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Three startups making your time on the road safer and easier

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Earlier this year, CNBC released a list of the most dangerous jobs in the USA. Among the top were well known hazardous...

Meme

Caught speeding? Blame the font used on the road sign

Piers Dillon Scott7 years ago

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Who knew a font could cost so much money? The wrong font used on some UK motorways might let thousands of British motorists off of speeding fines and convictions.

Business

How can Shazam – and your second screen – help you test drive a car?

Piers Dillon Scott7 years ago

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Car maker Volvo has turned to Shazam to make its latest ad and car, the Volvo V40, more engaging to second screen users.

Mobile

Do phone bans really reduce road traffic accidents?

Piers Dillon Scott7 years ago

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A study has found that the link between using a phone while driving & road accidents is not as clear as we think.

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Using tweets to ‘fuel’ a cross country drive for charity

Piers Dillon Scott8 years ago

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ESB Electric Ireland's 'Tweet 'em Home for Christmas' will try to get 3 cars, including a DeLorean, across Ireland using tweets as fuel.

Technology

How to follow the Dakar Rally online

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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The Dakar Rally, one of the largest off road endurance rallies in the world, has launched from Buenos Aires. The Dakar is now a fully digital event supported by YouTube, Twitter and Facebook pages. You can get live updates on each stage of the challenge on their site and on the official Dakar iPhone/iPod/iPad app. The organisers have also released an online video game to accompany the event.

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

The internet is full of trolls. This is nothing new. However, the tactics used by trolls can go way further than stupid comments on YouTube, and doxxing is an example of this.

If you are not familiar with the term doxxing, it is the publishing of private or identifying information, such as a home or work address, about a particular individual on the Internet, typically with malicious intent. While this might sound outright illegal, as it stands the law surrounding doxxing is limited and vague.

To get a better understanding of where the US law stands on this issue, what the future of doxxing might look like, and how you should respond if you are a victim, we are joined by Joseph Hoelscher, a criminal defense attorney and Managing Attorney of a Texas law firm, Hoelscher Gebbia Cepeda PLLC, who has worked on multiple doxxing cases in the past, from both sides, as clients who were charged with online harassment and with clients who were the victims of doxxing.

And for our side piece today, we have Computer Says LOL, where we have a stand-up comedy bit from Don McMillan, a technology engineer turned stand up comedian.