150 London Underground station now offer Wi-Fi

Over the past two years Virgin Media has been rolling out Wi-Fi across London Underground stations that is free for mobile customers on Virgin, O2, Vodafone, Three, and EE. Now the rollout has hit a pretty big milestone, because 150 stations have glorious internet connectivity. There's still a long way to go to ensue that the…

New invisible tattoos could be used in breast cancer radiotherapy

A new study presented yesterday at the National Cancer Research Institute's Cancer Conference suggests that an alternative way of marking the areas breast cancer radiation needs to target could be more effective and boost women’s self-esteem. Currently, women undergoing the treatment are tattooed with small black dots to make sure radiotherapy treatment is used in…
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The week in hashtags: #BeenRapedNeverReported, #Catcalling, #iStandSunday, #NaNoWriMo

From raising awareness and hijacking hate to moustaches and writer's block, here are the biggest hashtags from the past week... #BeenRapedNeverReported One of the most powerful hashtags of late, #BeenRapedNeverReported was started on Thursday night by Antonia Zerbisias, a writer for the Toronto Star, as a defence of Canadian actress Lucy DeCoutere, one of nine women…

An Xperia Z3 owner has reported bending issues

Well it seems like the iPhone 6 Plus isn't the only phone that's experiencing problems with a bending frame, because one unfortunate Xperia Z3 owner is reporting that it's happened to their phone as well. As you can see in the image above the phone has curved at a slight angle, and the user claims…

A new spoon uses electricity to add flavour to food

Sending electrical current through your tongue might not be an appetising prospect, but a new spoon uses electricity to zhush up meals all the same. As New Scientists reports, it’s studded with tiny electrodes and is aimed at people who have to cut down on delicious flavour enhancers (salt, sugar, all that good stuff) for…

Pure announces new Bluetooth speaker, the Voca

Pure has announced the latest addition to its wireless audio line with Voca, a fully portable and rechargeable Bluetooth speaker. The Voca enables users to stream music wherever they go, whether around the home, or out and about, and, according to Pure, the small speaker has been hand tuned by Pure’s audio engineers to produce…

The Apple Watch is expected to launch next Spring

When Apple announced the Apple Watch back in September they were remarkably vague about when people would be able to go out and buy the device for themselves, claiming that it would arrive in 'early 2015'. As it tuns out 'early' might mean Spring. Angel Ahrendts, Company Senior Vice President for Retail and Online Stores,…

The new 2015 Ford Mondeo and its rather clever tech

As we mentioned last week Ford is set to launch the all-new Mondeo in 2015, but they offered shinyshiny a sneak preview in Malaga late last month. Needless to say the car is a lovely, smooth drive, but, as you'd expect, it is the technology that interests me most. Here then are my four favourite bits of tech from…

A speech-analysing app could monitor users’ mental health

Researchers are working on an app that will monitor users’ mental health by analysing their speech. As Psych Central reports, acoustician Carol Espy-Wilson and her colleagues at the University of Maryland examined the results of a 2007 study, where a group of people with depression were asked how they were feeling each week, using the…