Top 40 Toys Brits have stashed away – including Barbie dolls and G.I Joes
Britain's lofts are filled with more than one billion treasured toys – including Barbie, LEGO and Hot Wheels. A study of 2,000 adults revealed they each have an average of 20 toys and playthings stashed away, with 65 per cent planning to pass them down to their children or grandchildren. Other popular items stored away…
ShinyShiny roundup: Goodbye Google Stadia
Google has just released the last ever game for the Stadia platform, ahead of its shutdown today (January 18). After much speculation, Google confirmed that the Stadia would be shutting down last September, with the cloud gaming service set to shut up shop today. Ahead of the shutdown though, Google has released one last game…
ShinyShiny snippets: Microsoft to face possible EU Antitrust warning over Activision deal
Microsoft (MSFT.O) is likely to receive an EU antitrust warning about its $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O), people familiar with the matter said, that could pose another challenge to completing the deal. The European Commission is readying a charge sheet known as a statement of objections setting out its concerns about…
Half of Brits less tolerant with drivers because of ‘January Blues’
Nearly half (45%) of drivers admit being in a bad mood leads them to become more agitated and less tolerant with fellow drivers, according to new research by Citroën UK. The findings, from a survey of 2,000 UK drivers, highlighted some of the risks of being unhappy or in a bad mood whilst out on…
7 things that tech has made obsolete since 2000
Many humble telephone boxes have disappeared altogether or been converted into takeaway coffee booths, mobile libraries or defibrillator stations Many of us will remember dial-up internet, browsing Ceefax for the latest news, flicking through the Yellow Pages or those endless games of Snake on primitive mobile phones. While all are mainstays of early 2000s…
ShinyShiny snippets: Apple Watch guilty of infringing Masimo patent
Apple infringed on one of medical technology company Masimo's pulse oximeter patents when it launched Apple Watch models that use light sensors to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood, an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge ruled on Tuesday. Masimo, which designs pulse oximetry devices, has been embroiled in an ongoing battle with Apple…
ShinyShiny snippets: Microsoft AI can replicate human voice after 3 seconds
Microsoft has unveiled an AI voice simulator capable of accurately imitating a person’s voice after listening to them speak for just three seconds. The VALL-E language model was trained using 60,000 hours of English speech from 7,000 different speakers in order to synthesize “high-quality personalised speech” from any unseen speaker. Once the artificial intelligence system has…
Top 40 benefits of solo holidays revealed, according to travellers
Solo travellers have revealed the best things about holidaying alone – including eating when and where they want, not having to compromise and taking time to explore. A study of 2,000 adults found two-thirds have been on a trip on their own, with 37 per cent of those preferring it to going away with…
11 tips to make £1000 in 2023
The new year is typically a time when a lot of people take a look at their finances, and with the cost of living crisis adding pressure to household budgets, it’s even more important that consumers make their money go further in 2023. Which? has collated 11 tips to make consumers extra cash this year…
ShinyShiny snippets: Mastodon users fall by 30% since peak
The number of active users on the Mastodon social network has dropped more than 30% since the peak and is continuing a slow decline, according to the latest data posted on its website. There were about 1.8 million active users in the first week of January, down from over 2.5 million in early December. Mastodon, an…
