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We still don't know how effective the NHS contact-tracing app will be

The UK government will begin trials of its coronavirus contact-tracing app this week, but what impact it will have on slowing the spread of covid-19 is unclear




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Retro computers reveal three decades of technological evolution

In a new photography book, the home computer revolution of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s is told through nostalgic industrial-design images




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Telling Lies review: A twisting mystery for the age of video calls

Telling Lies is a game where you sift through video calls to solve a mystery. Half the time you don't know what you should be doing, but that's part of the fun, says Jacob Aron




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It's time to retreat from the tyranny of lockdown tech

People in lockdown are no longer trying to use technology to get their old lives back and that's a good thing, says Annalee Newitz




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MIDI 2.0: The code that will define the future of sound has arrived

Four decades ago, we introduced a standard way of encoding digital sound. Its first ever upgrade could lead to new genres of music and ways of experiencing sound




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Lockdown Update: लॉकडाउन का उल्लंघन तो कहीं पसरा सन्नाटा, बिना अनुमति दुकान खोलने वालों के खिलाफ चला अभियान

पश्चिमी यूपी के विभिन्न जिलों में कोरोना दोबारा अपने पांव पसार रहा है वहीं संक्रमण को लेकर लोग अभी भी संजीदा नहीं हैं -




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Coronavirus in Gorakhpur: गोरखपुर में 23 साल का युवक मिला कोरोना पॉजिटिव, संक्रमितों की संख्या हुई चार

उत्तर प्रदेश के गोरखपुर जिले में कोरोना पॉजिटिव मरीजों की संख्या बढ़कर चार हो गई है।




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Coronavirus: आगरा में 24वीं मौत, केंद्रीय कारागार के सजायाफ्ता संक्रमित कैदी ने तोड़ा दम

आगरा में नहीं थम रहा कोरोना वायरस का कहर




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How to Watch the Xbox Series X First Look Stream This Afternoon

Watch everything unfold in real time, rather than reading about it later.




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Disneyland in China to Reopen 11 May With Temperature Checks and Masks Required

This could be a trial run for the rest of Disney’s parks in the US, Japan, France, and Hong Kong.




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Zoom Backgrounds Now Include a Selection From TfL - That's Not a Reference to Star Wars

TfL as in Transport for London. Greeeeeaaat.




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Sonos Finally Supports Dolby Atmos With New Arc Soundbar

Sonos has been busy these past few months.




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Make Your Own KFC at Home With This Recipe That's as Good as the Real Thing

Plus you'll know where everything's come from, so it'll be even more delicious.




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Axl Rose and the U.S. Treasury Secretary are Fighting on Twitter About the Trump Regime's Coronavirus Death Toll

Why? Because that’s our reality here in the year 2020.




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Why Temperature Screenings Alone Won't Protect People From Covid-19

While such a plan might sound appealing, it’s likely to provide a false sense of security




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Rumours Claim Apple Will Soon Drop More New Devices

The company could be preparing to release a new iMac, a new pair of AirPods, and an updated Apple TV 4K.




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New Standard Adds Low-Power Wireless Charging to NFC

It's called the Wireless Charging Specification, or WLC for short.




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Twitch Is Reportedly Pivoting to Reality TV

Personally, I welcome whatever reality TV drivel Twitch dreams up to feed our insatiable appetite for content.




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Alphabet's Scrapping Its Smart City Dreams

Not because of public concerns, although there are plenty of those, but because of the pandemic-induced plunge in local real estate.




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Worst Co-Worker Ever Creates the Loudest, Clackiest Keyboard Imaginable

This unusual contraption recreates the sounds of an old-school mechanical typewriter on a modern keyboard.




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Experiment Shows Some Life Can Survive in Exoplanet-Like Conditions

These findings suggest that scientists may need to broaden their definition of what a life-supporting planet might look like.




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Ban Cruises

In addition to being a hotbed for pandemics, the cruise industry is an ethical and ecological abomination.




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Dramatic Fossil Shows a Squid-Like Creature Crushing a Fish in Its Jaws

Scientists are speculating as to how the two creatures managed to become preserved in such an unusual way.




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Sony’s New Noise-Cancelling Workout Earbuds Have the Best Sound You Can Buy

Sony has managed to best its top-of-the-line noise cancelling earbuds with a new, improved, and best of all, cheaper model.




