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Mr Biffo: 10 things I want to see in the World of Warcraft movie

Introduction What you are about to read has been written by Mr Biffo, the creative force behind the 90s Teletext videogames magazine Digitiser. He now runs the show at digitiser2000.com The World of Warcraft movie – AKA Warcraft – isn’t out until next year, but as the first trailer is unleashed, the game’s legion of fans are already frothing themselves into a stupor. Here are 10 things that the movie

Forget Apple Pay: this guy has made a way to pay with your hand

As Apple Pay and other mobile payments services grow, these guys from Sweden have taken it one step further and just made the first ever payment via the human body. The world’s first ever bio-payment was done with the xNT implant inside a man’s hand and it has used the NFC chip to trade Bitcoins between two different accounts. Patric Lanhed is the biohacker who used his implant to send

Forget Apple Pay: this guy has made a way to pay with your hand

As Apple Pay and other mobile payments services grow, these guys from Sweden have taken it one step further and just made the first ever payment via the human body. The world’s first ever bio-payment was done with the xNT implant inside a man’s hand and it has used the NFC chip to trade Bitcoins between two different accounts. Patric Lanhed is the biohacker who used his implant to send

How to follow people on Twitter

If you set up a Twitter account and then don’t follow anybody (the terminology Twitter uses when you decide to regularly read someone’s musings), your experience is going to be severely limited. When you log into Twitter at your Home page, you’ll see comments and messages made by all the people you’re following, and if you don’t follow anyone then this page will be empty. If you don’t have any

How to follow people on Twitter

If you set up a Twitter account and then don’t follow anybody (the terminology Twitter uses when you decide to regularly read someone’s musings), your experience is going to be severely limited. When you log into Twitter at your Home page, you’ll see comments and messages made by all the people you’re following, and if you don’t follow anyone then this page will be empty. If you don’t have any

Review: Ooznest PRUSA i3

Introduction and the kit Forget the glossy professional finishes of the latest 3D printers, the Prusa i3 is all about going back to basics and understanding where and how 3D print technology evolved. This Ooznest kit is based on the popular Prusa i3 design and along with the latest stream of FDM printers such as the Lulzbot Mini, they all stem from the original RepRap project by Adrian Bowers, a

Review: Ooznest PRUSA i3

Introduction and the kit Forget the glossy professional finishes of the latest 3D printers, the Prusa i3 is all about going back to basics and understanding where and how 3D print technology evolved. This Ooznest kit is based on the popular Prusa i3 design and along with the latest stream of FDM printers such as the Lulzbot Mini, they all stem from the original RepRap project by Adrian Bowers, a

In depth: How the UK government will track everything you do online

This afternoon, UK Home Secretary Theresa May announced the return of the Snooper’s Charter, aka the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill. It’s the third attempt to get the Snooper’s Charter onto the statute books, and there’s a very good chance it’ll go through this time. All kinds of people think that’s a very bad idea. Here’s why. Everything you do, they monitor it for you The most worrying new power is

In depth: How the UK government will track everything you do online

This afternoon, UK Home Secretary Theresa May announced the return of the Snooper’s Charter, aka the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill. It’s the third attempt to get the Snooper’s Charter onto the statute books, and there’s a very good chance it’ll go through this time. All kinds of people think that’s a very bad idea. Here’s why. Everything you do, they monitor it for you The most worrying new power is

Dumped by Honda, air bag maker faces fresh questions over future

By Naomi Tajitsu and David Morgan TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co said it will no longer use front air bag inflators made by Japan’s Takata Corp, raising questions about the future of the embattled parts supplier. Takata, which counts Honda as its biggest air bag customer, was fined $70 million by the leading U.S. auto safety regulator on Tuesday. Regulators have linked eight deaths – all in Honda cars