Gloucestershire firm creates AI device to help aging population
BBC The AI hob system warns people about potential fires An electronics firm in Gloucestershire says it is creating AI devices to help an aging population. Heber, based in Chalford, is celebrating its 40th anniversary of creating products for the entertainment and medical sectors. Several inventions were showcased on the BBC Tomorrow’s World, including the […]
Don’t sideline plastic problem, nations urged
Getty Images Plastic pollution is washed on to beaches during storms Scientists are warning politicians immersed in climate change policy not to forget that the world is also in the midst of a plastic waste crisis. They fear that so much energy is being expended on emissions policy that tackling plastic pollution will be sidelined. […]
Drones help find missing walker with broken leg in Faversham woodland
Kent Fire and Rescue Service The woman was rescued thanks to drone pilots using infrared technology A woman who had been missing for eight hours after breaking her leg while walking in Kent woodland has been found thanks to infrared drones. The woman had used her phone earlier on Sunday in woodlands in Faversham, before […]
Travel firms adopt the brace position
Richard Hoare/Geograph From airlines to coach holidays, the travel industry has been at the leading edge of the economic crisis, and it’s now moving into a grim new phase. There’s pushback against quarantine rules for those on inbound flights and at the tourism sector being put in the later stages of eased lockdown plans. The […]
£2.7m vocational expansion plans for SEND Nuneaton school
Google Two new units will be opened at the Bermuda Innovation Centre – two miles from Oak Wood School – to boost facilities for vocational students A school for children with special educational needs will relocate its post-16 education two miles away to boost capacity. Two units at the Bermuda Innovation Centre in Nuneaton are […]
Premium demand boosts Scottish single malt whisky exports
PA Single malts typically sell for more than twice the price of a standard bottle of blended whisky The growth in demand for single malt Scotch whisky boosted the value of exports in the first half of this year, according to new figures. However, the number of bottles exported between January and June was down. […]
Carole Cadwalladr ordered to pay £1.2m costs in Arron Banks libel trial
BBC The case centred on comments Ms Cadwalladr made in a talk broadcast online in April 2019 Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has been ordered to pay legal costs of around £1.2 million to Arron Banks after he partially won an appeal in a long-running libel dispute. Brexit campaigner Mr Banks originally lost his case against Ms […]
New restrictions announced in Derry and Strabane
Reuters Executive ministers confirmed that a circuit breaker lockdown across Northern Ireland is not being considered yet Pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotels in the Derry and Strabane council area are to be placed under new restrictions to try and curb the spread of Covid-19. They will only be able to open for takeaway, delivery and […]
Why is it so rare to hear about Western cyber-attacks?
Crowdstrike Cyber security firm Crowdstrike illustrates the biggest hacker threats with cartoons A cyber-attack that took over iPhones at a Russian technology company is being blamed on US government hackers. Could the attack, and the response from the Russian government, be rewriting the narrative of who the good guys and bad guys are in cyber-space? […]
Facebook’s news trust survey comprises just two questions
Reuters Facebook says the survey has been posed only to US-based members to date A survey used by Facebook to determine how much prominence to give to different news publishers consists of just two brief questions. The first asks whether a user recognises the websites displayed. The second asks whether the user trusts them on […]