The UK’s quest to boost digital surveillance in 2024 isn’t over

The UK’s quest to boost digital surveillance in 2024 isn’t over

The King officially gave his final approval: the controversial reform to the UK’s Investigative Powers Act (IPA) is all set to become law. The government seeks to widen its digital surveillance capabilities “to protect the British people” in spite of technological change. Technologists and digital rights experts foresee a rather different outcome, however, reminiscent of … Read more

iPadOS Identified as Digital ‘Gatekeeper’ Under New EU Tech Rules

iPadOS Identified as Digital ‘Gatekeeper’ Under New EU Tech Rules

EU antitrust officials on Monday identified iPadOS, Apple’s operating system for iPads, as a significant digital gatekeeper under the EU’s new tech regulations, which carry strict requirements to promote fair competition and expand options for consumers. The European Commission concluded that iPadOS plays a crucial role for business users accessing the market and that Apple … Read more

Withings ScanWatch Nova review: analog looks with exceptional digital brains

Withings ScanWatch Nova review: analog looks with exceptional digital brains

Withings ScanWatch Nova: Two-minute review Smartwatches have become ubiquitous in society. Certainly spearheaded by the arrival of the Apple Watch, you now can’t go anywhere without seeing a digital display on someone’s wrist. It could be argued that until we had the smartwatch, we didn’t know we needed it and we were perfectly content with … Read more

Save over £40 on the PS5 Slim Digital Edition with this new lowest-ever price

Save over £40 on the PS5 Slim Digital Edition with this new lowest-ever price

If you’re in the UK and have been waiting for the perfect chance to upgrade to comfortably the best gaming console on the market, then now is the time to strike as the PlayStation 5 Slim Digital Edition is currently available at a new lowest-ever price. On sale for just £349 (was £389.99) at Amazon, … Read more

The rise of digital wallets: A look at the UK’s payment revolution

The rise of digital wallets: A look at the UK’s payment revolution

Digital wallets have emerged as a transformative force in how people pay for things in recent years as digital technology, especially via mobile phones, has accelerated in the 21st century. The first ever digital wallet is widely accepted to have been created by Coca-Cola in 1997 in Helsinki, enabling consumers to make purchases at a … Read more

Use Apple Shortcuts to Build the Ultimate Daily Digital Journal

Use Apple Shortcuts to Build the Ultimate Daily Digital Journal

I started journaling in 2019. It’s not that I love keeping a journal, exactly. It’s more that I find my brain works better if I spend a little time dumping its contents onto paper every morning. This practice got me through 2020, an extremely difficult year, and I’ve kept it up ever since. My journal … Read more

Nvidia has virtually recreated the entire planet — and now it wants to use its digital twin to crack weather forecasting for good

Nvidia has virtually recreated the entire planet — and now it wants to use its digital twin to crack weather forecasting for good

Faster and more accurate weather forecasts are about to become a real possibility across the globe thanks to a new release from Nvidia. The computing giant has announced a new digital twin cloud platform that it says will help meteorologists and weather experts create richer and more detailed simulations and more. The new Earth-2 APIs, … Read more

Here’s what many digital tools for chronic pain are doing wrong

Here’s what many digital tools for chronic pain are doing wrong

Chronic pain is a health crisis of enormous proportions. In the United States and Europe, about 20% of adults experience chronic pain, defined as pain lasting more than three months. Incidence is likely to rise in the coming decades, owing in part to ageing populations. The past few years have witnessed an explosion in the … Read more

Adapt to survive: how a former Disney animator and director rode the wave of digital transformation

Adapt to survive: how a former Disney animator and director rode the wave of digital transformation

It’s been almost 120 years since the  first cartoon animation, Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie, was made, and the contemporary art form has come a long way since then.  That’s especially true for the last 50 years of animation, which has seen illustrators and animators alike embrace a plethora of new hardware and software tools, including some … Read more

How to Organize Your Digital Life With Google Gemini

How to Organize Your Digital Life With Google Gemini

This guide is designed to show you how you can use Google Gemini to organize your digital life. Recall those moments when your inbox seemed like a bottomless pit, the endless maze of files on your computer, and the relentless challenge of locating the exact document you need. In this era where digital information floods … Read more