Bad news, beer drinkers – drinking a couple of pints a day could be toxic for your health June 23, 2015 Drinking a litre of beer a day – about two pints – isn't just bad for you: it's actually toxic, a study by the University of Valencia has found. Researchers looked at levels of Deoxynivalenol (DON) and HT-2, two toxic metabolites produced by microscopic fungi often present in beer, and found over half of [...]
Google wants volunteers to try its virtual reality camera Jump June 23, 2015 Capturing the world with 16 GoPro cameras in a 360-degree view? If you’ve been looking for that one-of-a-kind volunteering opportunity to impress your friends with, this might just be it. Google has developed a 16-camera virtual reality video capture platform called Jump – and now the tech giant is looking for volunteers to try it [...]
New cancer screening by GPs will “save thousands” in England June 23, 2015 New guidelines for diagnosing cancer in GP surgeries will “save thousands” of lives each year if implemented properly, according to the government's health watchdog. Read more: Scientists say immunotherapy could open a "new era" of cancer treatment The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) is giving doctors in England basic diagnostic tests [...]
Altice and Bouygues share prices rise as takeover talk gets louder June 22, 2015 French telecoms firm Altice has confirmed that it has made an offer for smaller rival Bouygues Telecom, via its subsidiary Numericable-SFR. Shares in both Altice and Bouguyes were up on Monday morning after the statement this morning. Altice was up 19.5 per cent to €137.55, with Bouygues up 13.37 per cent to €38.09. Altice, founded by [...]
Koenigsegg’s One:1 “megacar” has broken the world record for car sprinting June 22, 2015 A Swedish "megacar" has smashed the record for acceleration and deceleration, making it the fastest sprinting car in the world. Koenigsegg's One:1 managed to go from stationary to 300km/h in just 17.95 seconds during a test run in Angelholm, Sweden. This is 3.24 seconds faster than the current record set by the Koenigsegg Agera R [...]
Britain’s world-leading financial services industry is more than just the City June 21, 2015 Financial services” does not equal “London”. This is my message overseas – but it is equally important to say it on these shores as well. Like all lord mayors, I speak to and for the whole of the UK’s financial and professional services community – of which London is only a part. Our work is [...]
Earth is entering “new extinction phase”, finds study June 20, 2015 The Earth is facing a new period of extinction and humans could be among the first casualties, according to a new study by three American universities. Vertebrates are disappearing at a rate 114 times faster than normal, according to the work by academics at the universities of Stanford, Princeton and Berkeley. The report said Earth [...]
Britain’s hottest startups grew six times the rate of UK businesses June 19, 2015 Britain’s hottest startups are fuelling economic growth and job creation, growing at six times the rate of the rest of the UK’s businesses. The Future Fifty, a group of the country’s brightest and most promising high-growth tech businesses identified by Tech City UK, increased their workforce by 30 per cent in the last year, compared [...]
London tech has already surpassed San Francisco – and it can do better yet June 18, 2015 London beats New York for finance, Boston for universities, and has the world’s most exciting arts scene. But it’s tech innovation that has the greatest potential to drive London’s future growth. No other city in the world can match our cluster of ideas, talent and capital. The potential is dizzying. If we can bring [...]
RBS plans extra £150m a year spend on ailing IT systems after glitch affecting 600,000 payments at RBS, Natwest, Ulster Bank and Coutts June 18, 2015 Royal Bank of Scotland will spend another £150m a year on its ailing computer systems which this week caused havoc for RBS, Natwest and Ulster Bank customers after a glitch resulted in more than half a million missing payments. The bank's admin chief Simon McNamara today promised £150m of extra spending to make the bank's systems more [...]