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Bryan Cranston on the beauty of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

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Bryan Cranston is sweating. Beside him, a rocket ship stands in the courtyard of a disused razor-blade factory in suburban southwest London. Surrounded by dirt and rocks, the ship is illuminated by spotlights that pierce the predawn air. It's the hottest day of the year so far and Cranston is crammed into a spacesuit, with a cooling vest to keep him comfortable. On the set of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, it seems that even the weather is out to get you.When Channel 4 lost Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror to Netflix, Electric Dreams was its secret weapon. The ten-episode anthology series, which Cranston executive-produced, is based on Dick's lesser-known short stories. Cranston also appears in the episode Human Is, originally published in 1955 as part of pulp sci-fi magazine Startling Stories. The plot is typical of Dick's work: the strains of human nature pushed to the limit by sci-fi dystopias. Cranston and co-star Essie Davis live in a future where Eart

Desktop And Laptop Buying Tips

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Asus introduces ZenBook UX305 with Intel Core M

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Asus has updated its ZenBook range of laptops with the new UX305 which features a sleek design and an Intel Core M processor. See also: Best laptops of 2015.Proving that laptops can still be sexy and interesting, the ZenBook UX305 comes with a stunning 12.3 mm wedge design and weighs just 1.2 kg making it a rival to the MacBook Air. In fact, it's both thinner and lighter than its Apple rival. Asus is describing it as the 'ultimate ultraportable laptop for discerning users' thanks to its design, specs and 10 hour battery life.Beyond design, the ZenBook UX305 is powered by Intel's latest Core M processor, 8 GB of RAM and a SATA 6 Gbit/s SSD which offers 128 GB of storage space – after the pre-installed Windows 8.1 operating system, of course. Users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 when it arrives later this year.The UX305 has three SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports, one of which supports ASUS Charger+ technology for rapid recharging of mobile devices. Asus will supply the

You shouldn't be surprised that UK broadband speeds suck

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The UK ranks 31st in the world for broadband speeds and lags behind most of Europe, according to a new study. Cable ranked the UK's average broadband speed at 16.51Mbps (megabits per second), which means a Lord of the Rings length movie would take one hour and two minutes to download. A total of 19 European countries, 17 of which are in the EU, have better speeds than the UK. But we still come ahead of 158 other countries including Italy, France , Ireland and Monaco. Singapore tops the table with an average speed of 55.13Mbps. Yemen has the slowest broadband speed in the world, at an average of just 0.34Mbps, meaning it would take two days to download the same HD movie that would take just over 18 minutes in Singapore. But why is the UK faring so poorly against other countries? Andrew Ferguson, editor of thinkbroadband, says we shouldn’t be surprised – and that slow speeds are partly our own fault. There are millions of people in the UK, he explains, who could upgrade

The murky world of Facebook raffles

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The number of raffle groups on Facebook has grown rapidly over the last few years, but so have the number of people being scammed. "It just makes me so angry. [The scammers] keep changing their names and Facebook just let them do it," says Maggie Hughes, who says at one stage she was a member of between 25 and 30 online raffle groups on the social media site. Anyone can set up a raffle group on Facebook and then begin inviting contacts to join, although Facebook says it shuts down illegal raffle pages - those not licensed by the Gambling Commission - as soon as they are reported. The page owners then choose a prize, and sell tickets - using PayPal or a bank transfer. From then on, it works just like a normal raffle. A number is drawn at random and the winner earns a prize. At least that is how it should work. 'Not receiving prizes' Maggie became suspicious of one woman online when she says she won some prizes. "I played her tombola [raffle] and I have

Car makers offer scrappage deals in race for new customers

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Renault-Nissan and Kia are the latest car companies to launch car trade-in schemes, aimed at persuading UK customers to swap older, more polluting, car models for new ones.Earlier Volkswagen and Toyota announced diesel scrappage schemes, joining BMW, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and Vauxhall who have all launched schemes.The car companies will accept trade-ins from any brand registered before 2010.It comes as the "toughest ever" new-car emissions tests begin to be rolled out. Kia and Renault are offering £2,000 off new models, for part-exchanged vehicles, all of which will be taken off the road.Nissan is calling its scheme a "switch" scheme since not all the cars traded in will be scrapped. The firm is also offering a £2,000 incentive and encouraging customers to consider buying their all-electric Leaf model.VW will give discounts of up to £6,000 to trade in diesel vehicles when buying a new car. Meanwhile, Toyota is offering up to £4,000 off models more than se