Hyundai Motor recycles airbags and seatbelts to make fashion items
Hyundai Motor has launched Re:Style in Europe, a platform for the circular economy. The start of the European Re:Style platform, features a collaboration between Hyundai and the designer Jeremy Scott. From repurposing airbags and seatbelts in old cars to recycling plastic bottles, sugar cane, grain, and oil, everything that would otherwise be discarded is given…
AI could increase cyber attack risk, new features added for Apple Watch
Artificial intelligence could increase the risk of cyber-attacks and erode trust in online content by 2025, a UK government report warns. The tech could even help plan biological or chemical attacks by terrorists, it says. But some experts have questioned whether the tech will evolve as predicted. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to highlight…
Apple HomePod will have smart display, Elon Musk calls for Wikipedia name change
(Image credit: Kosutami / X) Earlier this year we reported that Apple was working on a HomePod with a smart display in the top of the device – something that's been rumoured on and off since 2021. And now that very device has leaked. The image above was posted to X/Twitter by a user…
Beach Bots – How the Netherlands is transforming its coast with smart tech
Scheveningen. Image: City of The Hague/Valerie Kuypers When you think of a smart city the image that usually springs to mind is that of thousands of tiny sensors being deployed to control everything from water supply to traffic lights within a densely packed conurbation, most likely in the Far East.…
X to launch new premium tiers, Tesla Cybertruck due in November
Elon Musk has said his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, will launch two new tiers of premium subscriptions. "One is lower cost with all features, but no reduction in ads, and the other is more expensive, but has no ads," the billionaire said in a post on X. It comes as the firm…
Amazon confirms delivery drones for UK, Tesla profits sink
Amazon will relaunch its delivery drones in the UK next year, the shopping giant has confirmed. The company said it will begin using the unmanned, airborne vehicles for distributing goods from some of its same-day delivery sites - one of which will be in the UK.No location has yet been revealed. It's part of the…
Clearview AI wins facial recognition appeal, EE launches new digital platform
A company that enables its clients to search a database of billions of images scraped from the internet for matches to a particular face has won an appeal against the UK's privacy watchdog. Last year, Clearview AI was fined more than £7.5m by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for unlawfully storing facial images. Jack Mulcaire,…
WhatsApp says goodbye to passwords on Android, Kia is big winner in Used Car Awards
WhatsApp users on Android can say goodbye to insecure and annoying SMS two-factor authentication. The Meta-owned company announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it’s rolling out support for a passwordless passkey feature to all Android users. The new security option allows WhatsApp users to use their device’s face, fingerprint, or pin security to unlock and access…
World’s Top 5 most expensive smartphones
Many people are willing to invest in next-generation smartphones to keep up to date with the latest technology, but would you be prepared to pay almost £40 million? The global average handset costs around £250 and some phones such as the iPhone 14 cost in the region of £800. However, whilst most people continue buying…
Almost £14 billion of old devices gathering dust in UK homes, report claims
A third of Brits holding onto old, unwanted devices for two to three years One-fifth of the nation not aware of tech trade-in for cash services Glasgow, London and Cardiff residents sitting on highest value of unused tech Brits are hoarding almost 150 million old, unused mobile phones and other tech devices worth a staggering…
