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It’s Meta’s latest land-grab for a piece of another tech company’s market share as Threads goes live - with 10 million sign-ups for the platform just seven hours after launch, according to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg.
Evening Standard technology journalist Mary-Ann Russon explains the Threads user experience.
It needs a user’s Instagram information to log-in and is being billed as a “Twitter killer” - but is it?
The UK’s Online Safety Bill is due to be heard in the House of Lords after amendments.
The bill aims to tackle illegal and harmful content, but there are concerns it heralds some of the West’s worst censorship - and backdoors into messaging apps could be impossible to enforce.
Tech & Science Daily podcast speaks with Dr Lorenzo Picinali, head of Imperial’s Audio Experience Design research group, who’s showcasing their work to help hearing-impaired teenagers at the Royal Society’s annual science show.
Their Both Ears Training Package uses virtual reality gaming to optimise hearing for young people with bilateral cochlear implants, dubbed “digital ears”.
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