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Running Man of Tech: Why we should all be furious with fitness wearables

This isn’t me shutting down and giving up on the Running Man of Tech column. But it is me realising that something is really wrong with wearables. Something happened to me on a recent recovery run in Hyde Park, and it irritated me to the point I deleted this week’s piece to write about it. I was trying out Moov’s ‘Running Efficiency’ setup (Moov being an ankle strap that monitors

In depth: 10 things we've learned about Fallout 4

Introduction Fallout 4 is gathering momentum, with just over three months to go until it emerges from the bunker like a drowsy, post-apocalyptic Godzilla. Bethesda recently used Gamescom 2015 to give journalists a sneak preview of Lexington, one of the game’s many desolate towns, in a video that was narrated by Fallout 4 game director Todd Howard. Overrun by hordes of raiders and other wastelanders, it demonstrated some of the

China's July exports slump 8 percent, raises pressure for more stimulus

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese exports tumbled 8.3 percent in July, their biggest drop in four months and far worse than expected, reinforcing expectations that Beijing will be forced to roll out more stimulus to support the world’s second-largest economy. Imports also fell heavily from a year earlier, in line with market forecasts but suggesting domestic demand might be too feeble to offset the weaker global demand for China’s exports. Economists