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- TECHNOLOGY
- February 5, 2019
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased abruptly in the past two years, after having been on a downward trajectory for more than a decade. With the country’s president Jair Bolsonaro notoriously enthusiastic about expanding into the rainforest, new deforestation data regularly makes global headlines. But what fewer people realise is that even forests that
READ MOREAmazon is expanding its hardware range into fitness tracking, but not quite how you’d imagine. It’s going after Fitbit and other wearables, but it’s display-less watch band means it’s not trying to be a smartwatch like the new Versa 3. Instead of showing your steps and other information, it monitors your activity in a more
READ MOREWhen we reviewed it last year, it was on sale at its RRP of £229.99. While the RRP is much higher than the amount you should pay for it now, Amazon’s deal price is still £25 lower than any other price we’ve seen recently. So this is a really solid saving. The great benefit of
READ MOREAmazon sells so many items on its web store, it’s practically impossible to ensure none are defective or pose a safety risk to users. Which is why Amazon has long argued that liability is on the third-party sellers – which makes up 60% of is US trade – if, for example, a battery explodes on
READ MOREThough Amazon’s suggests you’re saving £260.97, the actual RRP of the device is £2,799 which saves you £1,023.51. Update: Amazon has now reduced the price further to £1,764.01, increasing the discount to £1,034.99. Though Apple recently discontinued the 15in MacBook Pro and replaced it with a 16in model, the 15in option only received an upgrade
READ MOREAmazon got the stamp of approval this week from America’s communications watchdog to operate thousands of internet-relaying satellites into low Earth orbit. When exactly they will launch hasn’t been set. In fact, the design of the metallic birds are yet to be finalized, according to a report by the FCC. Still, Amazon hopes to deploy
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