6,872 source-backed technology facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 50 of 69.
“The BBC is “actively exploring designs for a radically simplified user interface, specifically designed to help those currently underserved by digital services. This could take the form of a low-cost streaming stick that the BBC could help…”
“Heatwave incoming! This bladeless tower fan is now £84 on Amazon”
“NordVPN (free for 30 days with a money‑back guarantee)”
“would cost $24,950”
“Apple’s recent $200 price hikes on computers and tablets”
“Sun hoodies as they currently exist were invented in the early 2010s”
“With 569 buildings rising above 150 meters (around 492 feet), Hong Kong far surpasses New York City, which has just over 320 such towers, according to data from the Council on Vertical Urbanism.”
“On Monday, an Apple MacBook Pro laptop cost $1,699. On Thursday, it cost $1,999.”
“Banglalink users who have an active 30-day data or mixed bundle package can watch all the World Cup matches for free on Toffee.”
“The remarkable thing is that a handful of soil contains more living organisms than there are people on Earth.”
“The 300-megawatt data centre planned for Larbert, which has a population of around 12,000, would occupy a 50-acre site on the edge of the town”
“At the end, you have at least 29 more days to get a refund.”
“expected to hit US roads by the end of the year”
“Price increases were about 15% to 20% for Macs and 15% to 25% for iPads”
“(6-inch inseam)”
“The council defines a “tall building” as one typically exceeding 14 stories or 50 meters (around 164 feet) in height”
“Similarly, the MacBook Neo—introduced in March as Apple’s budget option—saw its price tag increase from $599 to $699 this past week.”
“users of Grameenphone – another network provider in Bangladesh – can get its Tk 97 (valid for 50 days) data bundle offering access to World Cup matches.”
“It's got an audience of 640 million worldwide, and it's predicted to be worth $10bn by 2033.”
“a 50-acre data centre that could use more power than 300,000 homes”
“In the USA, you can get F1 TV Premium with an Apple TV subscription, which starts at $12.99 per month after a 7-day free trial.”
“estimated range tops out at just 205 miles”
“four years ago”
“The World Green Building Council warns that upfront carbon could account for half of the entire carbon footprint of new construction through 2050, particularly as global building stock is expected to double.”
“On Thursday, the same day Apple raised its prices, Microsoft said it will increase the price of its Xbox game console by $100-$150 depending on the version”
“While the Walero baselayers only consist of 20% Outlast technology”
“Parr, renowned for capturing the quiet rituals and absurdities of British life, was commissioned by the National Trust to capture life in Lacock, Wiltshire, during the spring and summer of 2025.”
“the data centre will have 200 back‑up diesel generators that will be tested at regular intervals”
“In the UK, the price is £2.29/mo or £19.99/year.”
“At just 14.5 feet long”
“5 miles or less”
“Architect James von Klemperer, president and principal at global architectural firm KPF, explained that the prevalence of high-rise buildings emerged over the last half-century”
“and that it would no longer sell Xbox consoles with 2 terabytes of memory, its highest-end configuration.”
“In 2017, he was commissioned by the BBC to create new idents for the broadcaster to "capture an evolving portrait of modern Britain in all its diversity".”
“There are currently only 15 data centres in Scotland”
“Right now, you can grab these two DJI microphone transmitters, receiver, and charging case for 20% off.”
“more than 200 accessories and add‑ons”
“two bottles of water”
“Von Klemperer noted that Hong Kong’s position as an international market city drove rapid expansion in office, residential, and retail space, with the skyscraper boom beginning in the 1970s and gathering momentum through the 1980s, before …”
“It’s all about AI, specifically the unprecedented industry-wide build out of the data centers that power AI services like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini. The computers inside those AI data centers need memory chi…”
“The year was 1993 - the last of the great old-school Glastonburys, before the BBC arrived, before phone masts, biometric tickets and wall-to-wall coverage”
“at least 24 additional sites are currently in the planning system, according to research by Action to Protect Rural Scotland”
“It's been over 3 months since this 4.7-star-rated portable powerhouse has been priced this low.”
“He pointed to the growth of Coast FIRE, including its subreddit, which has 139,000 followers.”
“three baseball caps”
“Alongside the proposed projects, four data centers are already under construction, which are also located over the Ogallala Aquifer, primarily in Texas and Wyoming.”
