Toyota to invest $500m in Uber in driverless car deal
Getty Images Japanese carmaker Toyota is to invest $500m (£387m) in Uber and expand a partnership to jointly develop self-driving cars. The firm said this would involve the “mass-production” of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on Uber’s ride sharing network. It is being viewed as a way for both firms to catch up with […]
Women’s Rugby League World Cup: Tournament is England’s ‘pinch-me moment’
There is still a balancing act, though. England only went into camp on 28 October – the day the women’s tournament launched – and have had just three days of preparation as a squad before their opening match to limit the time players have to take off work. Rudge – a PE teacher who has […]
Hundreds at vigil for murdered teenager
RTÉ The church in Dunleer was packed to capacity for the service Hundreds of mourners have attended a candle-lit vigil in County Louth for a murdered teenager. Gardaí (Irish police) said he died in violent circumstances but they have not released details of his post-mortem exam results for “operational reasons”. He was last seen on […]
Rugby League World Cup: England out to emulate Euros and Rugby World Cup success
While New Zealand is staging the Rugby World Cup, England are hosts for the Rugby League World Cup, as they were for Euro 2022. Wednesday’s 42-4 win over Papua New Guinea saw England maintain their 100% record and top their group. And like the Lionesses in the summer, the rugby league team has felt the […]
Rugby League World Cup: Australia’s Sam Bremner on returning after pregnancy
Australia co-captain Sam Bremner says she was “baffled” at feeling she had to decide between a sporting career and motherhood. In April 2021, the 2013 World Cup winner – then with St George Illawarra – announced she was expecting her second child and would miss the following NRL Women’s Premiership campaign. There was talk among […]
A third of pupils ‘not engaging with work’
Getty Images A lack of personal interaction with teachers is one of the many ways children are missing out The vast majority of teachers (90%) say their pupils are doing less or much less work than they would normally at this time of the year, a study finds. The report by the National Foundation for […]
Using cheap magnet, hacker beats protections on a “smart” handgun.
This week the world’s elite hackers are gathering in Las Vegas for Def Con, the largest underground hacking event of the year. The BBC’s North America technology reporter met a hacker who had circumvented protections on a handgun designed to make it impossible for unauthorised people to shoot. This week BBC News is taking a […]
Who will the ‘retail apocalypse’ claim in 2018?
Todd Lappin Pages from Sears’ 1962 Christmas catalogue From Sears to Toys R Us, the so-called retail “apocalypse” has claimed some of the holiday season’s biggest brands. But the slaughter doesn’t end when the ball drops, retail analysts say. The Reaping Shopping is changing. While many retailers bank on Christmas sales to boost their yearly […]
The transhumanists who are ‘upgrading’ their bodies
Transhumanism: How far would you go for a body upgrade? Winter Mraz says she loves having her keys in her hand but she does not mean holding them. She has actually had her door key implanted into her left hand in the form of a microchip. In her right hand, she has had another microchip […]
The Victorian author feeling the Bridgerton effect
BBC/Netflix Bridgerton (right) has been seen by 82 million viewers worldwide, ten times the audience the BBC’s Cranford garnered in 2007 It is 170 years since Elizabeth Gaskell first published her most popular work Cranford but thanks to more recent period dramas, the author’s novels are seeing a surge of interest from new, young fans. […]