Good news: Tackling climate change is possible without hindering economic growth July 7, 2015 Unusually, this is a good news story about climate change. Rapidly falling costs for renewable energy mean that clean economic growth may now be “within our reach”, a new report shows. So what does this mean? Stopping global warming and creating a sustainable future may be possible – without hindering economic growth. Up to 96 [...]
Got a weak handshake? You might be ageing faster than you realise July 7, 2015 If you're surprised by how much older some of your school peers look every time you see them, while others tend to look exactly the same, your eyes probably aren't failing you. A new study from Duke University shows how people born within one year of each other age at phenomenally different rates, with [...]
Driverless cars will soon be able to buy and collect your morning coffee July 6, 2015 The future of driverless cars lies not just in hardware allowing passengers to take their hands off the wheel, but also in internet connectivity and the many benefits it can bring. Read more: In Pictures: The evolution of Google’s driverless car One such advantage will be the ability to buy and collect morning coffee [...]
Apple Pay UK launch 14 July: Mobile payments coming to iPhone and Apple Watch imminently July 6, 2015 Apple's expected to launch its mobile payment service, Apple Pay, in the UK as soon as next week in its first mobile payment move beyond the US. iPhone users will be able to pay with just the tap of a smartphone, or Apple Watch, across the high street and on the London Underground from 14 [...]
Rosetta comet landing mission: Scientists think they’re on the brink of discovering alien life July 6, 2015 The Rosetta comet could be covered in tiny alien life forms, scientists involved in the European Space Agency's comet-landing mission reckon. Read more: Hope for the Rosetta comet-landing mission: Philae wakes up and sends signal to earth, European Space Agency says Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr Max Wallis from the University of Cardiff believe [...]
Facegloria: Brazilian Evangelicals launch “sin-free” version of Facebook July 6, 2015 If you are tired of bikini pictures and swearing filling up your Facebook news feed there’s a new option out there. Brazilian Evangelicals have launched what they are calling a "sin-free" version of the social network, called Facegloria. Here, you click “amen”, not “like”, and gospel music plays as you chat. The new site bans [...]
UK is contactless capital of world due to the Tube as payment limit to hit £30 July 5, 2015 Over one billion contactless Visa card payments were made in Europe alone in the last 12 months, double the previous year, in transactions worth a total of €12.6bn (£8.9bn). The UK is leading the trend, with 49.6m contactless Visa cards in circulation, an increase of 37 per cent from March 2014. Britain has [...]
UK start-ups beat the US for diversity as founders are five times more likely to be female July 3, 2015 The UK's tech hub may have fewer "unicorns" than its American counterpart – but at least we're doing better at one thing. Start-up founders in the UK are five times more likely to be female compared to the US, a new study from startup accelerator Wayra shows. They’re also ten times more likely to have a minority [...]
Optimal Payments share price rockets on optimism over Skrill takeover July 3, 2015 Shares in online payments provider Optimal Payments rocketed by more than 11 per cent this morning, after it told investors the long-awaited reverse takeover of rival Skrill would be complete by the end of the month. Read more: Optimal Payments aims for the main market after Skrill buyout In a trading update issued to the London [...]
Reddit moderators close AMA and other popular subreddits after dismissal of key employee July 3, 2015 Reddit, the self-styled “front page of the internet” is in chaos that has left many of its most popular communities locked down. A growing number of subreddits, with millions of subscribers, have been left inaccessible as the communities’ moderators protest against the administration’s alleged abrupt dismissal of a key employee. Late last night, news broke [...]