Category: Tech
ShinyShiny snippets: Tesla delivered record number of EVs in 2022
Electric car maker Tesla says it delivered a record 1.3m vehicles last year, 40% more than in 2021. It comes after the company delivered more than 405,000 vehicles in the last three months of 2022. However, that figure missed Wall Street forecasts of around 430,000 deliveries for the period. This year the motor industry is…
ShinyShiny snippets: Sales of AR and VR headsets tumble, data shows
Worldwide shipments of virtual and augmented reality headsets dropped 12% to 9.6 million this year according to data from CCS Insight - a problem for Meta and other tech companies that are invested in the digital worlds' potential. VR headset sales in the U.S. also slumped 2% from a year earlier to $1.1 billion as of…
How Bingo Has Made a Comeback
There's a tendency to have a very particular image in your mind when you think of bingo, hammered in there by endless sitcoms and media. There's always a sense that the only people playing it are over 80, and the atmosphere in a bingo hall is about as thrilling as doing the daily wash. The…
ShinyShiny snippets: Tesla in California crash was in full self-driving mode
The driver of a 2021 Tesla Model S told California authorities the vehicle was in “full self-driving mode” when the technology malfunctioned, causing an eight-vehicle crash on the San Francisco Bay bridge last month. The crash on Thanksgiving Day resulted in two juveniles being transported to hospital and led to lengthy delays on the bridge. The…
ShinyShiny snippets: Sharing Netflix password details may be illegal, government suggests
Users of online streaming platforms such as Netflix could be breaking the law by sharing their account with other households, a government agency has said. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) said password sharing may amount to “secondary copyright infringement”. In guidance published this week, the IPO said: “Pasting internet images into your social media without permission, or accessing…
ShinyShiny snippets: UK’s first space mission ready for lift off
Image: Virgin Orbit The first space mission on British soil is due for lift-off in the coming weeks after the regulator granted licences. Virgin Orbit has been awarded licences to operate the UK's first space launch. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's company demonstrated it has "taken…
ShinyShiny snippets: ‘Silent majority’ concerned by EVs, claims Toyota boss
Nearly 2,700 Toyota bZ4X SUV EVs had to be recalled earlier in the year. Image: Toyota A “silent majority” of car companies is concerned that electric vehicles will not alone be able to end reliance on fossil fuels, according to a senior Toyota executive. Akio Toyoda, the company's president and grandson…
Trustpilot reports fewer positive reviews
Review platform Trustpilot has reported 50,000 fewer positive reviews since April, a five per cent drop on the previous year. The biggest problem areas raised by reviewers are deliveries, response times to enquiries and mistakes made with orders. The data was released by the review platform, which also commissioned research of 2,000 UK consumers which found 30…
ShinyShiny snippets: Oppo latest to launch foldable phones
Image: Oppo Chinese companies seem really keen to get their phones out before the end of the year, as hot on the heels of the Xiaomi 13 launch, there’s now the Oppo Find N2 and Oppo Find N2 Flip – two new foldable phones designed to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Samsung Galaxy Z…
Top 10 tech gifts this Christmas
Tech toys are at the top of everyone's Christmas lists this year - with more than six in 10 households hoping to receive a new gadget. A poll of 2,000 parents with kids aged 2-18 found mobile phones, games consoles and smart lighting systems are also on many wishlists this year, with 60 per…
