The entrepreneur space race: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos takes on Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt in the fight for space exploration September 16, 2015 A new kind of space race has taken off, and this time it involves entrepreneurs eager to dominate commercial spaceflight. Yesterday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, a key player in the field, announced his latest endeavour – his startup Blue Origin is investing more than $200m (£129m) in building rocket manufacturing facilities in Florida and [...]
Men’s health: Over half of men have hidden a medical condition from their family September 16, 2015 Who doesn’t want to be the strong and silent type? It seems a lot of British men are taking this to extremes, however, as more than half admit to keeping a medical condition secret – even from their closest loved ones. It’s not news that men are far less likely than women to visit a [...]
The five biggest announcements from Apple’s September 2015 event September 16, 2015 Last week’s Apple media event saw the company unveiling what it repeatedly called the “most advanced iPhone we’ve ever made”, just in case anybody suspected they might take the radical step of announcing a less advanced phone. Nope, instead of regressing, Apple instead marched boldly into a shimmering, rose gold future with two more iPhones, [...]
Game review: Super Mario Maker September 16, 2015 Mario had his 30th birthday the other day. But rather than putting out an invite to a Facebook event titled “21 again lol” like the rest of us, he’s gone and handed the very tools that sculpt his platforming universe over to you, the player. Not so much a game as it is a well-stocked [...]
Demis Hassabis of Google’s DeepMind on AI: Three things he said about Siri-like smart assistants, AI helping doctors and a possible killer robot future September 16, 2015 Demis Hassabis, founder of the British artificial intelligence company DeepMind which was snapped up by Google for millions, has spoken about the implications of a future with AI, from healthcare to smart assistants – but warned misusing the technology could do harm. Speaking in a rare interview with the BBC, he addressed warnings made by [...]
GPs are catching cancer earlier in England, paving the way for higher survival rates September 16, 2015 More people in England are being diagnosed with cancer before it reaches its most serious stage, according to new research by Public Health England (PHE). Between 2006 and 2013, the proportion of sufferers who were referred for testing by GPs during the disease's early development went up, resulting in a simultaneous decline in emergency [...]
It’s finally happening: Mark Zuckerberg confirms Facebook is working on a “dislike” button September 15, 2015 It’s finally happening: Facebook is working on a dislike button. Founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed during a meeting at Facebook's headquarters in California that the company is planning to try out other buttons than “like”: It's important to give people more options than just “like”. Not every moment is a good moment. If you share something [...]
EU refugee crisis: Facebook to cooperate with Germany to clamp down on racist and anti-refugee hate speech September 15, 2015 Facebook has promised to help the German government tackle a wave of online hate speech in the wake of the ongoing refugee crisis, responding to criticism that it’s failed to do its part. The social network has come under fire for being too slow in removing xenophobic content from its platform, even when reported, as [...]
Now you can tweet political donations as Twitter and Jack Dorsey’s Square partner for 2016 Presidential elections September 15, 2015 As if it didn't already feel like Twitter sets the political agenda these days, it could soon also dictate political finances. The social network has teamed up with US payments startup Square to let people make donations to political campaigns for the 2016 Presidential elections with just a simple tweet. That means candidates such as [...]
Man convicted of “drone offences” for first time in the UK after flying aircraft over Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City stadiums September 15, 2015 A 42-year-old man has become the first person convicted of "drone offences" in the UK, having been found guilty of illegally flying drones over famous landmarks and football stadiums as games were being played. Nigel Wilson from Nottingham flew the unmanned aircraft over Anfield stadium during a Liverpool Champions League match last September, during match days [...]