Twitter has hit back over whistleblower claims that the social network has security holes placing personal - and allegedly even national security - data at risk. Interview with top anthropologist, Loughborough University’s Emeritus professor Barry Bogin, on chronic stress stunting child growth - and how cost-of-living crisis and food poverty will worsen condition. Facebook troll attack sees pages deluged with celeb spam. England Lioness Jess Carter on returning to Wembley Stadium for a FIFA 22 g...
Aug 24, 2022•7 min
'Stunning' images of Jupiter revealed through Nasa’s super cosmic spyglass show auroras and giant storms swirling around the gaseous giant. Elon Musk lodges subpoena for Jack Dorsey over failing Twitter deal. Why a solar clock could predict internet-killing rays fired at Earth. Dementia: poor heart health ‘predicts premature brain ageing’. Fibre optic technology is increasingly used to make hair-thin medical devices help doctors peer inside the human body - but the problem is they take a long ti...
Aug 23, 2022•6 min
Gaming giant Sony is being sued for £5 billion over claims of over-charging for games and purchases while playing the titles. Countdown to first Nasa Moon shot since Apollo 17. Could VR smart glasses help nurses spend more time with patients? Deep brain stimulation study hope to treat depression. Why Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse avatar looked well basic. Concerns monitors to check sewage in sea ‘not working’. Quartz rock crystals found at Stone Age burial site. Food waste chef is TikTok hit to he...
Aug 22, 2022•6 min
Update required as Apple admits a major security risk for iPhones, iPads and iMacs that could allow hackers to take complete control of the devices. Plus an Apple iPhone 14 launch date? Marvel’s new She-Hulk series - is the CGI any good? Self-driving vehicles ‘on UK roads by 2025’ could create 38,000 jobs. The evolution of a frog’s brain and how they evade predators in first ever study. One in every ten Reddit users publishes toxic posts. Harmful 'forever chemicals' found in makeup can now be de...
Aug 19, 2022•6 min
An asteroid crater that could be related to the one that wiped out the dinosaurs has been found beneath the Atlantic Ocean. The five-mile dent to Earth was discovered by Dr Uisdean Nicholson who explains the next stages of investigation. A ‘cannibal’ solar storm is heading for Earth sparking a northern light exhibition in the sky.. Google: Alphabet’s invested more than any one else into Crypto. Why British Bumble Bees have endured a century of stress, how an ancient creature with no bum isn’t ou...
Aug 18, 2022•6 min
The VFX supervisor on Jordan Peele’s new UFO film NOPE shares their movie magic secrets. A plasma breakthrough could ‘let humans live on Mars’ and the world’s largest airline goes big on supersonic travel. The National Grid partners with Energy Exemplar 'to reduce energy costs and supply green demands'. Scientist Dr Katharina Brinkert on why magnets could be used to help astronauts breathe in Space and Nasa rolls out its new giant Moon rocket ready for its maiden flight. Plus, could billionaire ...
Aug 17, 2022•7 min
A nuclear war between the US and Russia could 'kill billions', a US study suggests. Models showed that firestorms would release soot into the upper atmosphere blocking the Sun. Why officials in China requested algorithm data from sites like Alibaba. A new 'People not bots' campaign suggests AI is advancing in the wrong way for customers. Dr Alessandro Siani from the University of Portsmouth explains why better science education could improve covid-19 vaccine uptake. A court rules Twitter to hand...
Aug 16, 2022•6 min
Dogecoin & Shiba Inu users might be feeling more positive after the cryptocurrency gained in the past 24 hours. There’s backlash from the public and scientific community following the euthanisation of a walrus in Oslo nicknamed Freya. And ‘Game-changing’ transplant hope as researchers alter donor kidney blood type. Plus: UK Flash flood warning as thunderstorms hit over the next few days Internet providers urged to offer more ‘social tariffs’ to help tackle the cost of living crisis World lea...
Aug 15, 2022•5 min
As the Formula E World Championships come to an end we’re taking a look at the tech behind the racecars, and how it’s being applied to everyday EVs. We spoke with Envision Racing, who have teamed up with data company Genpact , to speed up their processes, and help the team become even more sustainable. Managing Director of Envision Racing Sylvain Filippi discusses how the cars are always improving, and how the tech they use is later applied in everyday EVs we see on the roads. Race driver Nick C...
Aug 12, 2022•8 min
Which? say they have found dangerous and illegal weapons being sold on sites like eBay, Amazon, AliExpress and Wish by third party sellers. We spoke to Lisa Webb a consumer law expert who explains the type of weapons found, how they found the items, the legal ramifications and how the online safety bill could glue the holes and stop this from happening. All sites replied to the charity stating that they are taking action. 'Butterfly Galaxies' entangled and dancing around each other 60 million li...
