China is smoking itself to death: One in three young men will die from the habit October 9, 2015 A new study published in The Lancet reveals that two-thirds of men in the world's second largest economy start to smoke at a young age, and of these half will die as a result of the habit. In total, one in three young men in China is expected to die because of smoking. Read more: As [...]
Amazon Fresh launches in London: Some postcodes now get one-hour chilled and frozen food deliveries through Prime Now October 8, 2015 Amazon is delivering fresh chilled and frozen food in selected London postcodes for the first time, testing out the waters for Amazon Fresh. A fresh pint of milk, tub of Ben and Jerry's or a packet of fish fingers for tea can be on some Londoners' doorsteps in less than 60 minutes with the new delivery service [...]
Samsung reassures customers after hack of Samsung Pay provider LoopPay is uncovered October 8, 2015 Samsung has reassured customers after it was revealed that the company’s new mobile payment system’s provider was hacked for months. LoopPay, the company that provides integral technology to Samsung’s mobile payment system, was infiltrated by Chinese hackers in February, the New York Times revealed yesterday. The hackers had access to the network since at least [...]
Britons’ worries about cyber attacks grow after high profile hacks against Ashley Madison and Carphone Warehouse October 8, 2015 Fear of exposure to cyber crime is growing, on the back of several recent high-profile hacks that have left 71 per cent of British workers worried that data theft is “inevitable”. In August hackers exposed private information about 37m users of adultery website Ashley Madison. Not long after, a data breach at Carphone Warehouse put [...]
Facebook reactions: Meet the six new emotions you’ll soon be able to share (but there’s no dislike button) October 8, 2015 Everyone may have been eagerly waiting to be able to "dislike" something on Facebook, but the next best thing is coming – reactions. The social network is giving users a veritable rollercoaster ride of emotions to express yourself when someone shares a juicy bit of gossip or the latest picture of their darling children. Users in [...]
London needs help if it is to spawn more tech unicorns October 8, 2015 Russ Shaw’s piece in this section today rightly highlights London as a great place to be as far as retail technology is concerned – some of the most exciting startups in this space are emerging from the capital. Other sectors, such as fintech, are booming too. However, London doesn’t yet have a great track record when [...]
Renewable energy investment drops to 11-year-low hit hard by George Osborne’s scrapped green energy tax exemption October 8, 2015 European investment into renewables has tumbled to an 11-year-low, as policy changes in the UK have pummeled green energy growth hard. European countries invested a total of £3.8bn into renewable energy over the past quarter – leaving investment down 48 per cent compared to the same period last year. Although this is partly explained by [...]
Google bought the most ridiculous domain name URL for Alphabet October 8, 2015 Anyone trying to out-wit Google can give up. When the tech company changed its name to Alphabet, many people took a guess at the URLs that it may have forgotten to register in a bid to buy it first, all in the hopes Google would then pay a pretty penny to get its hands on [...]
Bioengineers have created a “psychic robot” that understands human intention October 8, 2015 A robot which can understand why humans behave the way they do has been created by scientists at the University of Illinois. Dubbed the “psychic robot” by its creators, it uses a mathematical algorithm to “see” the intention behind even the most simple act, such as lifting your arm to reach out for a cup of tea. [...]
Europe and the US space agencies are trying to protect us from death by asteroids October 8, 2015 It's never the wrong time to remind yourself that millions of asteroids are rushing around us in space, posing a constant threat to human existence. Should one head down and collide with earth, it could lead to such devastating destruction that we would perish, just like the dinosaurs did some 65m years ago. But the [...]