August 2024
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Webcams With Wandering Backgrounds Are Utter Nonsense
Somewhere in a meeting room, a group of very pleased-with-themselves tech people decided that what video calls really needed was a camera that stalks your face around the frame like a budget Spielberg shot. Auto-framing, eye-tracking, magical “keep you in the centre” nonsense. Clever demo. Terrible experience. The sort of distracting and annoying thing that…
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Is Renewable Energy a Con? Why Do Bills Keep Climbing?
Right, let’s cut through the greenwashing. You’ve been sold the idea that wind farms and solar panels will save the planet and lower your energy bills. Meanwhile, you’re paying some of the highest electricity prices in the developed world, your petrol costs more than nearly anywhere else, and billions of pounds are being funnelled into…