Trading relationships three months after Brexit
Getty Images Three months on, new trading relationships are being sought, but the disruption to European trade has been significant. Starting with fish, it extends across the food sector, and a different set of problems beset Scottish engineering firms. Smaller companies face the biggest problems with multiple consignments in one truck. And without guaranteed delivery, […]
Huawei calls US rules ‘arbitrary and pernicious’
Getty Images Huawei has said new US export rules to limit its access to key technology are “arbitrary and pernicious”. The Chinese tech giant warned investors the restrictions would “inevitably” hurt its business, and could damage the global technology industry. The US had already put Huawei on a blacklist last year, calling the company a […]
Food boss says prices could rise by up to 15%
Getty Images A leading food industry boss has warned that prices will spike as a result of the war in Ukraine. Ronald Kers, the boss of food firm 2 Sisters, told the BBC that the cost of food could rise by up to 15% this year. He added that the price the company pays for […]
IWF warning over use of AI-generated abuse images
BBC Child protection experts warn AI technology is being used to generate new images of real victims of child sexual abuse A leading child protection organisation has warned that abuse of AI technology threatens to “overwhelm” the internet. It says it has found thousands of AI-generated images which are so realistic they are criminal under […]
Dorothy’s ruby slippers from Wizard of Oz movie to be auctioned off
A pair of ruby red slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz is set to be auctioned off Saturday. The iconic sequinned pumps were once stolen from a Minnesota museum. But now they are expected to fetch as much as $3m (£2.35m) at auction, according to Heritage Auctions. […]
Will coronavirus reverse globalisation?
Getty Images Coronavirus has halted many global deliveries Globalisation has been one of the buzzwords of the past 25 years. It may seem a rather strange concept, since any economic historian will tell you that people have been trading across vast distances for centuries, if not millennia. You only have to look at the medieval […]
Massive Attack album stored in a painting using DNA
The album Mezzanine by Massive Attack has been stored using genetic information for the first time, using technology developed at ETH Zurich. Millions of copies of the album were put into spray paint using synthetic DNA. The music is then stored in any painting made using the spray can. So could DNA be the new […]
Ireland set to launch contact-trace app
PA Media Police officers in Ireland trialled the app ahead of its planned national rollout Ireland’s health authority plans to press ahead with the launch of a coronavirus contact-tracing app based on Apple and Google’s technology. The Health Service Executive told the BBC that it would submit a memo to government this week, and “subject […]
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol survives impeachment vote
Getty Images Lawmakers in South Korea have narrowly failed to impeach the nation’s president over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law. A bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol fell three votes short of the 200 needed to pass, with many members of parliament in the ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotting the vote. The […]
Farmers in Scotland say both sides ‘can co-exist side by side’
BBC Gwen Chalmers said farmers were doing their bit for the environment Farmers in Scotland who feel under “attack” as interest in the Veganuary trend grows have said both sides can exist side-by-side. Veganuary – the campaign highlighting avoiding animal products in the first month of the year – has risen in popularity since it […]