ShinyShiny snippets: Boeing and Airbus call for 5G delay
Bosses from the world's two biggest plane makers have called on the US government to delay the rollout of new 5G phone services. In a letter, top executives at Boeing and Airbus warned that the technology could have "an enormous negative impact on the aviation industry." Concerns have previously been raised that C-Band spectrum 5G…
England reaching Euros Final biggest news story of 2021
Britain’s favourite news moments of 2021 include Marcus Rashford’s school dinner campaigning, Donald Trump being banned from social media and Tom Daley knitting at the Tokyo Olympics. However, the single best piece of news of the year was the England men’s football team reaching the final of Euro 2020, as voted for by 21 percent…
How To Get Your Health Back On Track After Lockdown
COVID-19 hit fast and hard and disrupted lives everywhere. There was and still is a lot of uncertainty about how life looks and will look like in the future. One aspect that may have been impacted by the pandemic and lockdown is your health. You likely found yourself around the house more and unsure of…
ShinyShiny snippets: British tech investment hits £29.4bn
British secondhand fashion resale app Depop was sold to US online marketplace Etsy for $1.6bn in 2021 Investment in British tech companies outstripped both Germany and France this year, with the UK “creating a $1bn unicorn every fortnight”, the Digital Minister has said. British technology firms raised a total of £29.4bn…
Average Brit will shell out £21,000 on electronic devices in lifetime
A study of 2,000 UK adults found that the average Brit will shell out almost £21,000 on electronic devices during their lifetime - including 16 mobile phones, 11 cameras and 13 laptops. But 35 per cent admitted they upgrade simply to keep up with the latest tech rather than waiting until the old one no…
5 Tips for Growing Professionally When Working from Home
With the global COVID-19 pandemic that has affected the world for the past couple of years now, more and more people than ever before have been consistently working from home and have been living quite socially isolated lives, by normal standards. While for many people, working from home has been a long-term dream – and…
ShinyShiny snippets: AI argues for and against itself at Oxford Union
The Oxford Union has heard from many great debaters over the years, but this week added an artificial intelligence engine to its distinguished speakers. The AI argued that the only way to stop such tech becoming too powerful is to have "no AI at all". But it also argued the best option could be to…
ShinyShiny snippets: Reddit to go public
Social media platform Reddit has announced that it has started the process to sell its shares on the stock market. In a confidential filing, it did not reveal how many shares it planned to sell or the price of the shares. In August, the company said it had raised $700m (£528m) in new funding, valuing…
Ebenezer Scrooge crowned most iconic Christmas film character
Ebenezer Scrooge. Image: Disney Christmas Carol Bah humbug! Ebenezer Scrooge, the cold-hearted miser from A Christmas Carol, has been crowned as the most iconic festive film character. The legendary Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin, from Home Alone and Will Ferrell’s Buddy from Elf come in second and third respectively, following…
ShinyShiny snippets: Oppo announces Air Glass ‘assisted reality’ device
Oppo has announced the Air Glass, an AR device that’ll go on sale early next year. Oppo describes the Air Glass as an “assisted reality” product, as opposed to augmented reality, meaning it projects 2D information into your field of view rather than overlaying 3D objects onto the real world. (Yes, sort of like Google…
