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Turkey-Syria earthquake: How drones and a NASA heartbeat detector could transform disaster search | Science & Tech News
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Rescue efforts continue following the devastating earthquakes which struck Turkey and Syria. More than 5,100 people are dead as a result of the tremors, which saw buildings crumble within seconds and left thousands trapped under what remained. Patients left to die in ‘forgotten hospitals’ – earthquake latest As emergency responders, military forces, aid workers, and […]
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Google launches AI chatbot Bard to rival wildly successful ChatGPT | Science & Tech News
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Google has launched its own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, in answer to the wildly successful ChatGPT. The new conversational AI service will be named Bard and will be put out to “trusted users” before a public release in the coming weeks, Google’s parent firm Alphabet Inc announced on Monday. It comes following the release of […]
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Britcoin digital pound decision to be made by 2025 | Business News
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A decision on whether to introduce a so-called ‘Britcoin’ digital pound is to be made by 2025, the Treasury has announced, as a consultation paper has found one is “likely to be needed in the future”. The creation of a digital form of the currency had been the subject of a consultation paper, published on […]
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White, brown, green and pink noise: Can these sounds help you to sleep better? | UK News
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Sleep: don’t get enough and you feel rubbish, get too much and you feel rubbish. But what about when you can’t even get to sleep? You get into bed at a reasonable hour with all good intentions, only to spend the next 45 minutes scrolling Instagram reels or TikToks with one eye doing all the […]
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China threatens ‘further actions’ over US downing of suspected spy balloon | World News
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China has threatened “further actions” in response to America’s “serious overreaction” in the downing of a suspected spy balloon. The white aircraft was shot out of the sky off the South Carolina coast on Saturday after days of intrigue, while diplomatic relations soured further between Washington and Beijing. US President Joe Biden ordered the object […]
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Hogwarts Legacy: Why are people boycotting one of the biggest games of the year? | Science & Tech News
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“It’s people like you that are making the world a worse place.” That’s one of the milder pieces of feedback Maysa Pritilata has received for encouraging people not to buy the upcoming video game Hogwarts Legacy. Widely expected to be one of the biggest games of the year so far when it launches this week, […]
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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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Delete TikTok or risk your data being exposed to ‘hostile’ threats, warns foreign affairs committee chief | Science & Tech News
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People have been urged to delete TikTok from their phones, with the chair of Britain’s foreign affairs committee warning that “we are being naive” about the threat posed by the app. Alicia Kearns, a Conservative MP, said that keeping the video-sharing platform installed left users’ personal data exposed to “hostile” threats – specifically the Chinese […]
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Elon Musk: Tesla and SpaceX founder cleared of deceiving investors with 2018 tweet | World News
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Elon Musk did not deceive his investors when he tweeted in 2018 that he had the funding to take Tesla private, a jury has found. Investors had sought to sue the SpaceX owner for billions of dollars because his tweet caused Tesla’s shares to soar, only to crash 10 days later when it became clear […]
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Netflix says new password sharing rules were posted by accident | Science & Tech News
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Netflix has said that updated measures to crack down on password sharing were posted by mistake. Following widespread disappointment on social media, with many threatening to cancel their memberships, the streaming giant claimed some new account rules being trialled in other countries had accidentally been added to its help pages elsewhere. While subscribers have been […]