Mobility Farting Teslas recalled for breaking safety rules An over-the-air update will disable a feature that played loud noises outside the car after authorities raised doubts over pedestrian safety. 14/02/2022
Tech News Break up of €18m lost SpaceX satellites caught on camera A geomagnetic storm hit 49 Starlink satellites last week, sending most of them back to Earth. 11/02/2022
Tech News Tinder wants to take you on a blind date with its new feature Users won't be judged on appearances… just on their habits, lifestyles and values instead. 11/02/2022
Mobility Revealed: The cities with the best and worst traffic congestion New data from navigation company TomTom suggests that traffic congestion in many cities is still lower than it was before the COVID pandemic. 09/02/2022
Tech News UK government wants to restrict porn by verifying ages - again Previous attempts to apply age verification to online pornography in the UK ended in failure. 08/02/2022
Mobility How do you get into your frozen Tesla? Whack it The electric cars from California can freeze over in low temperatures, leaving drivers locked out. Luckily, the solution is surprisingly simple. 08/02/2022
Mobility Paris unveils a new cable car link to get around the city by 2025 The C1 line will link the French capital's suburbs to the Metro subway system. 07/02/2022
Tech News Spotify says Joe Rogan isn't going anywhere Spotify acknowledged that podcast episodes featuring racist language were taken down at their urging - but insisted that the company wasn’t Rogan's publisher. 07/02/2022
Work Are food delivery apps playing games with safety? Riders for platforms like Uber Eats can earn bonuses doing "quests" against the clock. But a fatal accident suggests there might be more at risk than money. 01/02/2022
Tech News Grindr disappears from China's app stores The gay dating app vanished from app stores amid a government push to "purify" the internet ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics - but censorship may not be to blame. 01/02/2022
Tech News No bleach, no COVID parties: Spotify reveals its content rules Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said he didn't want the company to be a "content censor" after controversy over alleged COVID misinformation in its biggest podcast. 31/01/2022
Health news Do COVID vaccine mandates work? Early studies suggest they do As Austria mandates COVID vaccines and Germany debates following suit, the early research suggests that announcing a vaccine mandate can boost the number of people getting the jabs. 28/01/2022
Health news Pfizer/BioNTech to start clinical trials on new Omicron COVID vaccine A new formulation of the COVID-19 jab based on the highly infectious Omicron variant is now in clinical trials, the drugmakers said on Tuesday 25/01/2022
Money Ban proof of work crypto mining to save energy, EU regulator says The vice-chair of the EU's financial regulator told the Financial Times that the crypto mining industry was becoming a "national issue". 19/01/2022
Work Get paid the same for less work in UK four-day week trial The six-month pilot scheme is recruiting companies to research the potential benefits of a shorter working week. 18/01/2022
Health news Get ready for yearly COVID-flu combo vaccines, say Moderna and Pfizer Vaccine maker Moderna predicted that its seasonal COVID and flu boosters would be available in some countries within the next two years. 18/01/2022
Mobility 5G could interfere with planes as they land, safety authority warns US authorities said 5G signal could affect the altimeters in some planes, reducing their ability to slow down after landing in certain conditions. 17/01/2022
Work Japanese firefighter moonlighting as YouTube gamer has pay slashed The man said he didn't realise his hobby would break Japan's rules on public employees holding second jobs. 17/01/2022
Work Remote work takes off in Japan - with flights to the office paid for Yahoo Japan will soon allow its staff to live and work anywhere in the Pacific island nation, and they'll even be able to claim the cost of tickets if they have to fly to the office. 13/01/2022
Tech News Norwegian police post suspect getting a drugs test on Snapchat A Snapchat post by Norwegian police raised questions over privacy and power. Now the country's policing watchdog is investigating. 12/01/2022