technology
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How did email grow from messages between academics to a global epidemic?Ray Tomlinson, the man who invented the @ sign, has died. Here’s a brief history of email, from the Queen’s first mail to the triumph of spam -
12 things today's gamers don't remember about old gamesWe look back on video game history with rose-tinted nostalgia, but some things tend to get overlooked amid those misty-eyed tales of gaming yore
in depth
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Miserden, the UK village with worse internet than Mount EverestHuman rights are under threat in the Gloucestershire parish – where it could take half a day to download a film
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reviews
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Audience takes centre stage in pioneering virtual reality dance filmAcmi join forces with Sydney Dance Company for an immersive film that combines choreography and virtual reality, allowing the audience to view the production from all angles
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Funked Up Ride Series: bike reviewIt’s a smart urban singled-speed from Dublin – with a difference, says Martin Love
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The secret life of a games programmer: I’ve lived my dream and it came up short‘Passion’ meant working six days a week –16-hour days. I still play games, but having seen the inside of the sausage factory they’ll never be the same again
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opinion
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Forget Apple's fight with the FBI – our privacy catastrophe has only just begun
The privacy crisis is a disaster of our own making – and now the tech firms who gathered our data are trying to make money out of privacy
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The FBI wants a backdoor only it can use – but wanting it doesn’t make it possibleMuch like climate change denialists, politicians continue to debate encryption – ignoring the consensus of experts that it must not be compromised
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on this site
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Machine-made music - Tech weekly podcastNew West End musical Beyond the Fence claims to be the world’s first computer-generated musical. What’s the potential for music made by machine?
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What is WUB? And where is my free Windows 10 upgrade?The PCs on Scott’s company network have not been upgraded to Windows 10, and he wonders if they will arrive with Windows Update for Business
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Alec Ross on the industries of the future – Tech Weekly podcastFormer innovation adviser to Hillary Clinton Alec Ross talks us through the big tech changes that are set to radically change how we work and live
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How can I play DVDs in Windows 10?Sharon has upgraded to Windows 10 and now she can’t play DVDs. What’s the solution?
gadgets
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Apple’s top lawyer turns to ring binder when iPad fails during US Congress hearing – videoApple’s general counsel Bruce Sewell reads from a paper copy of his testimony in front of the US Congress, after his iPad appears to fail
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Paper 1, iPad Pro 0: the moment Apple's iPad Pro fails company's top lawyerApple general counsel Bruce Sewell ditched tablet for ring binder when iPad Pro seemingly let him down mid-speech
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Apple releases fix for '1970-bricked' iPhones with new beta updateLatest version of iOS 9.3 public beta software reportedly restores broken smartphones through iTunes
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Setting the date to 1 January 1970 will brick your iPhone, iPad or iPod touchDate bug will prevent 64-bit iOS devices from booting up, rendering them inoperable even through fail-safe restore methods using iTunes
Google's Go machine aims to prove its worth against board game master