BT told to share poles for ultrafast fibre internet
Getty Images BT must make it easier for rival internet providers to use its telegraph poles, telecoms regulator Ofcom says. Ofcom has published a list of new measures to make it cheaper for companies to install ultrafast full fibre broadband infrastructure. Connecting homes directly to the fibre network delivers much faster internet speeds than copper […]
Are you ready to break up with your phone?
Getty Images There is a growing sense of unease among many smartphone owners about the amount of time we’re spending on our devices. Google told me that around 70% of the Android users it spoke to wanted to “find a better balance” in their tech use. But this puts the tech sector in an awkward […]
Kenny Shiels: Former Kilmarnock boss appointed Northern Ireland senior women’s manager
“Women’s football is the fastest growing area of the game and it is hugely exciting to be taking up this role at this time. “I want to do everything that I can to bring success to Northern Ireland.” Irish FA chief executive Patrick Nelson described Shiels as a “fantastic coach with vast experience in the […]
Delays to trials ‘prolong trauma’ for victims
PA Media By June there was backlog of 42,707 outstanding crown court cases in England and Wales Victims of crime say delays to court cases caused by coronavirus are preventing them from processing the trauma of their abuse. One woman said she had not “been able to properly live” while she waited for her case […]
‘Alexithymia means I can’t explain how I’m feeling’
Saffron Anderton Saffron says her life is more complicated due to being autistic and having aphantasia and alexithymia Saffron Anderton was at university when she was diagnosed as autistic. The 22-year-old, from Newmarket, Suffolk, also discovered she experiences alexithymia, meaning she cannot identify emotions. Saffron similarly struggles to create mental images in her mind, a […]
Twitter boss Linda Yaccarino gives first hint on shake-up plans
Getty Images Twitter chief executive Linda Yaccarino The new boss of social media firm Twitter, Linda Yaccarino, has outlined her plans for “Twitter 2.0.”, after taking over from Elon Musk a week ago. She says the company is “on a mission to become the world’s most accurate real-time information source”. Since Mr Musk bought Twitter […]
Gary Oldman receives another best actor prize
Getty Images Oldman is tipped to win his first Oscar for his work in Joe Wright’s film Gary Oldman’s march towards the Oscars has continued with another best actor prize for playing Winston Churchill. The Briton’s Critics’ Choice award for Darkest Hour follows the Golden Globe he won last weekend and the Bafta nomination he […]
What did the starvation cult leader preach?
YOUTUBE Pastor Mackenzie often delivers his fiery sermons to a large congregation The leader of a Christian cult in Kenya is to remain in police custody for another month, as the exhumation of bodies found in mass graves on his land continues. At least 130 have been discovered so far. Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie has […]
Women’s Six Nations: Scotland will be ‘fitter, faster & stronger’
Scotland suffered a whitewash in 2016, and were crushed 55-0 by France and 64-0 by England. The following year, they beat Wales and Italy at home, before last season’s first ever win in Ireland. More recently, Munro’s side have suffered narrow warm-up defeats by the world’s fourth best side, Canada, and Spain, who are ninth. […]
What the North Korean internet really looks like
So how did this great unveiling happen? It went like this: North Korea’s main Domain Name System (DNS) server was sent a frequent and automated request by a US-based engineer for access to all the internet domains in the country, possibly merely out of mischief. The server is usually configured to reject this. But for […]