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Air fryers and electric blankets buck downward trend for Black Friday technology sales | Business News
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Energy-efficient appliances – such as air fryers, clothes airers and electric blankets – bucked a downward trend for Black Friday sales this year as consumers took a cautious approach during the cost of living crisis. This year’s Black Friday delivered the weakest results for the technology and durables sector for five years, with the total…
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Black Friday tips to stay safe and avoid scams while shopping online | Science & Tech News
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The threat of fraud and cyber scams is a 365-days-a-year problem when it comes to online shopping. But just as the rate at which retailers bombard you with promotional emails scales up at this time of year, so too does the risk of falling foul of criminals trying to access your bank account. With Black…
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League Of Legends developer Riot Games admits censorship in some countries after releasing first gay black hero | Science & Tech News
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The gaming giant behind industry juggernaut League Of Legends has said it removes some references to homosexuality in countries in which gay marriage or being gay is illegal. Riot Games, which is majority owned by Chinese conglomerate Tencent, is hosting the game’s world championship tournament Worlds 2022 this weekend. Speaking from the event in San…
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How the Black Death shaped how our bodies tackle today’s diseases | Science & Tech News
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The Black Death had such an impact on the human immune system that it still shapes how our bodies tackle today’s diseases, a study has found. By analysing centuries-old DNA from victims and survivors of the devastating pandemic, which is estimated to have killed upwards of 200 million people between 1346 and 1353, scientists identified…
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Earth’s ‘black hole police’ discover gravitational singularity near Milky Way | Science & Tech News
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An international team of astronomers known as the “black hole police” have discovered a dormant black hole located right next to the Milky Way. The team, including Kareem El-Badry of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics – himself nicknamed the “black hole destroyer” – is famed throughout the astronomy community for debunking new discoveries of gravitational…