Tech and Auto

I think I own more websites than the secretive North Korean state, after the country accidentally revealed they have just 28 websites. North Korea’s internet is Government owned and is tiny, almost non-existent. However, the country accidentally gave browsers from outside the state, access to their internet. In total they found 28 sties, including a sports website, a cooking tips websites and an insurance organisation, according to data uploaded to GitHub. It was thought that North Korea’s internet offering was...

It’s 2016 and the Online Casino Industry is Still Growing It was in 1994 when the Free Trade and Processing Zone Act in the islands of Antigua and Barbuda licensed and granted organisations to extend their trade in the online world. Exactly 22 years later, a lot of casinos and gambling associations are open online and make their way to the homes of millions of people around the globe. Improved broadband connections and innovative software have made the online gaming...

Russia’s media regulator, Roskomnadzor has decided to ban PornHub and YouPorn sites. The outcry on social media has been huge. Many have seen it as unnecessary censorship, while other voices have welcomed the decision, as it protects children who might stray onto these free sites and see images too shocking for their young age. Pornhub have seen the funny side of the ban though and they tweeted the Russian agency offering them a free Premium account. The tweet said: “If...

A young girl who lives in Germany has proposed to design a headscarf emoji. The girl, Rayouf Alhumedhi, is originally from Saudi and has submitted her idea to The Unicode Consortium. This company is a non-profit organisation that develops and reviews new emoji ideas. If her idea is given the green light it will be available digitally during 2017. Currently across Europe, especially in France, there is a lot of discussion whether Islamic headwear should be banned. In France a...

Half of all Apple Lovers Ready to Reject Jackless iPhone The new iPhone 7 was launched today and does not feature a headphone jack. OnePulse, the UK’s opinion polling app, today revealed that almost half (47%) of all iPhone lovers are ready to end their love affair with Apple due to the iPhone 7 lacking a headphone jack. The poll, which was conducted in anticipation of Apple’s iPhone 7 launch, also revealed that consumers are becoming less excited about the new iPhone launches,...

A petrol head from Devon has completed a motorcycle road race in a jet-powered shopping trolley. Madcap Matt McKeown of Plymouth built his wacky racer – which has a top speed of 80mph – from an abandoned cart he found in a ditch. He bolted on brakes, go-kart wheels and a 150 horsepower engine from a Chinook helicopter before taking it for time trials. Matt first set a record of 45.5mph then made several tweaks and broke his own record by reaching...

Around 350 million photographs a day are uploaded onto Facebook. Let that sink in. That equates to more than one picture for each citizen of America. In three weeks, that equates to every single person on the planet. It’s believed that 108 billion people have ever lived on the Earth, so - crudely put - in just over 300 days, one picture is uploaded onto Facebook for every person who has ever lived, from the remote villagers of North Sentinel...

When it comes to computer programming most people might think of tech giants Facebook, Apple, Google etc, but it seems that the US has fallen behind in the table of the best computer programmers in the world In fact according to a study by HackerRank China has the best developers followed by Russia. They based their study on the accuracy and speed of 1.5 million developers across the globe. HackerRank is a free coding practice website allowing developers to practice...

We all know and love the BBC iPlayer function but as with many modern technologies, there has been a loophole in the system that has, up until now, allowed individuals to use the iPlayer without owning a TV license. Most commonly this includes expats living abroad who want to keep up to date with their favourite programmes and under the old rules, you only needed to own a TV license if you watched television live – meaning programmes that were...