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A theme park dedicated to Nintendo’s famous Super Mario World has opened in Japan, nearly a year after it was originally due to welcome guests. Super Nintendo World – which cost about $0.5bn ($0.36bn) to build – was meant to open last summer but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. Initially only Japanese visitors can […]

Australians have derided a suggestion by the New South Wales (NSW) police commissioner that an app could be used to register sexual consent. On Thursday, Mick Fuller championed the idea of an app where people could digitally record their mutual agreement to have sex. He said the technology could be used to establish “positive consent”. […]

The auction of the airwaves that will create faster mobile services for rural areas and hasten the rollout of 5G has ended, with all four operators pleased with their haul. The sell-off of chunks of spectrum in the 700-megahertz and 3.6-3.8-gigahertz bands raised £1.3bn for the government. EE, Three, O2 and Vodafone all gained a […]

Instagram is adding safety measures designed to protect teenagers from unwanted direct messages from adults. Older users will be able to privately message teenagers who follow them only. And messages will be overlaid with a notice reminding teenagers they need not respond to anything that makes them uncomfortable. The measures will work only if accounts […]

Mixed-reality platform, Microsoft Mesh, will allow people to join and share the same virtual experience wherever they are in the world. The system was announced at the company’s Ignite digital conference, earlier this month. While augmented reality overlays virtual objects in front of you, mixed reality allows the user to interact with what they can […]

People in the UK have been sharing personal safety tips on social media following the death of Sarah Everard who disappeared as she walked home from a friend’s house in south London last week. Police have confirmed that a body found in woodland near Ashford in Kent is that of the 33-year-old marketing executive. Metropolitan […]

A digital-only artwork has sold at Christie’s auction house for an eye-watering $69m (£50m) – but the winning bidder will not receive a sculpture, painting or even a print. Instead, they get a unique digital token known as an NFT. Where Bitcoin was hailed as the digital answer to currency, NFTs are now being touted […]

Chief executive of Roblox David Baszucki may well be letting out the “Oof” sound made famous by the game, after the firm’s debut on Wall Street netted him $4.6bn (£3.3bn). The gaming platform has risen in value by 60% to $47bn after its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. It means […]

CHUWI recently launched a new Android tablet named SurPad with the high portability as the main selling point. But of course the advanced features can’t be overlooked either. High texture metal body, 10.1-inch FHD screen, octa-core processor or super-fast UFS storage It also supports dual-card 4G LTE network, GPS positioning and with an optional keyboard it fullfills […]