Trident ‘safe in Labour’s hands’ and OJ dead at 76
PA Media Tech giant Meta has been accused of being irresponsible with child safety after it lowered the minimum age for WhatsApp from 16 to 13 A variety of stories feature on Friday’s front pages. The Times reports that teachers, MPs and campaigners have accused technology company Meta of taking a “highly irresponsible” approach to […]
Carbon-dioxide shortage threatens food security
Getty Images Meat processors are in talks with the government over a shortage of carbon dioxide that could hit meat production. Poultry producers said the shortage “threatens national food security”. The gas is used to stun pigs and chickens prior to slaughtering, and also in the packaging process. The carbon dioxide used by the meat […]
Rio Olympics 2016: Maddie Hinch for Prime Minister? Reaction to GB’s hockey win
They’ve been labelled incredible, lauded as inspirations and even touted as future leaders of countries. A historic Olympic hockey gold for Great Britain’s women caught the imagination of millions as they came through a tense final to beat Netherlands in a dramatic penalty shootout. For a while on Friday night, they were the number one […]
Adobe shuts down Photoshop in Venezuela
Getty Images Adobe is one the first tech firms to act on the sanctions imposed by the US government Access to Photoshop and other Adobe software has been cut off in Venezuela as the firm seeks to comply with US sanctions. President Donald Trump banned virtually all trade with the country in August, a move […]
François Bayrou commands respect – but will he succeed?
Getty President Macron has turned to a fellow centrist, and one of France’s most experienced politicians, to extricate the country from its crisis of government. But if François Bayrou commands plenty of respect across the political spectrum, it is hard to see how he can avoid the same man-traps that felled his predecessor Michel Barnier. […]
Hamilton is latest musical to announce West End return
Matt Murphy There will have been 17 months between the last show and the reopening date Smash hit musical Hamilton is planning to be back in London’s West End this summer, more than a year after it closed because of the pandemic. Producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh said the award-winning show about the USA’s founding fathers […]
Reinventing technology in Africa for Africans
Jonathan Fildes (Copyright: Jonathan Fildes) Over the coming months, A Matter of Life and Tech will feature a range of voices from people building Africa’s tech future. The first is Senegal-born, serial entrepreneur Marieme Jamme, who argues the continent needs to make urgent changes to put itself on the right course. Africa is the hottest […]
Tokyo 2020: Olympic and Paralympic sports to learn of funding decision for next cycle
From just £5m per year before the 1996 Games in Atlanta, where GB won one gold and 15 medals in total, UK Sport’s Olympic spending rose to £54m by the 2000 Games in Sydney, where Britain won 11 golds and 28 medals in total to leap to 10th on the medal table. By the 2012 […]
Five things you need to know
Getty Creative It was designed to highlight organisations where women were lagging behind and motivate change that would revolutionise workplaces. But five years after the first set of gender pay figures were published by big employers, the latest numbers suggest a lack of progress. Women still earn on average about 90p at these organisations for […]
Shining a light on disasters
The Luminaid is waterproof and can float when inflated (Copyright: Luminaid) Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010 shattered the country’s infrastructure, but for one designer it proved to be an illuminating moment. Before you read this, close the door, draw the curtains, and turn out the lights. If you are reading on your laptop, momentarily close […]