If you’ve always wanted to be a test pilot but you’re a little more Chuck E. Cheese than Chuck Yeager, Mozilla is here to help. The company wants you to join its Test Pilot scheme to test out experimental features in its Firefox browser, including arranging your tabs down the side of the screen. Announced …

This budget tablet is brought to you by the letters E, E, and J. That’s right, it’s the new Jay from mobile network EE. The tablet goes on sale today for £120. Or you can pay as little as £30 upfront if you sign up to a longer or more expensive contract, with a monthly fee that varies depending on …

Motormouth Jeremy Clarkson says he’s still getting paid for the new series of “Top Gear” despite leaving the show. Speaking in London, the opinionated TV presenter noted that an obscure clause in his contract with “Top Gear” broadcaster the BBC sees him receive some money each time the show is recommissioned. Clarkson and his chums James May and Richard Hammond …

Uber has recruited some heavyweight former lawmakers to help smooth the road between the ridesharing company and governments. The company has formed a new public policy advisory board including a former US Secretary of Transportation and the EU’s former digital czar. Remunerated with equity in the company, they will meet twice a year and will throw their weight behind the …

SoundCloud Go has launched in the UK and Ireland, the first countries to enjoy the paid version of the music streaming service outside of the US. After launching in the US in March for $9.99 per month, the subscription service is now available for £9.99 in the UK or 9.99 euros in Ireland. Since it opened in 2007, SoundCloud has …

Radiohead took a cue from one of their songs over the weekend and showed us how to disappear completely. But the band’s Web presence was not in limbo for long, and after a couple of cryptic Instagram video clips they’ve revealed their new song “Burn the Witch”. Fans may have felt let down by the British band deleting every post …

Samsung is beefing up the middle of its UK smartphone range with an update that brings faster charging and a fingerprint scanner for around 200 quid. The new 2016 versions of the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 are powered by Google’s Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system. Both boast a 13-megapixel rear camera, as well as a 5-megapixel camera on the …

You may soon have two minutes to jump into your waiting Uber instead of a more leisurely five, as the ride-hailing company experiments with a shorter waiting window. Currently, an Uber driver will wait for you for five minutes with no fee. Under the new policy, being tried out in the US in Phoenix, Dallas, New Jersey and New York, …

The UK government has spent £70,000 (about $100,000 or AU$134,000) on Snapchat filters. The filter — which puts prison-style bars over a user’s picture — wasn’t wasted in sending funny messages between civil servants, however. Images with the filter were used as part of the government’s THINK! public health campaign against driving while under the influence of drugs. The numbers …

A whole generation of British kids was emotionally scarred by the 1978 animated film “Watership Down”, and now the BBC and Netflix is planning a new version that hooks in young viewers with Star Wars star John Boyega. In their biggest collaboration to date, the UK broadcaster and globally available streaming service will produce a big-budget four-part computer-animated series based …