By Elle Hunt Phil Jones (Jason Watkins) in The Trick Rory Taylor/BBC/Vox Pictures It sounds trite to say that stories will save us, especially from a threat as existential and immediate as ecological collapse. But at this crucial juncture in the climate crisis, there is increasing understanding that it isn’t enough to simply state the […]
The UK government has promised that its new app, expected to launch in late 2022, will be a one-stop shop, simplifying access to a wide range of government services. But issues of surveillance and access are just some of the questions yet to be addressed. While existing government apps are typically narrow in their function, […]
By Adam Vaughan The UK government is offering incentives to replace gas boilers Arterra Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo Households in England and Wales will be offered a £5000 government grant from next April to buy low carbon heating systems, as the UK government takes a major first step to ending the country’s reliance […]
From the ongoing debacle of the Windrush scandal to the UK government’s dubious race report and the pervasive online abuse endured by Black British footballers – what does it mean to be Black and British today? And what has this to do with our understanding of British history? No doubt, Black History Month offers some […]
The ocean economy is growing in importance, and with it grows the need to map, understand, and track the ocean itself. Saildrone has been doing just that with its fleet of autonomous science vessels, and the company has now raised a massive $ 100M round C to pursue its ro-boat aspirations further. Saildrone’s boats have […]
WhatsApp announced on Monday that it’s expanding its joinable calls feature to group chats. Joinable calls, which were first introduced in July, allow users to join an ongoing group call after it has begun. With this latest expansion, users can now call a WhatsApp group and join the call directly from a group chat window. […]
Acer has confirmed yet another cyberattack on its servers in Taiwan after their offices in India were hit less than a week ago by the same group. The Desorden Group — which claimed responsibility for both attacks — contacted ZDNet and said part of why they conducted the second attack was to prove their point […]
Kathy Baxter, Principal Architect of Ethical AI Practice at Salesforce special feature Managing AI and ML in the Enterprise The AI and ML deployments are well underway, but for CXOs the biggest issue will be managing these initiatives, and figuring out where the data science team fits in and what algorithms to buy versus build. […]
By Alice Klein An embryo selected for IVF ZEPHYR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Embryos that are often discarded by IVF clinics because they contain some seemingly abnormal cells are just as likely to develop into healthy babies as embryos with no chromosomal abnormalities, two new studies show. The finding means that many people trying to conceive with […]
Vivid green and purple aurora swirled and danced across the entire night sky in Sweden recently. The nighttime light show was captured by an all-sky camera in Kiruna, Sweden, which is part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Weather Service Network. [embedded content] This camera is pointed straight up, and is fitted with a […]