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Global IT outage: What to do if your travel plans are disrupted – as some passengers told ‘complete nonsense’ by companies | UK News
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Travellers around the world are facing a second day of chaos in the aftermath of Friday’s global IT outage. Here, Sky News looks at what you can do if you’re affected by the disruption. Air passengers Friday was meant to be one of the busiest days of the summer as families jetted off on holidays…
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Nearly complete dinosaur fossil sells for record £34m | Science & Tech News
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A nearly complete fossil of a stegosaurus has sold for a record $44.6m (£34.2m), becoming the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction. An anonymous US buyer outbid six others for the set of bones, dubbed Apex, at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. They paid an apex price, beating the previous auction record of…
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Most complete dinosaur fossil in a century discovered on the Isle of Wight | Science & Tech News
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The fossil of a herbivorous dinosaur, as big as an American male bison, has been discovered on the Isle of Wight. It is the most complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in the UK in a century, with 149 bones in total. The hefty dinosaur, now called Comptonatus chasei, roamed southern England around 125 million years ago…
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NASA volunteers complete year-long mission in 3D-printed Mars bunker in Texas | US News
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NASA volunteers who spent over a year in a simulated Mars bunker have completed their mission. After 378 days in a 3D-printed, Mars-imitation bunker in Texas, Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones were set free Saturday around 10pm UK time. Speaking at a news conference after they were allowed back into the…
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Schools won’t use Meta Quest VR unless teachers have ‘complete visibility and control’, says Nick Clegg | Science & Tech News
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Virtual reality headsets will not be used in schools under a new Meta scheme unless teachers can monitor what pupils are doing, Sir Nick Clegg has said amid growing concerns about child safety in the metaverse. Mr Clegg said: “This is not going to be used in the classroom unless teachers feel they have complete…
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Japan hopes ‘moon sniper’ will complete ‘precision’ lunar landing today | Science & Tech News
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Japan hopes it is about to join an exclusive club of just four other nations that have successfully executed a “soft” landing on the moon. Its garden shed-sized Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, isn’t the biggest, or most ambitious robotic mission to our satellite – but it’s bidding to be the most precise…
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Grant Shapps describes photo he shared which edited out Boris Johnson as ‘complete screw-up’ | Politics News
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Grant Shapps has said a picture he tweeted out which Boris Johnson was mysteriously edited out of was a “complete screw-up”. Beady-eyed social media users noticed that the image posted from Mr Shapps’ social media account last month – ahead of a rocket launch from Spaceport Cornwall – was not the same as the original…
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Twitter and Elon Musk set for October showdown trial as it tries to force tycoon to complete $44bn takeover deal | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s bid to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him until 2023 has been rejected by a US judge who granted the social media giant a fast-track trial. The world’s richest man said he was pulling out of a deal this month to buy the tech firm for $44bn (£36.6bn), and the company is suing him…