Tricky emoji quiz challenges puzzlers to name 20 of the most popular songs on TikTok – so, can YOU achieve a perfect score? Chinese-based app TikTok has over 800million active users in 141 countries UK-based Buzz Bingo challenged internet to name viral songs used on platform Only those with extensive knowledge of chart-toppers will achieve … Read more
Hong Kong protest graffiti aimed at Chinese President Xi Jinping is ‘blurred out’ on Google’s Street View Map ‘due to an an algorithm error’ Pictures show the slogan that read: ‘Xi Jinping must die for the sake of the world’ The graffiti was blurred on the Google Street View Map, local media said Another pro-democracy … Read more
If you’re a Spotify premium customer, you may be disappointed to learn you have missed out on a freebie – the music streaming giant was allowing households to claim a Google Nest Mini for nothing. It is likely to have given away thousands to those who pay monthly for the service, with error messages now … Read more
Google will ramp up advertising fees on firms from the UK, Austria and Turkey by up to 5% from November as US tech giant passes on cost of new digital services taxes to customers It follows in the footsteps of Amazon which last month stopped absorbing cost Price increases have been met with dismay from … Read more
Apple and Google will automatically send notifications to some user’s phones if they have come into contact with a person infected with the coronavirus. The system is an expanded version of the Apple and Google partnership which led to a specialised coronavirus tracking app framework, launched in May. The update will not require health authorities … Read more
Queen suffered obsessive compulsive disorder as a child and used to line up her pencils in perfectly straight lines to feel ‘safe’, new book claims The Governess claims The Queen had ‘crippling’ obsessive compulsive disorder The new book claims Her Majesty’s late teacher noticed behaviour as a princess Author Wendy Holden said the monarch would … Read more
Interactive map lets you track the location of your hometown on the Earth as the planet changes over 750 million years The website app was developed by a software engineer using geological data The interactive tool tracks a changing world over hundreds of millions of years It was designed as way to ‘easily illustrate’ complex … Read more
Google searches for ‘panic attack’ and other anxiety-related queries soared 17 per cent to a record high at the start of the coronavirus crisis, study shows Researchers studied Google searches dating from 2004 through to the present Start of the Covid pandemic coincided with spike in searchers for panic attacks Researchers are calling for more … Read more
Can YOU tell the real deal from the designer dupes? Expert reveals the most commonly copied labels (and how to spot a fake) Britons are spending over £3.2bn on fake designer goods according to new data H&T Pawnbrokers found Kanye West’s Yeezy is the most replicated luxury brand Financial service providers shared their advice for … Read more
Google is trialling an emergency sound detection mode for its Pixel Buds ear phones that alerts users to what’s going on around them. The new feature, called Attention Alerts, detects signs of an emergency such as a barking dog, a crying baby or ambulance sirens with the help of AI. The new mode – which is … Read more