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For decades, the exploration of our solar system left one of our neighbouring planets, Venus, largely unexplored. Things are about to change.

Although Skype, launched in 2003, has been available nine years longer than Zoom and is owned by tech titan Microsoft, Zoom has effectively left it in its dust.

The only reasonable course of action is to be proactive, and those taxpayers who are at risk of being “found out” should take the cue and rectify their affairs before it is too late. By Thomas Lobban.

Dogecoin may not be the funniest joke of all time, but it’s probably the one with the largest market valuation.

A recent deluge of downloads of messaging app Signal exposed tensions about its direction and management under its unconventional founder and CEO, Moxie Marlinspike.

As bitcoin attempts its latest price rebound after a 40% slump in three days, its long-term potential as an investable asset is becoming linked inextricably to its cost for the rest of society.

Before all the revelations about his divorce, dubious workplace behaviour and ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates was just America’s huggable billionaire techno-philanthropist.

There are more than 10 effective Covid-19 vaccines in use around the world, so it’s easy to forget those still in development. That’s a mistake.

While clearly useful, Apple’s new AirTags can also potentially be misused. Concerns have been raised they might facilitate stalking, for example.

Apple and Microsoft are both looking to dominate the next big things in tech – from artificial intelligence and cloud computing to gaming, tablets, custom processors and mixed-reality headsets.