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The 1911 video entitled ‘A Trip Through New York City’ has been brought back to life more than a hundred years later by artificial intelligence. Shot by a Swedish film production company, the black and white footage has be restored with neural networks to create a colorized, sharper version of the black and white movie. … Read more
Billionaire Warren Buffett FINALLY trades in his $20 Samsung flip phone for Apple’s latest model handset -but says he will only be using it as ‘a phone’ Billionaire Warren Buffett has used a $20 Samsung flip phone for many years He has now traded in the retro handset for Apple’s ‘latest model’ smartphone However, he … Read more
Sony patents new motion sensing controller with sensors that track individual finger movement, hinting at plans for a ‘next generation’ version of its PlayStation VR headset A patent filed in Japan reveals a new motion-sensing VR controller from Sony The controller has a small strip of sensors on the rear that could be used to … Read more
Toasty tushies: Heated bench appears at a train station in South London to warm chilly commuters on their way to work British Gas have installed the bench at Coulsdon South station for two days In celebration, the station has been temporarily renamed ‘Warmsdon South’ The bench can alter its temperature to compensate for the weather conditions It also … Read more
Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox Series X will be EIGHT TIMES more powerful than its predecessor, the Xbox One Xbox Series X will pack serious power with 12 teraflops of GPU performance That means it will be eight times more powerful than the original Xbox One The added power will support higher frame rates and resolution It … Read more
Lidl becomes the first UK supermarket to launch recycled packaging made from ‘ocean bound plastic’ collected from beaches in South East Asia The plastic is collected from beaches in South East Asia and then recycled It will prevent over 60 tonnes of plastic from entering the ocean each year The plastic will first be rolled … Read more
New class of ‘extra-large’ Manta Ray underwater drones will be built by Lockheed Martin after Pentagon awards the firm $12.3 million Lockheed Martin has been chosen by DARPA to start its Manta Ray program The firm received a $12.3 million contract to start the first phase of the program It will have long distance and range … Read more
Huawei has unveiled a new version of its foldable smartphone – the first that will be released outside of mainland China. The Mate Xs is the Chinese tech firm’s second folding phone after the Mate X, which launched last year. Like its predecessor, the Mate Xs has a screen that wraps around the outside of … Read more
Millennials are more likely to become agitated and aggressive when forced to wait without their smartphone, study shows Experts explored how concrete and abstract thinking changes our perception They made people wait various lengths for a delayed meeting with a person Those prompted to think about something concrete passed the time more easily However, the team … Read more
An interactive map reveals the scale of Britain’s electric vehicle (EV) charging points and shows how the infrastructure varies around the country, with London lagging behind other cities. London came bottom of a list of ten cities when measuring the percentage of its charging locations that put out more than 43kW of power when plugged … Read more