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New Instagram safety tool will stop children receiving nude pictures | Science & Tech News
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The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram is going to introduce a new safety tool to stop children from receiving nude pictures – and discourage sending them. It follows months of criticism from police chiefs and children’s charities over Meta’s decision to encrypt chats on its Messenger app by default. The company argues that encryption…
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Serco ordered to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor staff | Business News
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Serco has been ordered to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor its staff for “prioritising business interests over its employees’ privacy”. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that a division of the outsourcing company, Serco Leisure, and community leisure trusts were unlawfully processing the biometric data of more than 2,000 employees at 38 leisure…
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How Netflix, Disney+ and other streaming giants could change to stop Britons hitting cancel amid cost of living crisis | Science & Tech News
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From £25m per episode on the latest season of Stranger Things, to north of £380m for The Rings Of Power’s debut run, it’s been a year of eye-watering budgets as streaming services battle for our attention. But while there has never been so much blockbuster content to watch, the cost of living crisis means for…
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COVID R number: UK to stop publishing virus modelling data after nearly three years | UK News
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After almost three years, the UK Health Security Agency will stop publishing COVID modelling data next month. The increasingly sporadic updates on the virus’s R number will cease from 6 January, with it deemed “no longer necessary” thanks to vaccines and therapeutics. COVID’s reproductive rate, which referred to the number of people an infected person…
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Uber drivers’ data could be used to stop bridges collapsing, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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Data collected on Uber drivers’ smartphones could help monitor bridges and stop them from collapsing, a new study suggests. Collecting drivers’ GPS location and acceleration data – both automatically recorded by ridesharing apps like Uber – give structural engineers key insights into a bridge’s health, according to the research. It would provide them with almost…
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Toddlers stop napping ‘when their brain has developed, rather than at a specific age’ | UK News
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Toddlers drop naps when their brains are ready, rather than at a certain age, a study had found, as experts urged parents to let their children sleep. Napping is known to be vital for brain development and memory processing, but scientists are still unclear about when and why toddlers stop taking naps. Professor Rebecca Spencer,…
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Crackdown needed to stop children buying vapes, experts warn | Science & Tech News
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Experts have called for a crackdown on selling vapes to children to avoid exposing them to unnecessary risks. Researchers found that although it was clear that vaping was better than smoking in the short and medium term, little is known about its long-term health impacts. Although the study, commissioned by the Department of Health, concluded…