Car review: The Tesla Model S P85D is seriously fast, with an “Insane” mode to scare off its rivals April 13, 2015 Tesla, the darling of the alternative-power car makers, has made more progress in a few short years than the likes of Ford, General Motors and even Toyota when it comes to electric cars. The American firm, co-founded by Elon Musk of PayPal fame, has not only made great strides technology-wise, but has also achieved much [...]
Google stops selling Glass – but it’s “not dead” January 15, 2015 Google has decided to give up its Google Glass programme, and will stop producing the Glass "in its present form", it has been reported. The company has apparently decided to end its experimental Glass programme, but "is still committed to launching [it] as a consumer product", according to the BBC. After months of testing, Google [...]
Rome: The Eternal City that Hollywood can’t leave alone June 7, 2015 The Eternal City has managed what the Russians never could: knock out 007. Daniel Craig was shaken and stirred as he was carried unconscious by a wailing ambulance to hospital when the Aston Martin DB 10 he was driving in a high speed chase around the Tiber river hit pot holes while filming Spectre, the [...]
Uber suspends UberPop taxi app service in Spain after court injunction December 31, 2014 Taxi app company Uber has suspended its UberPop service in Spain after a court ruling banning the ride-sharing app was confirmed. UberPop is a ridesharing service and platform connecting private car owners with passengers who also have the option to split the fare. UberPop mirrors UberX in the US. Uber has been operating in Spain [...]
Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3: Specifications, prices and UK release date. Which rumours were true? October 16, 2014 After releasing the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 unofficially and erroneously yesterday, Apple has lifted the curtain again with far more fanfare. We already knew what both iPads would be called and that they would feature touch ID. With revamped cameras, boosted processing power and updated designs Apple was branding the ne iPad [...]
Take a BOAT through green lanes: Byways Open to All Traffic are the countryside’s best-kept secret November 5, 2014 Most Londoners don’t drive for pleasure – quite the opposite; it’s a chore, a practicality, something to get out of the way as quickly as possible. But it needn’t be like this. For those in the know, there’s a way to seek adventure and discover corners of the UK that nobody has explored in decades, [...]
Three’s a trend April 8, 2015 The Baselworld watch and jewellery fair was bigger than ever this March, with over 150,000 visitors thronging this indoor city of gleaming brand pavilions, conducting billions of euros of business in 10 short days and setting the watch trends for the year to come. But in among the pizzazz, there was some rare subtlety and [...]
Why do women live longer than men? New study suggests Y chromosome puts some men at risk of disease October 22, 2014 In Europe, the average life expectancy of women is 7.5 years longer than of men, but the reason for this difference remains unknown. Now, researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have made a discovery which sheds light on why men's health often deteriorates more quickly with age than women's does. Age-related loss of [...]
Microsoft Band review: The ultimate fitness tracker or another “wearable” damp squib? April 29, 2015 Back in the dark ages of the mid 2000s, the “quantified self” movement barely existed. Disparate groups of fitness and data geeks had just begun to measure every aspect of their lives, entering the results into creaking spreadsheets in the hope of gleaning some insight into the mysteries of the human body and soul. [...]
Elon Musk: “We need to be careful with artificial intelligence” October 27, 2014 Elon Musk may have made millions from technology, but that doesn't mean he doesn't worry about it bringing about a Terminator-style end to humanity. During a talk to students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the SpaceX-Tesla-PayPal tycoon warned that "we should be very careful" about how we use artificial intelligence, adding it could be humanity's [...]