“The production of memory chips is becoming a zero-sum game,” Deutsche Bank analysts wrote in a recent report on the memory crisis. “For every wafer devoted to HBM stacks for AI servers, others are unavailable for smartphones, PCs, or vehic…”
“The next year they started broadcasting television live from the festival site and then the BBC took it on and it was just on a trajectory to become this mega music festival”
“Over 2,000 people have submitted objections to the hyperscale data centre in Larbert”
“two baseball gloves”
“Another three projects have been proposed that sit very close to the aquifer—also in Texas and Wyoming—where groundwater systems are likely to be interconnected:”
“Most of the announced projects will not be ready to deliver supply until 2027 at the earliest, and the overall supply of DRAM is expected to remain “tight” beyond 2028, Deutsche Bank said in its report.”
“The car proved to be the most successful of the entire 1996 field; winning 12 of the 16 races during the season.”
“which has a population of around 12,000”
“one baseball”
“The show drew 36 million viewers within its first 12 days, according to Forbes”
“A memory chip manufacturing facility, or fab, takes between two to three years to build and bring online.”
“three of England's Big Picture photographers”
“The Larbert site’s developer, Apatura, said the data centre will create 515 permanent jobs in the wider Falkirk area, including 297 on-site”
“two binders”
“42 percent doing so most of the time and younger adults leading the trend, according to a 2022 YouGov survey.”
“Jefferies, another Wall Street firm, recently published a note outlining the views of a memory industry consultant who forecasts prices rising 30%-40% in the fourth quarter, and an additional 40%-45% in 2027.”
“in the past week”
“which is the same amount of power as all the homes in Glasgow use in one year”
“two large grocery bags or three smaller ones”
“Viewers are also twice as likely to favor serialized storytelling over standalone episodes”
“Seeing the price hikes today to iPad and Macs going as high as $300 for some models, my personal instinct says the hike to iPhones may be even higher than what we assumed,” she”
“WhatsApp on 0808 100 2240”
“nearly 90 pounds of cargo”
“over 220 data centers are planned across the Great Lakes region”
“To process cotton, Strutt used Richard Arkwright's water spinning frame which meant he could deal with huge quantities 24 hours a day.”
“(44 pounds per pannier)”
“Virginia home to 663 operating data centers with another 595 planned”
“The charity said it would eventually go into service as a 48-seater coach and restoration is planned to start in spring 2027.”
“family of four”
“facilities that collectively handle roughly 70% of the world’s internet traffic”
“10 o straeon byrion sydd â delweddau, ysbrydoliaeth a phrofiadau gwahanol, gwirioneddol tu ôl i bob cân.”
“a CO2 cartridge or two”
“Mi ddechreues i sgwennu'r rhain yn ôl ym mis Awst 2024”
“LineShine exceeds the US system's processing capacity by more than 20 percent.”
“With the possibility of producing 2.9 gigawatts of energy - enough to power 3.3 million homes in the UK - the Orsted Hornsea Three offshore wind farm is expected to be the largest in the world.”
“With a power consumption of approximately 42.2 megawatts, the Chinese supercomputer delivers 2,198 exaflops”
“It is due to be completed in 2027 and will be located 75 miles (120km) off the Norfolk coast”
“consists of roughly 45,000 LX2 processors”
“finished building the Rosalind Franklin rover in a specialist lab in the town in 2019.”
“Each processor has 304 cores and operates at a clock speed of 1.55 GHz.”
“drill about two metres below the Martian surface”
“due for 2022”
“planned for 2030”
“launched in 1948”
“claimed top speed of about 125mph”
“Cambridgeshire Police deployed live facial recognition in Peterborough for a second time, aiming to identify individuals who may pose a risk to public safety.”
“It was thousands of times faster than the mechanical calculators of the period, the university said.”
“Every day, billions of people benefit from technologies whose origins can be traced to pioneering computing work carried out in Cambridge.”
“creation of a computer in 1949”
“Manchester University's experimental Manchester Baby preceded it by 11 months”
“Weighing two tons”
“A blue plaque has been unveiled marking the creation of a computer in 1949 which set the standards for how today's computers are still used. ... It was the first practical machine of its kind which could hold both instructions and data in …”
“Although not the first computer built in the UK (Manchester University's experimental Manchester Baby preceded it by 11 months), it was the first fully functional computer to be used practically.”
“Weighing two tons, it took up a whole room at the university's then-mathematical laboratory, now the department of computer science and technology.”
