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ShinyShiny snippets: Mercedes offers subscription for faster EV acceleration
Mercedes-Benz is to offer an online subscription service in the US to make its electric cars speed up quicker. For an annual cost of $1,200 (£991) excluding tax, the company will enable some of its vehicles to accelerate from 0-60mph a second faster. It comes after rival manufacturer BMW offered a subscription feature earlier…
ShinyShiny snippets: Police smash online phone fraud shop
Image: iSpoof website The Met police have smashed a global online fraud shop selling tools that allowed criminals to carry out phone scams on hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting victims. Detectives disabled the iSpoof website as part of the biggest anti-fraud operation ever mounted in the UK. Criminals using software purchased…
ShinyShiny snippets: Mazda hints at electric MX-5
Mazda has previewed a sleek two-seat coupé – which could hint at the next-generation MX-5 – alongside the announcement of an £8.9 billion investment into future electric vehicles. Although the firm did not detail the model...it was shown alongside a series of Mazda MX-5 convertibles. This suggests it could be an early look at the next-generation sports…
ShinyShiny snippets: Just 1 in 7 Black Friday deals genuine, claims Which?
Only one in seven (14%) Black Friday deals offer a genuine discount, according to new Which? research which finds the vast majority of promotions are cheaper or the same price in the six months before the sales extravaganza. The consumer association analysed 214 Black Friday deals last year at seven major home and tech retailers…
ShinyShiny snippets: Kanye announces Twitter return with ‘shalom’
Kanye West has returned to Twitter with the Hebrew word "shalom" after his account was previously blocked for antisemitic posts. He posted the word - often translated as "peace" but also used as a greeting or farewell - with a smiling emoji on Sunday evening. A few hours before, he tweeted: "Testing Testing…
ShinyShiny snippets: Trump back on Twitter after poll decision!
Donald Trump is back on Twitter after an online poll voted for his return. The platform's new owner Elon Musk had announced on Saturday evening that, following the vote, the former president would be reinstated, almost two years after he was removed following the 6 January US Capitol riots. On hearing the news, the former…
ShinyShiny snippets: Twitter staff locked out of office until next week
Elon Musk has locked Twitter staff out of offices until next week as hundreds of employees reportedly resigned after being given an ultimatum by the billionaire. The closure until Monday was revealed in an email to staff and no reason was given. Hundreds of employees have quit the company after Mr Musk told staff they…
ShinyShiny snippets: UK’s EV Road Tax exemption to end
Electric vehicles will not be exempt from vehicle excise duty – or road tax – from April 2025, the UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said. Announcing the change as part of his Autumn Statement, Jeremy Hunt said the move was designed to make the motoring tax system “fairer”. Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax…
ShinyShiny snippets: NASA sends Artemis rocket to moon
NASA's most powerful rocket ever has launched into space in the first step of a mission to return humans to the moon. The next-generation, multibillion-dollar Space Launch System lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with the Orion spacecraft in tow. It surged off the launch pad…
ShinyShiny snippets: Pics of Google Pixel Fold phone leaked
These leaked high-quality pictures illustrate the design of the highly anticipated Google Pixel Fold (Image: Front Page Tech) While many Android fans may have already upgraded to the recently released Pixel 7 series of smartphones (from US$596 on Amazon), tech enthusiasts who are looking for a brand-new and fresh form…
