Instagram bans filters with ‘plastic surgery’ effect
Instagram face filters that allow users to make it look as though they have undergone plastic surgery are to be removed, it has been announced. Spark AR, the…
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John Lewis Partnership selects four startups to reduce plastic waste |…
Breaking Tech Industry news from the top sourcesThe John Lewis Partnership has selected four British startups which specialise in helping to reduce…
This Super-Light Plastic Car May Be the Future of Electric Vehicles |…
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While much of the world distances itself from environment-destroying plastic, a research team in Japan sees the material’s…
Just one tiny piece of plastic may be enough to kill a baby turtle |…
Young and vulnerableJordi Chias/Naturepl.com
By Andy Coghlan
Put it down to a combination of inexperience, mistaking plastic for food, or maybe swimming where…
New Scientist Live: how can we fix a problem like plastics? | Innovation
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They are the materials we love to hate, and that everyone professes to despise –…
Row over 3D-printed firearms distracts from US gun violence crisis | AI
A 3D-printed gun fires ordinary ammunitionAFP/Getty Images
By Frank SwainLawmakers in the US are fighting to keep blueprints for…