Tarzan star Ron Ely dies aged 86
US actor Ron Ely, best known for playing the role of Tarzan in the 1960s television show of the same name, has died aged 86. “The world has lost one of the greatest men it has ever known – and I have lost my dad.” the actor’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, said in an Instagram […]
The Caribbean’s cooling, healthy elixir for summer
Getty Images Sea moss punch is a beloved traditional drink in Trinidad and Tobago (Credit: Getty Images) Plucked from the ocean, Trinidad’s answer to the summer milkshake is now part of a frenzied craze around the world. “I am de sea moss man. Allyuh, $10 a bag! Wat yuh want? Ah have some nice sea […]
Meta fined €91m after password storage investigation
Facebook parent company Meta has been fined €91m (£75m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following an investigation into the storage of passwords. An inquiry was launched in April 2019 after Meta notified the DPC that it had inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users on its internal systems without encryption. The DPC […]
CrowdStrike hearing: ‘Deeply sorry,’ exec apologises for global IT outage
Exec explains how CrowdStrike will try to prevent another global IT outagepublished at 21:50 British Summer Time 24 September 21:50 BST 24 September Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor This was definitely one of the calmer and more measured tech committee hearings I have sat through. CrowdStrike described the July 19 global outage as the result of a […]
The people rebuilding their homes with earth
Nick Aspinwall Melanie Glover rebuilt her home in Superior, Colorado, using earth bricks (Credit: Nick Aspinwall) These people are rebuilding homes lost to wildfires in the western US – only this time they are using a material that they hope won’t burn. Melanie Glover’s back window opens to a sweeping view of the Rocky Mountains. […]
IDF soldiers should refuse orders which may be war crimes, Israeli ex-security adviser tells BBC
IDF could be committing war crimes in northern Gaza, says Eran Etzion As someone who served four Israeli prime ministers and was deputy head of the country’s National Security Council, Eran Etzion’s judgement was trusted at the highest levels of the state. A longstanding critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he is also someone whose […]
They went to space for eight days
EPA Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams prior to the launch of their mission in June When two American astronauts blasted off on a test mission to the International Space Station on 5 June, they were expecting to be back home in a matter of days. But things didn’t quite go to plan. In fact, Barry […]
How pen and paper comes to the rescue in an IT crisis
Getty Images In July a botched software update caused chaos for the airline industry worldwide When the CrowdStrike software bug bricked 8.5 million computers around the world on 19 July, some of the first people to notice the effects were air travellers. Anthony Bosman, an academic at Andrews University in Michigan was trying to board […]
‘I’m eating less and rationing pills’
Handout Charlotte Bones, 31, says she is worried about the impact of eating less on her diabetes and cystic fibrosis Two people with cystic fibrosis have said they are having to eat less due to a shortage in a medication which helps them eat. Charlotte Bones, 31, and Steve Horwood, 35, both take Creon to […]
Holograms, lasers and AI to feature at art festival
Laser pyramid sculptures, holograms and an array of sound installations are set to feature at an art festival in East Sussex next month. The Dreamy Place festival will exhibit work combining art, creative technologies and digital culture in Brighton and Crawley across two weekends in October. Organisers say this year’s festival uses technology to “connect […]