Aug 11, 2022•7 min
President Joe Biden has signed into US law an act that is designed to boost the production of semiconductors for computer chips in the country. We spoke to tech reporter Simon Hunt for the latest who explains how it’s designed to make the US more competitive with China’s tech and science industry. A major underwater expedition is being set up to find a super-fast meteor that crashed into the Pacific Ocean back in 2014 that is unlike any other to land on earth… Amir Siraj is an astrophysicist who...
Aug 10, 2022•7 min
Mark Zuckerberg is rolling out some new features on Whatsapp to make it easier to avoid your friends. You’ll be able to leave a group without notifying and even hide your “last seen” status from specific contacts. Snapchat’s new supervision tool lets parents see who their teens spoke to in the last week. Extreme UK heat is damaging farmland, produce and wildlife, we spoke to Martin Lines a farmer from Cambridge and, US scientists examine the rare Oklahoma lightning jet bolt that touched the edge...
Aug 09, 2022•7 min
Elon Musk has challenged Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the percentage of bots on the platform. It’s after Musk’s lawyers put together a 165-page argument about why he no longer wants to go through with the $44 billion deal to buy the social network. Also on Twitter: hackers may have figured out which fake accounts you’re using . US Senate approves a money-saving climate change bill, and scientists find a cheap and easy way of capturing carbon. A pair of beavers are doing the...
Aug 08, 2022•6 min
The craft, called Danuri, which means “enjoy the moon”, is South Korea’s “first step” in investigating the extent of its space exploration capabilities. England drought crisis: Source of River Thames runs dry - you can hear more analysis on this story on The Leader podcast. London’s desalination plant breaks down and hosepipe ban as more hot weather looms. Alert over spike in elderly care home patients with dementia given powerful antipsychotic drugs. Physicist apologises for joking chorizo phot...
Aug 05, 2022•7 min
Interview with Toby Lewis, global head of threat analysis for Darktrace and former deputy technical director for incident management at the UK’s National Cyber Security Defence Centre, on social media risk and old-fashioned voting safety. Could China-Taiwan tensions hit your Christmas list? Nasa says private ISS missions need astronaut chaperones. Scientists urge prostate cancer public health campaign expansion for earlier detection. Millions of household struggling paying for essential telecomm...
Aug 04, 2022•7 min
Princeton University scientists are investigating the building blocks of galaxies 12 billion years ago, or essentially the early days of the universe. It comes as stunning images were released from James Webb Space Telescope, showing a Cartwheel Galaxy and two smaller companion galaxies that were created from an intergalactic collision. Nancy Pelosi Taiwan visit: President’s website hit by cyberattack. Robot surgery test aboard International Space Station. How remote haptic VR for operations wor...
Aug 03, 2022•6 min
A study by the University of Cambridge is investigating links between global temperatures continuing to rise and whether humankind could be edging dangerously close to a devastating “climate endgame”. Future £9 million Royal Navy AI ‘ghost ship’ could ‘make own battle decisions’. Ultra-processed foods dementia link. Mammoth bones show humans settled North America ‘17,000 years earlier’ than known. Logitech G and Tencent Games building cloud gaming console. Clucking great - world’s first carbon n...
Aug 02, 2022•6 min
Google is again delaying its Privacy Sandbox project to switch off third party cookies on the tech giant’s Chrome internet browser by next year, and has instead pushed plans back until 2024. Conjoined twins with fused brains successfully separated in VR surgery. China space chiefs ‘allow uncontrolled rocket booster plunge to Earth’. Super telescope will probe start of Milky Way. Hear rare chimpanzees’ hunting bark to rally group members. Can graphene foam sensors give robot prosthetics human tou...
Aug 01, 2022•6 min
Instagram is reversing its ‘TikTok redesign’ following a public outcry from users which includes high-profile celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner. We find out about the ‘revolutionary’ new glasses that allow deaf people to ‘see’ conversations and Google launches a major change to Gmail A jab to 'cure' genetic heart conditions that cause sudden death could be just a few years away, YouTube’s making it easier for creators to turn longer content into Shorts and researchers develop u...
Jul 29, 2022•6 min
Facebook owner Meta has reported its first-ever revenue drop, amid growing competition from TikTok. Meanwhile, Instagram boss, Adam Mosseri, says users’ behaviour is to blame for much-criticised changes to the app. We speak to an Earth observation analysis expert about the worrying record-breaking temperatures and risk of wildfires being seen around the world - and how they’re monitoring the situation. The Met Office says UK sea levels are rising faster than before, zombie robot spiders are an a...