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The World's Largest Iceberg Just Had a Baby

However, this new arrival isn't exactly great news for the environment.




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Get Your McDonald's Big Mac Fix at Home With This Recipe

McDonald's is opening (some of) its doors next week, but if you want a bank holiday Big Mac fix, here's how.




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Zoom's Adding End-to-End Encryption for Real This Time, But It'll Cost You

With the acquisition of a start-up specialising in encrypted messaging and cloud services, Zoom will finally be able to make good on its claims of offering end-to-end encryption.




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Amazon Sued for Acting Like Users Own "Purchased" Movies (Spoiler Alert: You Don't)

Because Amazon movie purchases are really just long-term rentals that can disappear from your library at any time.




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BBC Opens its Image Archives for Your Amazing Retro Webcam Background

Don't analyse them too closely, they didn't have HD in the 1970s.




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How Self-Driving Telescopes Could Transform Astronomy

Perhaps astronomers need help from something that thinks a bit less like a human.




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Candle Shop Has "Scents Of Normality" Candles for £45

Exhaust fumes and cold KFC?




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Animal Crossing Is the Breath of the Wild Postgame I Always Dreamed Of

Strange as it may sound, Animal Crossing: New Horizons feels like where Breath of the Wild should have ended up gameplay-wise.




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Warburtons Open-Sources its Crumpet Recipe for Home Baking Approximation

No going out to buy ingredients you don't already have, though. Crumpets are treats.




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Pandemic Robots Deployed in Singapore Parks to Remind Humans of Their Own Mortality

As well as announcing reminders to stay away from each other, the robots also estimate how many people are in the park at any given time.




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Somebody Is Furiously Uploading '90s Windows Desktop Themes to the Internet Archive

Please, I implore you: jump on this bandwagon.




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Lyft, Like Uber, Will Also Now Require Drivers and Passengers Wear Face Coverings

Up until now mask-wearing had only been an unenforced suggestion by the company.




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Samsung Hops on the Finance Train, Announces New Debit Card

Big Tech is coming for your transaction data.




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Google Authenticator Update Makes it Way Easier to Transfer Accounts to a New Device

Anything that encourages more people to enable two-step verification can only be a good thing.




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Zens Comes Closest to Delivering the Wireless Charger Apple AirPower Promised to Be

It delivers almost all the functionality Apple promised, with a steep Apple-like price tag to match.




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Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report

"This government has failed to show any self-criticism whatsoever, when it is glaringly obvious to everybody that big mistakes have been made."




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Calculator Hacked for Cheating Includes a Secret OLED Screen, Wifi, and Even a Chat Function

But can you still write "BOOBS" on it?




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Full-Time Airbnb Hosts Strive for Justice

The revolution will be on a website for a midcentury modern bungalow.




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Despite Record Streaming Subscriptions, Disney Is Tiptoeing Around the Cinema Drama – For Now

As a very ugly standoff develops between legacy cinemas and legacy studios, Disney appears to be playing its cards close to its chest.




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I Cut My Hair With a Vacuum Cleaner and I Think I Screwed Up

The road to haircut hell is paved with good questions. Questions like: Is the coronavirus pandemic the Flowbee’s time to shine?




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These Physicists Cannot Rest Until They Understand the Motions of Drunk Worms

While this experiment may sound odd, it could represent the start of a whole new field of research.




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Shudder's Blood Quantum Is a Classic Zombie Tale Told From a Welcome New Perspective

This film gives us insight into a community that’s already endured plenty even before the zombies arrived.




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Hi-Res View of Ryugu Asteroid Suggests It Had a Close Encounter With the Sun

This solar contact could provide a potential explanation for the asteroid's weird, two-tone surface.




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Boba Fett is Reportedly Coming to The Mandalorian

Boba Fett has been on Lucasfilm’s to-do list for a while now.




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Google Duo Courts the PG Crowd With Addition of 'Family Mode'

Google has been folding in a score of updates to help delineate Duo from the dozens of other video chat services available.




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Teenager Accused of Leading Ring of 'Evil Geniuses' on £19.3 Million 'Cybercrime Spree'

The hacker in question hasn't even graduated high school yet.