Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Oh, look. It’s dad. Fairfax Media I cling on to the perhaps naive belief that some things are still private. Technology, however, embraces the premise that you can find out anything with just a few […]
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With the “Game of Thrones” season 7 finale just days away, a new Facebook photo filter released Friday lets you turn yourself into the terrifying ice-eyed Night King. “Thrones” star Kristofer Hivju (who plays Tormund Giantsbane), demonstrates the new effect on the show’s official Facebook page. The Night King is […]
You may have less juice than you think. Tim Stevens/Roadshow If you own a Chevrolet Bolt, you may be in for a sudden awakening. GM has notified a few hundred owners of the all-electric car that it may have a faulty battery that would cause a false range reading. PluginCars.com […]
Anker’s SoundCore 2 is a popular mini Bluetooth speaker on Amazon. It costs $35 (£42 in the UK, AU$99 in Australia), plays pretty loud for its small size, is water-resistant and has excellent battery life. That’s all good — and the SoundCore 2 is a perfectly fine little wireless speaker […]
Liver fluke eggs are often where they’re not wantedCDC Public Health Image Library By Colin Barras It might have been what the doctor ordered, but it didn’t do the patient much good. A 375-year-old mummified man discovered in South Korea had a parasitic liver infection caught by eating raw shellfish, […]
Water buffalo grazing in a Welsh marshJoan Gravel/Alamy By Fred Pearce Moose and water buffalo do a lot of munching and trampling, so it might seem a bad thing that these large animals have escaped their native realms and invaded other regions. But there appears to be an upside to […]
Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 8, at a press conference in New York City yesterday. The next-generation phablet ships with a 6.3-inch dual-curved Quad HD+ Super AMOLED, updated S Pen stylus and iris scanner. It is also the first Samsung smartphone to include a dual-camera set-up. […]
Samsung will take the wraps off its next-generation Gear S smartwatch next week at IFA. The South Korean company confirmed to US news network CNBC that it plans to use the consumer technology conference to unveil the successor to the Gear S3. DJ Koh – the president of Samsung‘s mobile […]