Internet Tutorials & How-Tos

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Posted by Alex Lee on January 19, 2018

Someone’s recreated MS Paint 95 in JavaScript and it is amazing – our art isn’t

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on January 19, 2018

Running with the pirate hunters: How AI is creating an online piracy arms race

MacBook battery life boost tips
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on January 18, 2018

How to give your MacBook battery life a boost

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Posted by Alan Martin on January 17, 2018

This “urban mining” map reveals the valuables hiding in our e-waste mountains

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Posted by Evan Gower on January 17, 2018

Metroid Prime 4 release date: Sources confirm Bandai Namco IS at the helm of Metroid

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Posted by Edward Munn on January 17, 2018

“Skygofree” trojan can intercept your WhatsApp messages

Code breaking puzzles and GCHQ contest
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on January 16, 2018

Can you crack these GCHQ challenges? Brain teasers released to launch CyberFirst Girls contest

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Posted by Rob Leane on January 16, 2018

Amazon Echo Spot review: The world’s smartest clock gets a £20 discount

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Posted by Vaughn Highfield on January 15, 2018

Chernobyl goes green as solar plant nears completion

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on January 15, 2018

Adult VR app SinVR exposed names and emails of thousands of users

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Posted by Vaughn Highfield on January 15, 2018

Kasotsuka Shojo: Japan’s latest J-pop band “Virtual Currency Girls” is all about cryptocurrency

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Posted by Alex Lee on January 12, 2018

The AA battery that never dies: Forever Battery uses Wi-Fi-like signals to stay fully charged

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Posted by Nicole Kobie on January 12, 2018

The future according to Alphabet Moonshots: From Calico to X

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Posted by Vaughn Highfield on January 12, 2018

Razer wants to turn your smartphone into a gaming laptop with the crazy Project Linda

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Posted by Alan Martin on January 12, 2018

Bye bye brands: Facebook is pivoting back to friends and family, but should be wary of the law of unintended consequences

Hyperloop explained
Posted by Nicole Kobie on January 11, 2018

Is Hyperloop overhyped and underlooped?

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Posted by Emma Sims on January 11, 2018

LegalFling uses the blockchain to help couples confirm sexual consent – with troubling implications

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Posted by Alan Martin on January 11, 2018

Researchers trick speech-to-text systems with hidden messages – Could Alexa, Bixby, Google, Siri and Cortana be next?

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Posted by Alan Martin on January 11, 2018

South Korea follows China in cracking down on Bitcoin… and is considering a ban (again)

Kodak launches KodakCoin cryptocurrency
Posted by Alex Lee on January 10, 2018

Kodak launching its own KodakCoin cryptocurrency is a sure-fire sign the bubble is on its way to bursting

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Posted by Emma Sims on January 10, 2018

Jeff Bezos is now the richest person of all time

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Posted by Christopher Minasians on January 9, 2018

LG’s CLoi is part robo-butler, part Amazon Echo – and it failed at both jobs at CES

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Posted by Alan Martin on January 9, 2018

Behold: The world’s smallest 1TB flash drive

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Posted by Emma Sims on January 8, 2018

Amazon’s Alexa is coming to Windows 10 PCs from HP, Asus and Acer

iOS 12 release date, how to install and iOS 12 features
Posted by Evan Gower on January 5, 2018

iOS 12 features: iOS 12 running on half of all Apple devices

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Posted by Alan Martin on January 5, 2018

Alexa will soon take up a pointless residence in your microwave

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Posted by Alex Lee on January 4, 2018

“Alexa, I’d like to report a crime”: Your Amazon Echo could soon be used to

NASA image of Earth and moon
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on January 4, 2018

NASA captures incredible shot of the Earth and moon from 3 million miles away

Apple chip
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on January 4, 2018

Apple rolls out more Meltdown and Spectre fixes as the Linux founder calls Intel’s patches “utter garbage”

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Posted by Edward Munn on January 3, 2018

YouTube severs (some of) its ties with Logan Paul

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Posted by Edward Munn on January 2, 2018

North Korea is hijacking computers to mine cryptocurrency

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Posted by Emma Sims on December 22, 2017

January sales 2017: Our round-up of the best New Year deals

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Posted by Alex Lee on December 21, 2017

Black Mirror Arkangel: Are we already living in a dystopia of parental surveillance?

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Posted by Edward Munn on December 20, 2017

Retro games: How to play classic video games on PC, smartphone and tablet

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Posted by Bill Buchanan on December 20, 2017

Is your computer secretly mining Bitcoin alternatives? A beginner’s guide to ‘cryptojacking’

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on December 19, 2017

The UK police’s porn-hunting AI can’t yet tell the difference between deserts and nudes

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on December 18, 2017

Beyond Pornhub: The sex rebels reclaiming adult film

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Posted by Victoria Woollaston on December 18, 2017

Access to high-speed broadband will soon be a legal right for everyone in the UK

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on December 15, 2017

Chasing trains: The UK talks a good AI game but is it losing pace?

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Posted by Alan Martin on December 14, 2017

No, 73p of Russian Facebook spending wouldn’t shift a Brexit vote, but it’s dangerous to take that at face value

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Posted by Peter Ray Allison on December 14, 2017

Will killer robots make us safer?

Cheap Amazon Echo
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on December 13, 2017

Amazon slashes the price of its Echo, Echo Show, Echo Plus, Fire TV, tablets AND Paperwhite ahead of Christmas

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Posted by Evan Gower on December 12, 2017

MediEvil will return in 2019 as Sony releases announcement trailer

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Posted by Evan Gower on December 8, 2017

Best comedies on Netflix UK 2018: From Peep Show to The Good Place

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on December 8, 2017

Is being straight or gay written in your genes? Scientists discover genetic traits for sexual orientation

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Posted by Curtis Moldrich on December 8, 2017

The SEAT Ateca and Leon will soon have Alexa as a co-pilot

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on December 8, 2017

How EVE Online’s Project Discovery wrangled half a million players into helping science

Jan Ingenhousz and his discovery of the photosynthesis equation celebrated in a Google Doodle
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on December 8, 2017

Jan Ingenhousz and his discovery of the photosynthesis equation is celebrated in a Google Doodle

Slow broadband
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on December 7, 2017

This tiny lane in Suffolk has the worst broadband in the whole of the UK

iPhone photo backup
Posted by Alex Lee on December 7, 2017

iPhone photo backup: How to back up iPhone photos to a Mac, Windows and the cloud