Jul 28, 2022•5 min
Scientists say the Loch Ness Monster ‘could on one level be plausible,’ after a fossil discovery in a 100-million-year-old river system in Morocco. Professor David Martill from the University of Portsmouth and co-author of the report, tells us how the remains of a plesiosaur could give believers in ‘Nessie’ a bit of hope. New research suggests gaming time has ‘no link with levels of well-being’, Ashleigh Louise aka #talkswithash tells us about her incredible twitter success and Russia is to with...
Jul 27, 2022•6 min
It’s bad news for Amazon Prime users, the price is going up by a pound a month. The tech giant said the increase was its first in the UK since 2014 and was due to "increased inflation and operating costs". We hear from Dr Phil Wilby from the British Geographical Survey, one of the scientists who discovered a 560-million-year-old fossil thought to be the ‘first ever animal predator’. They’ve decided to name the discovery after Sir David Attenborough. Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner have joined a ...
Jul 26, 2022•6 min
Astronomers appear to have solved the mystery of Jupiter’s missing rings. It had long been wondered why the planet does not have rings like its neighbouring gas giant Saturn - which are largely made of ice. Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, ran a computer simulation that found the answer was to do with the planet’s moons. The UK’s largest ever drowning prevention campaign has been launched, the National Trust calls for 'urgent action' to protect Farne Islands birds as bir...
Jul 25, 2022•5 min
Electromagnetic explosions on the Sun’s surface have sparked what’s described as a “canyon of fire” that’s due to blast Earth with three days of solar storms. Climate crisis: Architects design future buildings to beat extreme heat - interview with David Liddicoat, a partner at award-winning London architecture and interior design studio Liddicoat & Goldhill. Facebook revamp to tempt Gen Z users from TikTok. Snapchat’s cash disappears as profits plunge 25 per cent. Stars (don’t) go out as inv...
Jul 22, 2022•7 min
Baidu has revealed pictures of a new fully electric, fully autonomous taxi in China. Apollo RT6 comes with a detachable steering wheel, which could allow for more space for things like extra seats, gaming consoles and vending machines. And it’ll be a cheaper car to make than the earlier model - costing £31,000 per unit. We speak to the CEO and president of Amelia Chetan Dube who says AI can eventually achieve sentience. He also talks about the need for ethics when using artificial intelligence. ...
Jul 21, 2022•7 min
Would you eat a sausage made in a lab? Well Dann Luining, founder and CTO of Dutch biotech company Meatable has done just that using cells from animals’ umbilical cords. He told us how the technology works, and why they're trying to make cultivated meat. University College London say their recent study shows there is no clear evidence that depression is caused by low serotonin levels . We spoke to the lead author of the study, Professor Joanna Moncrieff, who’s worried about the extensive use of ...
Jul 20, 2022•7 min
BT has revealed plans to create a network for a 165-mile ‘drone superhighway’. The tech firm’s working on a comms system which could facilitate dozens of drones in the sky, delivering goods or carrying out services. BT’s Drone Director David Pankhurst talks to us about the ways drones could use the so called ‘superhighway’. Amazon has filed 10,000 lawsuits against the admins of Facebook groups offering people money and free products to leave fake reviews on the site. The groups are set up to rec...
Jul 19, 2022•7 min
The UK could reach temperatures as high as 40 degree celsius today as the Met Office has issued a red weather alert . Hammersmith Bridge in London has been covered with foil to protect it from the heat, after the sun caused cracks in the the 135-year-old structure to expand back in 2020. Climate Scientist Dr Eunice Lo from Bristol University explains the health risks associated with the extreme heat. Elon Musk has revealed in a tweet reply that Tesla is working on bringing Steam to its vehicles....
Jul 18, 2022•7 min
Hot weather ‘danger to life’ alert for Britain with record temperatures expected into next week. Researchers at the University of Oxford have identified two drugs they claim could better perform in treating adult insomnia. Shot glass of a beer daily ‘could pose men’s health risk’. Butterflies at risk from ‘catastrophic extinction threats’. How the herd helps orphaned elephants cope with life. Chinese DNA ‘found to match Native Americans’ after fossil investigation. London shoppers face-scanned b...
Jul 15, 2022•7 min
Far across the universe in a distant galaxy, MIT astronomers have spotted a strange radio signal that keeps firing out towards Earth in fast bursts. What - or who - could be causing them? Wrong kind of rays on the track...are rail delays sparked by solar storms? Tech helping Europe deal with extreme heatwave, plus the Met Office on the UK's rising temperatures . An X-Ray reveals secret Vincent van Gogh self-portrait behind painting. BMW puts heated seats behind £15-a-month ‘paywall’. Don’t downl...
Jul 14, 2022•7 min
