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Are Facebook and Instagram still down? Meta boss apologises for ‘technical issue’ which hit thousands of users | Science & Tech News
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Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads suffered widespread problems on Tuesday afternoon, with users locked out of their accounts and pages failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 300,000 problems logged. More than 25,000 Instagram outages were also reported via the website, which collates status…
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Out-of-control satellite hurtling towards Earth to hit atmosphere on Wednesday morning | Science & Tech News
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An uncontrolled satellite is expected to hurtle through Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, almost 30 years after it was launched. The satellite, known as ERS-2, is expected to break up into pieces on reentry, the majority of which will burn up. Because the reentry is “natural” – in other words, not controlled by humans – it…
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Hertfordshire: World’s first pothole-preventing robot to hit roads in test rollout | Science & Tech News
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An autonomous robot designed to tackle potholes using AI is to venture out of a controlled environment and be tested on actual roads for the first time. The machine called ARRES (Autonomous Road Repair System) PREVENT can identify and characterise potholes and cracks using artificial intelligence. Image: Pic: Zenzic CAM UK Image: It can automatically…
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‘Sudden stratospheric warming’ forecast to hit northern Europe in January – but experts unsure where it will strike | UK News
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The UK could find itself in the deep freeze in January due to a change in wind patterns high up in the atmosphere – the same phenomenon that blew in the bitterly cold Beast from the East in 2018. However, forecasters are warning it is too soon to tell where in Europe the cold weather…
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Russian hackers who backed Ukraine war and targeted UK hospitals during COVID pandemic are hit with sanctions | UK News
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Eleven members of a Russian hacking gang that supported Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and targeted UK hospitals during the COVID pandemic have been hit with sanctions. The Trickbot group extorted at least $180m (£145m) across the world, including at least £27m from 149 victims in the UK, where it targeted schools, councils and businesses,…
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Online child grooming crimes hit record high – as figures reveal social apps where it’s happening | Science & Tech News
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The number of online grooming crimes against children hit a record high in the last year, police figures show. A total of 6,350 crimes related to sexual communication with a child were recorded in the year to March 2023, a rise of 82% since the offence was first defined in 2017. In all, around 34,000…
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Gonorrhoea and syphilis STI diagnoses in England hit record levels, latest figures show | Science & Tech News
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The number of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses was the highest on record last year, new figures show. Annual figures from the UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show gonorrhoea diagnoses increased to 82,592 in 2022, an increase of 50.3% compared with 2021 (54,961). This is the highest number of diagnoses in any one year since records…
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Gonorrhoea and syphilis STI diagnoses in England hit record levels, latest figures show | Science & Tech News
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The number of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses was the highest on record last year, new figures show. Annual figures from the UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show gonorrhoea diagnoses increased to 82,592 in 2022, an increase of 50.3% compared with 2021 (54,961). This is the highest number of diagnoses in any one year since records…
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BA, BBC and Boots hit by cyber security breach with contact and bank details exposed | Business News
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The BBC, British Airways and Boots have been caught up in a cyber incident that has exposed employee personal data, including bank and contact details, to hackers. It emerged last week that a so-called zero-day vulnerability – a flaw – in the file transfer system MOVEit, produced by Progress Software, had been exploited by cyber…
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God Of War Ragnarok sweeps BAFTA Games Awards as indie sleeper hit Vampire Survivors takes top prize | Ents & Arts News
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PlayStation action epic God Of War Ragnarok has dominated the BAFTA Games Awards, winning six of the 14 awards it was in the running for. The action adventure, with its stunning landscape, Norse gods and monsters, won best animation, audio achievement, music, while its stars – Christopher Judge and Laya DeLeon Hayes – won best…