success – fat profit margins, explosive growth, and even the cultural cachet to make its name a verb. But the three-year-old start-up is not a simple technology company: it sells …
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Image copyright Science Photo Library Installing a single low-energy LED bulb may make a trivial contribution to cutting the carbon emissions that are overheating the planet. But if millions choose LEDs, then with a twist of the collective wrist, their efforts will make a small but significant dent in the UK’s energy demand. Studies show …
A new body-spraying gadget promises flawless coats of sun cream and cosmetics. Source by [author_name]
Royole is heading to the CES tech trade show in Las Vegas to show off the world’s first commercially available flexible phone. A “developer’s version” of the handset was put on sale late last year, beating more established device-makers to the punch. BBC Click’s Dan Simmons tried the device and shared his thoughts. Source by …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: A hi-tech sun cream sprayer that won’t leave you with sticky hands will be at CES The CES trade show is powering up again in Vegas. Most of the biggest names in tech and stacks of start-ups you’ve never heard of will compete for attention over …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many young people interviewed didn’t realise area codes have geographical significance As landline usage continues to fall, a new Ofcom study suggests remembering phone numbers could soon be consigned to history. Between 2012 and 2017, time spent on landline calls plummeted from 103 billion minutes to 54 billion minutes. …
Teenage hacker Sam Curry from Nebraska earns about $100,000 a year by working 20 hours a week. He’s a ‘white hat’ hacker, which means companies pay him, and others like him, to hack their websites to find weaknesses in their security systems. The ‘ethical hacking’ industry is worth billions and operates around the world. Sam …
Image copyright Getty Images “Time to book somewhere hot,” we hear you think. Well, it’s certainly the weekend for it. Sunshine Saturday (that’s today by the way) is expected to see more than double the amount of holiday bookings than any other day of the year. It’s all a bit trickier this year though isn’t …