Author: Chris Price

Chris has been a journalist since the 1990s. In addition to editing TechDigest.tv and ShinyShiny.tv, he also regularly contributes tech/business articles to The Daily Telegraph and Tech Radar. A passionate swimmer, Chris has his own swimming blog and is a qualified lifeguard. He can be contacted at [email protected]

AI agreement reached, Apple faces lawsuit over ‘throttled phones’ claim

28 governments signed up to the 'Bletchley declaration' on the first day of the AI safety summit at Bletchley Park (pictured above) World leaders have a "responsibility" to address the dangers of artificial intelligence, Rishi Sunak has told the UK's first AI safety summit. The prime minister said AI offered "transformative"…

How to get the most value from your second-hand records

Louie Newlands, Used Vinyl Manager at Rough Trade gives insider tips on getting the best value from your vinyl.... According to a recent report, vinyl sales are up 13.2 percent this year, thanks to vinyl LP sales from artists such as Taylor Swift, Blur and Kylie Minogue.  While this is great news for the independent music industry,…

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…

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…