Elon Musk says Tesla will start using humanoid robots next year
Tesla boss Elon Musk says the electric car maker will start producing and using humanoid robots from next year. In a social media post, Mr Musk said the robots will first be used by Tesla, which will start making them to sell in 2026. The announcement came as the technology billionaire has been pushing to […]
Oldest surviving Scots cello to be played again
BBC Cellist Lucia Capellaro will play the 268-year-old instrument A restored instrument thought to be the oldest surviving Scottish cello is to be brought back to life at a special performance. The cello was made 268 years ago by luthier Robert Duncan in Aberdeen, back in 1756. It was donated to the University of Aberdeen’s […]
Putin warns West as ‘new missile’ fired
State Emergency Service of Ukraine Ukraine says critical infrastructure was targeted in Dnipro Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that an attack by his forces on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday morning was carried out using “a new conventional intermediate-range missile”. He said that the missile, codenamed Oreshnik, was a response to […]
Call to ditch paper straws
PA McDonald’s are phasing paper straws into their 1,361 UK and Ireland restaurants McDonald’s is being called on to stop its roll out of paper straws in the UK and Ireland, amid claims that they “dissolve” in drinks. The fast food giant is switching from plastic to paper straws at their 1,361 restaurants after customer […]
Bradford mill demolished to make way for college engineering centre
Work has begun to demolish a Bradford mill to make way for a new state-of-the-art college building. The Junction Mills building on Thornton Road was once part of Bradford College’s estate, but it has been empty for several years. Last year, an application was made to flatten the early 20th Century building and replace it […]
Kenya outrage over debt collectors’ shaming tactics
AFP In our series of letters from African journalists, Kenyan broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura looks at how debt collectors are causing outrage with their latest intimidation tactics to recover loans given via digital-lending apps. A pastor showed up in our newsroom in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi with a unique complaint. Over a week-long period, his phone had […]
ESA and UK Space Agency increases jobs at satellite laboratory
ESA The European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications employs more than 100 people in Harwell More than 100 new jobs are set to be created at a space centre in Oxfordshire. The European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) currently employs more than 100 people in Harwell. The UK and European space agencies […]
Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You went from modest 1990s hit to Christmas’s defining song
Getty Images When it was first released in 1994, it made a mere ripple – but 30 years on, it is a track that reigns supreme over the holiday season. What is the secret of its success? There are now three things that are certain in life: taxes, death and that every December Mariah Carey’s […]
What does the International Criminal Court do?
The court, in the Dutch city of The Hague, was established in 2002 to hold rogue leaders responsible for atrocities to account. World leaders had increasingly pushed for its creation in the wake of the Yugoslav wars and the Rwandan Genocide. It is a court of last resort, intervening only when national authorities cannot, or […]
Farmers ‘deserve credit for sequestering carbon’
Northern Ireland’s agriculture industry is the biggest producer of greenhouse gases in the local economy and farmers are under pressure to reduce their emissions. However, many farmers are working hard to implement more environmentally-sustainable ways of producing food to reduce the carbon footprint of their business. One County Tyrone dairy farmer said new working practices […]