International Space Station flyover: How to trick your kids into thinking they’ve seen Santa tonight November 24, 2015 The International Space Station (ISS) has been in orbit for 16 years, but it seems this is the year parents have realised they can use it to play a devious trick on their kids: duping them into thinking it's Santa's sleigh. Yep – with excellent timing, the ISS will appear several times over the UK [...]
UK startups: We need to weaponise Europe’s diversity to ensure its digital future November 24, 2015 Attempts are being made to knit Europe’s rich tapestry of 28 national ecosystems together into a single digital market to create a more robust, borderless breeding ground for the European web giants of the future. If the EU pulls it off, the regulatory and legislative framework that has anchored but at times hindered the continent will be lifted [...]
Tech unicorns face fresh bubble fear November 24, 2015 Traders are piling up short interest on early stage technology firms after a string of young companies made market-busting initial public offerings (IPOs). The so-called “unicorns” – companies which are valued at $1bn before they have launched onto the stock market – are being targeted by traders betting their share prices will fall. Although they [...]
Fallout 4 review: Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic wasteland is a masterpiece November 23, 2015 ★★★★★ | PS4, XBO, PC Games like Fallout 4 don’t come around very often. Developer Bethesda is known for creating huge and richly detailed open worlds (the best example of which being its celebrated fantasy RPG, Skyrim). But while its games are piled high with incredible things to do and see, they’re also infamous for [...]
Need for Speed review: A bleakly uninteresting racer in an abandoned ghost town November 20, 2015 ★★☆☆☆ | PS4, XBO, PC Need For Speed, a tepid reboot of the sprawling, 20-year-old franchise, tries to cherry-pick the best elements of the series but fails on almost every conceivable level. It's ostensibly an open-world racer, but as you only see that world from freeways and slip-roads, the details quickly become little more than a repeating urban [...]
iPad Pro review: Apple’s ridiculously massive tablet is the greatest iOS device they’ve ever made November 20, 2015 ★★★★★ From £679, apple.com/uk I really do love the iPad Pro. I love its gigantic screen, which makes everyone sitting near you lean closer and say “wow, is that the new iPad?" I love how Apple has finally mastered both the hardware and software to make sketching and note-taking feasible. I like the typing solution [...]
Has your iPad Pro gone black? Apple confirms there’s a problem with tablet freezing November 20, 2015 Apple has confirmed that there is a problem with its new iPad Pro, which it launched in September with business users in mind. The Cupertino-based company posted a message on its support site advising users how to deal with an issue which saw the tablet stop responding. Under the headline "If your iPad Pro stops [...]
London is now a true rival to Silicon Valley – but risks loom November 19, 2015 This year has been dubbed the Year of the Unicorn. It’s not an allusion to the success of the Scottish National Party – the unicorn being the national symbol of Scotland – but rather a reference to the booming global startup scene. In the world of venture capital, “unicorn” is applied to young tech [...]
Best London mobile phone network: EE beats O2, Three and Vodafone November 19, 2015 Looking for the best mobile phone network in London? EE has just been crowned number one for the sixth time running in Rootmetrics’ latest stress test of the capital. EE is far ahead of its competition when it comes to mobile networks for Londoners, according to the tests by independent mobile performance analytics firm Rootmetrics, [...]
Dong Energy to pump £6bn into the Humber region as it builds a fleet of wind turbines November 19, 2015 Denmark’s Dong Energy will pump £6bn into the Humber region between 2013 to 2019, as it builds a fleet of offshore wind turbines close to the coast of the Humber estuary. Dong currently has two offshore wind farms in the Humber region, and two projects in the construction phase. It's also acquired the lease for [...]