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A new Android app called Nearby Glasses claims to warn people when camera‑equipped smart glasses are nearby. The open-source app was created by Yves Jeanrenaud, a Swiss sociologist and hobbyist developer, as a small act of resistance against wearable surveillance. Nearby Glasses scans for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) broadcasts and …

The head of the European Space Association (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, has warned that Europe needs to quickly develop its own reusable launch vehicle in order to catch up with the efforts of American companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. The wheels are in motion to get this done, he said, …

  AMD reported its Q4 2020 earnings earlier this week, as well as full-year revenue results. One of the topics the company covered during the call was the ongoing hardware shortage in CPUs, GPUs, and gaming consoles. We want to say upfront that AMD had an excellent 2020, with full-year …

  If you have a pacemaker, Apple wants you to know the iPhone 12 might not mix well with your current hardware. The company has updated a support document to discuss the risks of pacemaker usage near an iPhone 12 after researchers found that the device could put a pacemaker …

Microsoft did everything in its power to get user to take advantage of the free update to Windows 10. It even nagged and fooled people in order to get them on-board before it was too late. This didn’t exactly go over well with those who wanted to stick with their …

This morning, Google began sending out noticed through the Google Search Console to web sites that have login and password fields on pages that are not over HTTPS. The notification says nonsecure Collection of Passwords will trigger warnings in Chrome 56 for domain.com. Chrome 56 in January will issue a …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Jaroslaw Kaczynski is widely seen as the power behind Poland’s centre-right government Poles have marked the 1981 imposition of martial law with marches, and thousands used the occasion to protest against the conservative government. Dozens of activists died when Poland’s last communist leader Gen Jaruzelski …

Image copyright PA Any interim deal between the UK and the EU should not be allowed to become “eternal”, according to a key figure in the negotiations. Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator, said any “transitional arrangement” should have a strict time limit. A House of Lords report …

Image copyright Reuters The UK faces higher food prices without continued access to EU workers, 30 food and drink associations have warned. In a letter published in the Guardian, they argue that EU workers play an important role in the supply chain and some are already starting to leave. It …

Image copyright PA Image caption Stronger consumer spending helped to boost the economy in the third quarter “The business as usual” approach taken by many firms following the Brexit vote has helped boost UK growth this year, but it will not last, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned. …