Age
science
Can You Beat Harvard’s Guess-Your-Age Machine?

Harvard's got a clever little test that just gets you to click a few on-screen circles to guess your age. It was way off for me, apparently I'm meant to be 33 years old by Harvard's measure, but for the rest of the Giz UK staff it was only two years out. Just from clicking buttons. Wow. Read More >>

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internet
You’ve Never Had it So Good: The Web’s Loading Quicker for Nearly Everyone

According to stats generated by Google, the internet's generally working better for everyone in 2013, as improvement in back-end, server and browser tech managed to speed everything up. So close that Speedtest tab and stop whining. Read More >>

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blackberry
BB10 Might Fail UK Government High Security Testing

The new BlackBerry ecosystem has might have failed a government security test, meaning it is, for now, unlikely to win itself any large-scale government orders. George Osborne's going to have to carry on using his insecure ASDA Alcatel for the time being. Read More >>

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cars
Rogue Driving Test Examiner Pocketed £3,000 in Return for Guaranteeing a Pass

Police busted a driving test examiner this week, accusing him of pocketing large sums of money in exchange for securing test success for otherwise dodgy drivers. Read More >>

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internet
Conduct Your Important Internet Business at 4.00am for the Best Speeds

A massive analysis of some 2.3 million online speed tests carried out over the last six months has fingered 4.00am as the time you're most likely to see your internet approach its advertised speed, as that's when your neighbour's kids aren't YouTube-ing the hell out of your local exchange. Read More >>

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blackberry
Some Poor US Businessmen are Being Made to Use BB10

RIM has started running private trials of its new BB10 hardware and software combo, picking up the bill to bribe some top US businesses to force their staff to use the new Blackberrys. Read More >>

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microsoft
Microsoft Kin Usability Videos Show it Wasn’t… Usable

Remember Microsoft's Kin One and Kin Two phones? They had about three days of mild, bemused hype, before disappearing and being pulled from sale amid a disastrous reception and mass embarrassment for poor Microsoft. These "usability" test videos show why the two semi-smartphones were such a disaster. Read More >>

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4g
4G Coverage Patchy in Manchester, With Less Than Half the City Centre Connectable

Tests on EE's new 4G network in Manchester have found it to be a rather patchy experience in these early days, with fewer than half of the city centre test locations able to connect to the new LTE service. Read More >>

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science
Psychics Fail Halloween Mind-Reading Challenge and Blame… Lack of Eye Contact

A scientific test into the claims of psychics has ended in failure, with some supposed mediums failing to demonstrate any evidence of mind-reading abilities whatsoever. Read More >>

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google
Google Adds Your Personal Files to its Search Listings

If you're signed in to Google and have opted in to its new search upgrade field test, the main Google search window can now display results from your Gmail account and list any relevant docs or files it finds stored inside your Google Drive cloud storage area. Read More >>

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iphone 5
The iPhone 5 Totally Destroys the Competition, on Javascript at Least

We got hints from an early Geekbench result that the iPhone 5 was going to be flying. It seems that Apple's really has worked some magic, both with iOS 6 and its custom silicon, to make the iPhone 5 absolutely blazing at crunching Javascript. Browsing on the iPhone 5 is going to be lightning quick. Read More >>

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nuclear
Hear a Nuke Detonate and the Chilling Sounds of the Excited Crowd Watching

The above video shows a live nuclear bomb test from 1953, complete with the original background noises, whoops and chit-chat of the innocent viewers who'd been invited to watch it all go off. Read More >>

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space
Get Lost In Space With Branson as Virgin Galactic’s First Flight (Actually) Rockets Next Year

Looks like we're missing this target, but no fret, Branson and co. have announced the scheduled departure of the first Virgin Galactic space flight on board SpaceShipTwo. Read More >>

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wtf
An Amazing Student Was Caught with a 35-Foot Long Cheat Sheet Filled with 25,000 Answers

If you've cheated in school, you've probably scribbled test answers on an eraser, passed notes with a friend, glanced at your classmate's test or even made a cheat sheet. You never, however, cheated like this amazing student. He's taken cheating to an entirely different level: A 35-foot long cheat sheet with 25,000 answers. Read More >>

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airplanes
Automated Drones Flying Over the Irish Sea, With Men Onboard Just in Case

A consortium led by BAE Systems is trialling a new form of pilotless plane over the Irish Sea right now, which does away with the human element altogether, in favour of a drone that follows a pre-set route all by itself. Read More >>