Secondary school is evacuated and children sent home after staff receive ‘malicious communication’ Pupils at Radyr Comprehensive in Cardiff told to go home amid police incident Incident said to be ‘relating to a malicious communication received by school’ Police confirmed ‘no objects of concern’ were located and ‘no-one was harmed’ Headteacher said parents should email … Read more
Scientists in the UK have demonstrated a prototype quantum network for secure online communications that can’t be penetrated by cyber attacks. The University of Bristol’s ‘multiplexing’ system splits light particles that carry information to multiple internet users from a single central source. Researchers have demonstrated the technology – which employs the odd effects of quantum entanglement … Read more
Sniffing acts as an important tool in the art of conversation and is used to indicate the end of a thought or the approach of a difficult subject, researchers claim. Research by the University of Basel, Switzerland, focused on the sharp audible intake of breath through the nose, rather than sniffing as in smelling something. … Read more
Facebook showcases feature in its business communication tool Workplace that lets employers ban topics like ‘unionize’ An internal presentation on a feature in ‘Workplace’ suggested that ‘unionize’ could be a word banned by employers The presentation caused backlash from employees and was taken down The incident is the latest clash of company culture at Facebook … Read more