-
Women face increasing pressure to choose between family and career in tech, says new report | Science & Tech News
admin
Women increasingly feel pressured to choose between having a family and their career in tech, according to a new study. Almost half (49%) of women in tech said they felt pressured to make the choice between family and work, a seven per cent increase from last year. Half said they had experienced sexism in their…
-
Family of man who took own life after COVID jab complications call for action on government compensation | UK News
admin
The family of an NHS pharmacist who took his own life after suffering paralysing complications from a COVID jab are calling for urgent reform of the government’s compensation scheme for vaccine damage. John Cross was told by the official medical assessor for the scheme that the jab had caused his rare neurological effects, but that…
-
Family sues NASA after Florida home is hit by debris from space station | US News
admin
A family from Florida is suing NASA after their home was damaged by debris which fell to Earth from the International Space Station. Law firm Cranfill Sumner, acting for the family, said the case against the agency is the first of its kind – and will “form the foundation” for similar claims in the future…
-
Apes recognise old friends and family after decades apart, study suggests | Science & Tech News
admin
Apes recognise photos of friends and family they have not seen for more than 25 years, researchers have found. Some even respond enthusiastically to pictures of long-lost comrades, demonstrating the longest-lasting social memory ever documented outside humans. Professor Christopher Krupenye, from Johns Hopkins University, said it suggested not just familiarity, but that the primates keep…
-
Tinder lets family and friends suggest potential partners | Science & Tech News
admin
Tinder is now letting users’ family members suggest potential partners on the dating app. The company’s new feature, Matchmaker, allows users to give access to their potential matches to up to 15 friends or relatives in a 24-hour period. Those people can then view profiles and suggest possible matches even without a Tinder account. However,…
-
Man dies driving off collapsed bridge following Google Maps – family sues | US News
admin
Google is being sued by the family of a man who drove off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps. The family of Philip Paxson are accusing the tech giant of negligence, claiming they had been informed the bridge had been collapsed for five years but failed to update their navigation system. The medical device…
-
Michael Schumacher’s family plans legal action over AI ‘interview’ which generated fake quotes | World News
admin
Michael Schumacher’s family are planning to take legal action against a German magazine which published an “interview” with the seven-time F1 champion generated by artificial intelligence. The 54-year-old has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family holiday in the French Alps almost a…
-
Father and daughter remains give insight into Neanderthal family life | Science & Tech News
admin
A father and daughter are among the remains of what researchers say is evidence of Neanderthal family life. DNA from eight adults and five children – seven of which were male and six female – was recovered from a cave in southern Siberia, a region which has proved fruitful for such research. As part of…